Re-enactment as Research, A monologue

Key Points

• To propose re-enactment as a viable research method and explore its impact on understanding the past.
• Combines textual analysis with personal reflections.
• Investigates the role of re-enactment in destabilizing historical narratives.
• Examines the implications of re-enactment within different research approaches.
• Demonstrates how re-enactment can challenge conventional interpretations of history.
• Highlights the potential of performance as a research tool.
• Suggests that re-enactment may enhance our understanding of citationality in art.