Thomas Etzemüller (ed.)
The appearance
Performance in science
Performance and self-fashioning are among the most important instruments for gaining a scientific reputation. Performance is more than just a deceptive surface. By presenting yourself, you expose yourself to scrutiny in front of everyone as to whether you are a good fit. Without quality content, you will not last long in science. Without performance, you may be able to produce scientific achievements - but you will be more or less drastically cut off from the necessary resources and reception. Performance is not a substitute for scientific quality, it is a prerequisite and tool for producing what professionals in other subsystems are unable to do: scientific truth. This makes it a paradoxical thing: performance must be visible to all, but must actually remain unnoticed in order to conceal its instrumental character.
With contributions from, among others Thomas Alkemeyer (sociology), Sabrina Deigert (literary studies), Julika Griem (English studies), Julian Hamann (sociology), Anna Luise Kiss (media studies/actress), David Kuchenbuch (history), Anna Langenbruch (musicology), Herbert Nikitsch (European ethnology), Sybille Peters (art & science), Johanna Rakebrand (law), Lena Vöcklinghaus (literary studies), Anja Zimmermann (art history).
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