Performative research methods

“So what of research methods? Our argument is that these are performative. By

this we mean that they have effects; they make differences; they enact realities;

and they can help to bring into being what they also discover” (p. 392-393).

“if method is interactively performative, and helps to make realities,

then the differences between research findings produced by different methods

or in different research traditions have an alternative significance” (p. 397).

Law, John and Urry, John (2004) 'Enacting the social', Economy and Society, 33: 3, 390 — 410