Performativity analysis complements rather than replaces economic sociology’s embedding approach

Evidence

However, when in pursuit of a theme such as the performativity of economics, one should not give in to the temptation to exaggerate its significance. In particular, attention to performativity does not render redundant economic sociology’s focus on the embedding of economic action in cultures, in political systems, and in networks of interpersonal connections. Especially in chapter 6, we saw performativity articulating with these matters, rather than displacing them. — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera, 1183

Categorization

• XREF: Positions performativity against Granovetter’s embeddedness tradition in economic sociology — a key disciplinary mapping for an intermediate reader. — connects to: Studying performativity forces attention to the very market objects economics analyzes. — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial…, 101; Performativity shifts analysis from model accuracy to model use effects — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial…, 1239; Economic transactions are governed by their embeddedness in social networks — TOMASZ OLEJNICZAK, Development of Trust in Low-Trust…, 17 (+1 more)
• QUESTION: Worth chasing: exactly how does performativity ‘articulate with’ embeddedness rather than replace it? The mechanism is only gestured at here.

Broader Connections

• Performativity shifts analysis from model accuracy to model use effects #qualifies (0.85) — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera, 1239
• Economic sociology should study what makes calculative action possible, not irrational intrusion #expands (0.80) — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera, 65
• Economic transactions are governed by their embeddedness in social networks #complicates (0.75) — TOMASZ OLEJNICZAK, Development of Trust in Low-Trust…, 17