Rumbling on performativity_Frits Simon

At the end of my thesis I will reflect upon my research starting from these criteria.
Based on these criteria a part of the final reflection on my research can be condensed
to answering three questions:
1 Am I able to make plausible how - against the background of my beliefs and values
- ‘time for interruption’, ‘performativity’ and ‘bricoleur’ (mentioned in chapter 1)
emerge as a consequence of the analytical and reflexive efforts I have performed?
2 Do my narratives bear witness of being involved in social interactions and do they
seduce the readers to take notice of and to identify with the research-findings?
3 Do I pursue my ethical obligations as a researcher regarding consent and controllability
properly?
2.7 What to expect? Conclusions and perspective
In this chapter in a general sense I have positioned a complex responsive process-approach
in a wider context of scientific and philosophical traditions. A complex responsive
process-approach is embedded in reflexive, practice, critical and complexity turns
within social sciences. Common in all these turns is that the position of the researcher
is critically examined. It is acknowledged that a researcher is included in the way
research is done, amongst others thereby legitimizing research from a radically reflexive
point of view. Research from an auto-ethnographic and complex responsive
process-perspective is radically reflexive.
This kind of research has already a tradition; especially auto-ethnographic research
has an acknowledged tradition within reflexive approaches. In elaborating in an
appreciative and critical way on auto-ethnographic research I have formulated the
initial demands for good research from a complex responsive process perspective. It is
important to underline that research from a complex responsive process-perspective
is process-oriented and that a full account of used method, emerged subjects of
discussion can only be given at the end of the research-process. This chapter is introductory,
to give an idea of what is coming and how I will take responsibility for my
research.
What has become clear is that there are quite some ethical issues to pay attention to.
Informed and process consent, an ethics of consequences, prevention of fraud and certain
responsibilities of the reader have been discussed. Secondly I paid quite some
attention to discussions about the scientificality of radically reflexive research, leading
to criteria which have to do with the transferable, reflexive and realistic character of
the research. Thirdly I came up with a set of criteria which seem to be amendable for
my research. Based on them I also will be capable to reflect upon the limitations of my
research.
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