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标题：Performing Transgression: An experiment in practice-led research
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作者：Dr Michelle Evans ; Dr Kate Smith
期刊名称：fusion
印刷版ISSN：2201-7208
出版年度：2015
页码：1-12
出版社：Charles Sturt University
摘要：In the pursuit of academic knowledge of the performative, artists are more likely to intersect with the ‘spectating academic’ (Melrose, 2006) than ever before. Bodies are central to artistic investigation and qualitative research. Both practices require embodied engagement, by the artist and their audience; by the researcher and the researched. Far from a binary relationship, the spectator/performer and researcher/researched identity boundaries have the potential to become somewhat malleable when borders are transgressed and when the performativity of identity becomes tactile in the relational space.This paper presents a dialogue between the authors who trained together at Bachelor level in theatre twenty years ago. Only recently reuniting, the dialogue between us has produced a rich engagement of parallel methodological practices enacted in distinctively different contexts – for Smith, performance ethnography; and for Evans, Indigenous leadership. We use this paper, and associated presentations, as sites to explore our paradigm interplay (Romani et al., 2011). We will explore the invisible theoretical building blocks deployed in our research fieldwork, our interest to understand the value of blurring roles between spectator/performer, researcher/researched, and our mutual pursuit towards experiences of community in our research practice.
关键词：In the pursuit of academic knowledge of the performative; artists are more likely to intersect with the ‘spectating academic’ (Melrose; 2006) than ever before;Bodies are central to artistic investigation and qualitative research;Both practices require embodied engagement; by the artist and their audience; by the researcher and the researched;Far from a binary relationship; the spectator/performer and researcher/researched identity boundaries have the potential to become somewhat malleable when borders are transgressed and when the performativity of identity becomes tactile in the relational space.;This paper presents a dialogue between the authors who trained together at Bachelor level in theatre twenty years ago;Only recently reuniting; the dialogue between us has produced a rich engagement of parallel methodological practices enacted in distinctively different contexts ; for Smith; performance ethnography; and for Evans; Indigenous leadership;We use this paper; and associated presentations; as sites to explore our paradigm interplay (Romani et al.; 2011);We will explore the invisible theoretical building blocks deployed in our research fieldwork; our interest to understand the value of blurring roles between spectator/performer; researcher/researched; and our mutual pursuit towards experiences of community in our research practice.;As two qualitative researchers with artistic backgrounds; we openly claim to be in pursuit of research engagements that not only seek to make meaning from engagement with artists and the creative process; but also to create a sense of collaboration and collective reflection (Senge and Scharmer; 2006);This paper draws upon our knowledge and experience as ‘spectating academics’;We write this paper as a collaborative reflection upon our individual qualitative research experiences;Moreover; we argue that our shared reflection has uncovered a common experience of creating immersive research experiences akin to Turner’s notion of communitas (1982); as is explored below.;This paper is also interested in how bodies transgress hegemonic imposed binaries that structure relations between performers/spectators and interviewees/interviewers within the space of qualitative research;Taking up Denzin and Lincoln’s (2003) acknowledgement of the performative turn in qualitative research; we are interested in examining how we construct research spaces with our subjects in a relational framework; for Smith through practice; led research and performance ethnography and for Evans through contemplation of the insider/outsider researcher positionality in Indigenous leadership;It is in the fieldwork that Evans; and in the analysis that Smith; appreciated a ‘partial experience’ of the subject (Smith; 2015; Manolis et;al; 2001) by witnessing and transgressing established roles;This paper unfolds in the following way: first we address the theoretical lens of transgression; performativity and partial experience as they are key to our methodological practices; second; we descriptively enact a dialogue reflecting upon individual qualitative research experiences and discovery of partial experiences leading towards a sense of community; finally we discuss the collective reflection of methodology to advance our thinking about the creation of community in research fieldwork albeit partial and temporal.