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On the performativity of journalistic identity Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The concept of "ritual" has played an important role in research
within mass media and journalism studies in the last decades. Both
ethnographic and anthropological research in media studies has devoted
attention to an elaboration of its theoretical scope. However, as this
paper argues, reading the concept in the perspective of Butler's
theory of performativity can considerably deepen our understanding of
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within mass media and journalism studies in the last decades. Both
ethnographic and anthropological research in media studies has devoted
attention to an elaboration of its theoretical scope. However, as this
paper argues, reading the concept in the perspective of Butler's
theory of performativity can considerably deepen our understanding of
...
Interpreting the Rule(s) of Code: Performance, Performativity, and Production Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Software code is built on rules. The way it enforces them is analogous in certain ways to the philosophical notion of legalism, under which citizens are expected to follow legal rules without thinking too hard about their meaning or consequences. By analogy, the opacity, immutability, immediacy, pervasiveness, private production, and ‘ruleishness’ of code amplify its ‘legalistic’ nature far beyond what could ever be imposed in the legal domain, ...
The Point of the Matter: Performativity in scientific practices Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The conference Does it Matter? Composite Bodies and Posthuman Prototypes in Contemporary Performing Arts (Ghent University, 2015) featured a ‘keynote dialogue’ between performance scholar and philosopher Maaike Bleeker (Utrecht University) and mathematician and philosopher of science Jean Paul Van Bendegem (Free University of Brussels). Speaking from their respective areas of interest and expertise, Bleeker and Van Bendegem discussed various ...
Practicing religion during a pandemic : on religious routines, embodiment, and performativity Ghent University
How to be visible in student politics : performativity and the digital public space in Bangladesh Ghent University
In Bangladeshi student politics, political performances in public spaces play an essential role in establishing patronage relationships and determining local authority structures. As Thomas Blom Hansen has famously argued, "visibility means everything" in such a context. With the emergence of social networking sites like Facebook, new digital public spaces have appeared. Focusing on ruling-party student activists at Rajshahi University, this ...
Critical performativity Hasselt University
Towards a relational ethics in pandemic times and beyond: Limited accountability, collective performativity and new subjectivity Hasselt University KU Leuven
It is often said that desperate times call for desperate measures. Yet, in the contemporary pandemic crisis, desperate organizational measures seem all but present. Instead, for most of us it is 'business as usual' while we are at the same time required to take care of our kids. The situation makes us highly uncomfortable and overwhelms many of us with feelings of stress - when trying to keep on going with the flow - or feelings of guilt - when ...