Critically examine how ideas of performance and performativity contribute to contemporary geopolitical research.

GEG333. Critically examine how ideas of performance and performativity contribute to contemporary geopolitical research..

Performance and performativity. Performativity is theorised by Butler (1990) in relation to Sex and Gender Sex is assumed to be a prediscursive identity based on biological foundations Language and discourse operate as part of ongoing citational processes, producing normative assumptions; leaving the impression of the existsence of a 'natural' identity (Weber 1998) Performativity and its application to geopolitics Examining the dichotomoy between nation-state's and sovereignty.

Performativity in geo- politcal research. Bringing politics back in: the introduction of the ‘performative power’ of counterterrorism ( Graaf & Graaf 2010) Historical framing of the Ukraine Crisis through the Great Patriotic War: Performativity, cultural consciousness and shared remembering ( McGlynn 2018) The Geopolitics of Memory: A journey to Bosnia (James Riding 2019) The frontline as performative frame: an analysis of the UK covid crisis ( Farris, Yuval-Davis and Rottenberg 2021) How do these macro, national and international processes such as performativity impact and influence the micro, individual experiences? Performativity and performance in geopolitics comes at what cost?.

References. Butler, J. (1990) Gender Trouble: Feminism and the subversion of identity. London: Routledg ; Goffman, E. (1974) Frame Analysis: An essay on the organization of experience. US: Harvard University Press; Weber, C. (1998) Performative states. Millennium: Journal of International Studies , 27 (1), p.77-95; Williams, A. (2014) Disrupting air power: Perofmrativity and the unsettling of geopolitical frames through artworks. Political Geography, 42, p.12-22 Farris, S., Yuval-Davis, N., Rottenberg, C. (2021) The Frontline as Performative Frame: An Analysis of the UK COVID Crisis. State Crime Journal , 10 (2), p.284-303; Graaf, B., Graaf, B. (2010) Bringing politics back in: the introduction of the ‘performative power’ of counterterrorism . Critical studies on Terrorism, 3 (2), p.261-275; McGlynn, J. (2018) Historical framing of the Ukraine Crisis through the Great Patriotic War: Performativity, cultural consciousness and shared remembering. Memory studies, 13 (6), p.1058-1080; Riding, J. (2019) The Geopolitics of Memory. A Journey to Bosnia. Europe-Asia Studies , 73 (5).