Rumbling on performativity_Frits Simon
Rumbling on performativity_Frits Simon
Rumbling on performativity_Frits Simon
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present in what happens, but at the same time is transformed within the local discussi<strong>on</strong>s.<br />
If <strong>on</strong>e wants to speak about change or innovati<strong>on</strong> of educati<strong>on</strong>, it is there in the<br />
local interacti<strong>on</strong>s of many people.<br />
Questi<strong>on</strong> 1: Am I able to make plausible the emergence of the main topics?<br />
It may be clear how against the background of my taken for granted assumpti<strong>on</strong>s ‘<strong>performativity</strong>’,<br />
‘time for interrupti<strong>on</strong>’ and ‘bricoleur’ emerged as a c<strong>on</strong>sequence of the<br />
analytical and reflexive work <strong>on</strong> the narratives. I could say that the three subjects<br />
emerged as a subtext in and due to the interacti<strong>on</strong>s of the many people involved, but<br />
<strong>on</strong>ly became visible due to the reflexive efforts.<br />
Questi<strong>on</strong> 2: Which in-depth reflecti<strong>on</strong>s are enabled regarding advisory work?<br />
With regard to my advisory work in the UAS I c<strong>on</strong>clude that the in-depth reflecti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
have brought an awareness about the needed presence of a bricoleur with a touch of<br />
ir<strong>on</strong>y. Departing from being an adviser to the board and speculating about a corporate<br />
jestership, my research clarified that in times where many different, sometimes c<strong>on</strong>tradictory<br />
and sometimes firm demands are made, an ir<strong>on</strong>ic bricoleur appears to be of<br />
help.<br />
Recapitulating, still three questi<strong>on</strong>s remain to be answered. It remains a questi<strong>on</strong><br />
whether my research will res<strong>on</strong>ate with the readers, whether I fulfilled my ethical<br />
resp<strong>on</strong>sibilities as a researcher and what the c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong>s of my research to the field<br />
of OMS may be. Res<strong>on</strong>ance and ethical matters will be the subjects of the next paragraph,<br />
the c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong>s to the field of OMS will be discussed thereafter.<br />
7.6 About the rigorousness of my research<br />
“We are in a new age where messy, uncertain, multivoiced texts, cultural criticism, and<br />
new experimental works will become more comm<strong>on</strong>, as will more reflexive forms of<br />
fieldwork, analysis, and intertextual interpretati<strong>on</strong>.” (Denzin and Lincoln, 1994: 26). A<br />
complex resp<strong>on</strong>sive process-approach is <strong>on</strong>e of the new ways of experimental fieldwork.<br />
It is not experimental as a methodological design, but experimental compared<br />
with mainstream ways of doing research. It is fieldwork because a complex resp<strong>on</strong>sive<br />
process-approach departs from experiences from the researcher himself and its<br />
research is close to what evolves in daily life.<br />
Whatever the positi<strong>on</strong> within the many experimental new ways of doing research,<br />
researchers working from a complex resp<strong>on</strong>sive process-perspective are held to take<br />
resp<strong>on</strong>sibility for the quality of their research. At the end of chapter 2 I formulated five<br />
criteria for the quality of research from a complex resp<strong>on</strong>sive process perspective.<br />
Taking up the thread of these criteria I will reflect shortly up<strong>on</strong> my research.<br />
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