Rumbling on performativity_Frits Simon

dissent to develop opportunities to reflect upon and to disengage from what I have
designated as the rumbling on performativity. There is willingness to interrupt. To
continue, more and different bricoleurs with an ironic touch could be needed. Starting
to reflect with more and different members of staff would make them visible. Although
I doubt whether our Minister and State Secretary of Education will like that as
the way constructive dissenting voices is organized as it may harm the fulfilment of
the performance agreements.
7.5 Movement of thought: intermezzo regarding two of the
questions asked
In reflecting upon my contribution to the interactions the subject of corporate jestership
emerged as a potential indication for the way I do my work. In due course the idea
of a corporate jestership was abandoned, paradoxically as a result of the researchprocess
which brought the subject of corporate jestership to mind. If ever asked if my
research provoked movement of thought, I assume that the road taken from a corporate
jestership towards being a bricoleur with a touch of irony, illustrates perfectly
some movements of my thought.
At the same time it is remarkable that my research and my participating in several
discussions enabled different discussions and changed the way others involved reflect
upon the UAS. Writing, reflecting and discussing of my research enabled discussions
about an elusive subject such as dissent. Not only my thoughts moved, but in due
course somehow the thoughts of the others involved moved too. My research enabled
to discuss and to reflect about dissent and interruption, enabled ‘many minds’ to be
bothered by these topics.
If beforehand I would have had in mind to provoke discussions about dissent or interruption,
I would have to admit that I had planned to undertake some classical action
research, aiming at solving a problem.
However, I did not plan to solve the problem of an apparent lack of dissent or a lack of
interruptive reflections. These topics emerged, although I realize that what actually
emerged also depended on my taken for granted assumptions. Without my being
present, discussions might have taken another course.
I conclude that my research underpins one of the notions of a complexity approach
when it is stated that interactions on a micro-level evolve into unintended social
patterns. Neither I nor the others involved predicted that somewhere in 2013 we
would be discussing the topics of dissent and interruption. But now, it is on the agenda.
Moreover, my research underpins the concept of transformative causality as it
clarifies that history - to be found in for instance my taken for granted assumptions, in
the history of the UAS, and in the history of governmental educational policy – is
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