About this episode
The episode explores the concept of performativity and its implications in language and meaning.
Performativity gets the Fantasy/Animation treatment in Footnote 76 of the podcast, with Alex taking Chris through the power and implication of language, utterances, meaning, and those writers who have thought about how we do things with words. Topics include how language is essential to the creation of meaning in the world and the emergence of ordinary language philosophy; performative registers, speech acts, and the work of Judith Butler on gendered forms of performativity; fictions, falsehoods, and the societal function of performing gender; and the meaningfulness of utterances that create meaning by doing rather than simply describing. **Fantasy/Animation theme tune composed by Francisca Araujo** **As featured on Feedspot’s 25 Best London Education Podcasts** **As featured on MillionPodcast’s Best 10 UK Animation Podcasts and Best 60 Movie Podcasts in the UK**
People in this episode
Hosts: Alex, Chris
Topics covered
- performativity
- language
- ordinary language philosophy
- speech acts
- Judith Butler
- gendered performativity
- meaning
- utterances
Keywords
- power of language
- meaning creation
- fictions
- falsehoods
- societal function of gender
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Best 10 UK Animation Podcasts
Places: UK
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