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  • Conclusion:

  • from Part III - Interpreting
  • Edited by Tracy C. Davis, Northwestern University, Illinois, Paul Rae, University of Melbourne
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Guide to Mixed Methods Research for Theatre and Performance Studies
    Published online:
    01 February 2024
    Print publication:
    08 February 2024, pp 300-320

  • Summary

    Paul Rae concludes the volume by reflecting on why it is so hard for performance scholars to write about method and methodology. He proposes that the inherently aesthetic and performative dimensions of research practice mean that performance scholars can struggle to articulate a discourse on method that exists independently. He draws on examples from across the volume, as well as on his own research experience, to consider a particularly challenging (and fruitful) area of complexity in performance research: the aesthetics of research activity. By discussing the moments when the researcher becomes subsumed into the events of practices being researched, aesthetic conduct in research, and the aesthetic qualities of research design, he argues that it is only when performance researchers can better account for the integration of research activity and what is being researched, that they can arrive at a more robust account of method and methodology.