On 4 June 2025, during his annual address commemorating the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran’s Supreme Leader ( rahbar) Ali ...

It does seem a bit performative, and we suspect that much of the public may view it that way. It may have unintended consequences, as well; making a public show of asking for every secretary's ...

MINOT — In this oh-so-populist era, when, thanks to social media, anyone who wants to be can be the star of their own reality show, many politicians are more performers than public servants.

It’s a fair question. Like I wrote in my previous column, it’s very easy to get frustrated over what might be broadly called “performative politics.” Often that term is used critically ...

The author argues that "performative politics," such as protests and proclamations, are not silly but hold a significant place in political life. Statements by those in authority, even if empty ...

Understanding theater as performative language opens pathways to exploring how the utterance of words in a theatrical space generates the experience of drama. Recent decades have advanced our ...

and an artifact,” and Leda Maria Martins's statement that “that which in the voice and body is repeated is an episteme," curator Diane Lima will approach her reflections on curatorial practice as a ...

Any business owner can say they love diversity, but they have to show it over time through their actions to avoid becoming performative. Diversifying the workforce takes time and effort.

So what about Democrats? I find myself wholly unable to identify a competing vision or agenda being put forward by the Democratic Party, aside from the performative “resistance” platform Sen.

To make our utterance performative, and quite unambiguously so, we can make use, in place of the explicit formula, of a whole lot of more primitive devices such as intonation, for instance, or gesture ...