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Playing with Purpose : Adventures in Performative Social Science.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Writing lives--ethnographic narrativesPublication details: Walnut Creek : Left Coast Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (249 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781598745474
  • 1598745476
  • 1598745468
  • 9781598745467
  • 159874545X
  • 9781598745450
  • 9781611325805
  • 1611325803
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Playing with Purpose : Adventures in Performative Social Science.DDC classification:
  • 302
LOC classification:
  • HM1033.G473 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Acknowledgments; Section I. Toward a Performative Social Science; 1. Shifts that Launched a Thousand Faces; 2. The Spreading Fires: Ignition and Inspiration; 3. Playing with Purpose: Contributions of a Performative; Section II. Literary Arts: Playing with Potentials; 4. Duographic Writing; 5. Collaging Voices -- Mary Gergen; 6. Multiplying Metaphors -- Mary Gergen; 7. The Dialogic Alternative -- Mary Gergen, with Kip Jones; 8. Juxtaposing Genres -- Ken Gergen; 9. Reflections on Writing; Section III. Dramatic Arts: Ideas in Action; 10. Performing the Mind -- Ken Gergen.
11. Performing Theory -- Mary Gergen12. Theatrical Power -- Mary Gergen; 13. The Costume is the Message -- Mary Gergen; 14. Reflecting on Dramatic Performance; Section IV. Visualizing Ideas: Believing Is Seeing; 15. Playing with Sam -- Ken Gergen, with Sam Maitin; 16. Relational Art -- Ken Gergen, with Regine Walter; 17. Photographic Playtime -- Ken Gergen, with Anne Marie Rijsman-Lecluyse; 18. Visual Deconstruction -- Ken Gergen, with Anne MarieRijsman-Lecluyse; 19. Reflecting on Visual Performance; Section V. Extending Experiments: Flying Furniture; 20. Sculpting Ideas -- Ken Gergen.
21. Cartooning and Critique -- Mary Gergen22. To Song!; 23. The Power of Multimedia -- Ken Gergen; 24. Cybergraphics -- Ken Gergen, with Anne Marie Rijsman-Lecluyse; 25. Fragmented Moments: Haiku -- Mary Gergen; 26. Teaching through Fiction -- Mary Gergen; 27. Reflecting on Extended Experiments; Notes; References; Index; About the Authors.
Summary: Distilling decades of work spanning their prestigious careers, Mary M. and Kenneth J. Gergen make a strong case for enriching the social sciences through performative work. They present a unique exploration of the origins of performative social science and provide an intellectually rich overview of its significance in the field, as well as its evolving potential. Many of their own performance pieces are included in the volume. The authors envision a broadening of the social sciences, making it more accessible to non-experts and opening up new dialogues between society and science--and changing.
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Acknowledgments; Section I. Toward a Performative Social Science; 1. Shifts that Launched a Thousand Faces; 2. The Spreading Fires: Ignition and Inspiration; 3. Playing with Purpose: Contributions of a Performative; Section II. Literary Arts: Playing with Potentials; 4. Duographic Writing; 5. Collaging Voices -- Mary Gergen; 6. Multiplying Metaphors -- Mary Gergen; 7. The Dialogic Alternative -- Mary Gergen, with Kip Jones; 8. Juxtaposing Genres -- Ken Gergen; 9. Reflections on Writing; Section III. Dramatic Arts: Ideas in Action; 10. Performing the Mind -- Ken Gergen.

11. Performing Theory -- Mary Gergen12. Theatrical Power -- Mary Gergen; 13. The Costume is the Message -- Mary Gergen; 14. Reflecting on Dramatic Performance; Section IV. Visualizing Ideas: Believing Is Seeing; 15. Playing with Sam -- Ken Gergen, with Sam Maitin; 16. Relational Art -- Ken Gergen, with Regine Walter; 17. Photographic Playtime -- Ken Gergen, with Anne Marie Rijsman-Lecluyse; 18. Visual Deconstruction -- Ken Gergen, with Anne MarieRijsman-Lecluyse; 19. Reflecting on Visual Performance; Section V. Extending Experiments: Flying Furniture; 20. Sculpting Ideas -- Ken Gergen.

21. Cartooning and Critique -- Mary Gergen22. To Song!; 23. The Power of Multimedia -- Ken Gergen; 24. Cybergraphics -- Ken Gergen, with Anne Marie Rijsman-Lecluyse; 25. Fragmented Moments: Haiku -- Mary Gergen; 26. Teaching through Fiction -- Mary Gergen; 27. Reflecting on Extended Experiments; Notes; References; Index; About the Authors.

Distilling decades of work spanning their prestigious careers, Mary M. and Kenneth J. Gergen make a strong case for enriching the social sciences through performative work. They present a unique exploration of the origins of performative social science and provide an intellectually rich overview of its significance in the field, as well as its evolving potential. Many of their own performance pieces are included in the volume. The authors envision a broadening of the social sciences, making it more accessible to non-experts and opening up new dialogues between society and science--and changing.

Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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