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Mary Gergen, who authored this chapter, has been one of the originators of performative inquiry in the social sciences. Performative inquiry, also called arts-based research, is unique among these research-oriented chapters in that the cardinal characteristic is its emphasis on arts-based forms of expression and implementation. Among the attributes of performative inquiry are its capacities to blend various forms of art together with traditional scholarly discourse, to address social concerns more directly than traditional scientific research, and to be more accessible to various public audiences than professional scientific writing. From a performative point of view, while making declarations about the real and the good, performance work simultaneously removes the gloss ‘is True’. Performative pursuits continuously remind us that everything remains open to questioning and dialogue. Performative studies encourage creativity, novelty, and radical revisions of the ‘real’.