<i>Acta est fabula, plaudite</i> ! Acting silly as a way of doing research – Being silly as a way of life

In this essay, some thoughts are collected regarding the role of performance as a way of getting in touch with reality. Even as fictions, these performative actions exist in reality, and rather peculiar formats ‘come into existence’ for demarcating these fictions from reality: applause, whistle blows, frames… What is the role of these demarcations when thinking about the relation between fiction and reality? And what if the demarcations become part of the to-be-demarcated fictions?

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2024-10-01
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https://doi.org/10.5117/forum2024.2.010.will
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Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
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Acta est fabula, plaudite ! Acting silly as a way of doing research – Being silly as a way of life

Bert Willems
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Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
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Acta est fabula, plaudite ! Acting silly as a way of doing research – Being silly as a way of life

Bert Willems
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Abstract

In this essay, some thoughts are collected regarding the role of performance as a way of getting in touch with reality. Even as fictions, these performative actions exist in reality, and rather peculiar formats ‘come into existence’ for demarcating these fictions from reality: applause, whistle blows, frames… What is the role of these demarcations when thinking about the relation between fiction and reality? And what if the demarcations become part of the to-be-demarcated fictions?

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