ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the growing efforts of the emerging “performative social science” over the last two decades. After showing the background to its emergence – especially the criticism of traditional practices of presenting science and its limited dissemination and public effectiveness – sketches of selected projects from psychological research are listed, implemented with artistic-aesthetic means and prepared for the public. Types of presentations in text form (autoethnography, fiction, poetics) and stagings (theatre, dance and music) and in visual presentation (film, photo) as well as exhibitions are discussed. Finally, I list evaluation criteria related to the processes and results of performative social science. They should be regarded as central to further establish a connection between art and science.
