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Blinded by the Lights: Improvisational Theater as a Method for Researching Regional Identities

Geblendet vom Licht: Improvisationstheater als Methode zur Erforschung regionaler Identitäten
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Hostniker, Sabine
Meyer, Frank

Abstract

We explore how improvisational (improv) theater can be used to illuminate the everyday performance of regional identity. This can help manage reactivity-related and counter-performative effects during qualitative research. By utilizing improv theater as a performative qualitative method, we highligh... view more

We explore how improvisational (improv) theater can be used to illuminate the everyday performance of regional identity. This can help manage reactivity-related and counter-performative effects during qualitative research. By utilizing improv theater as a performative qualitative method, we highlight its analytical potential. We identify methodological gaps in existing qualitative research and human geography studies, and we propose a methodological framework for integrating improvisational theater into research practice. Participants of improv theater-workshops draw on personal and collective experiences rooted in their personal backgrounds to evoke emotions related to their home regions. By engaging in spontaneous and unscripted performances, individuals express nuanced perceptions of regional identity that may elude traditional qualitative approaches. Ultimately, we illuminate the complex interplay between individuals and the transformative potential of improvisational theater.... view less


Wir untersuchen, wie durch Improvisationstheater die alltägliche Ausübung (Performanz) regionaler Identität beleuchtet werden kann und reagieren hiermit auf die Relevanz reaktivitätsbezogener und gegenperformativer Effekte während qualitativer Forschung. Durch die Nutzung von Improvisationstheater a... view more

Wir untersuchen, wie durch Improvisationstheater die alltägliche Ausübung (Performanz) regionaler Identität beleuchtet werden kann und reagieren hiermit auf die Relevanz reaktivitätsbezogener und gegenperformativer Effekte während qualitativer Forschung. Durch die Nutzung von Improvisationstheater als performative qualitative Methode erproben wir dessen analytisches Potenzial anlässlich methodologischer Lücken in bestehenden qualitativen humangeografischen Studien. Wir schlagen einen methodologischen Rahmen für die Integration von Improvisationstheater in die Forschungspraxis vor, bei dem Teilnehmende an Improvisationstheater-Workshops auf persönliche und kollektive Erfahrungen zurückgreifen, um Emotionen im Zusammenhang mit ihren Heimatregionen hervorzurufen. Unser Ziel besteht darin, durch spontane und ungeskriptete Aufführungen nuancierte Wahrnehmungen regionaler Identität zu beobachten, die im Rahmen traditioneller qualitativer Ansätze möglicherweise entgehen.... view less

Keywords
social research; qualitative method; art; theater; regional identity; zone

Classification
Research Design

Free Keywords
Humangeographie; Improvisational theater; Improvisationstheater; Performativität; art-based research; human geography; kunstbasierte Forschung; performativity

Document language
English

Publication Year
2024

Journal
Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 25 (2024) 3

ISSN
1438-5627

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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