Kneebone Roger L
Centre for Engagement and Simulation Science, Imperial College London London, UK.
Front Psychol. 2016 Aug 31;7:1233. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01233. eCollection 2016.
This paper argues for the inclusion of surgery within the canon of performance science. The world of medicine presents rich, complex but relatively under-researched sites of performance. Performative aspects of clinical practice are overshadowed by a focus on the processes and outcomes of medical care, such as diagnostic accuracy and the results of treatment. The primacy of this "clinical" viewpoint-framed by clinical professionals as the application of medical knowledge-hides resonances with performance in other domains. Yet the language of performance is embedded in the culture of surgery-surgeons "perform" operations, work in an operating "theater" and use "instruments." This paper asks what might come into view if we take this performative language at face value and interrogate surgery from the perspective of performance science.
本文主张将外科手术纳入表演科学的范畴。医学领域呈现出丰富、复杂但相对研究不足的表演场所。临床实践的表演性方面被对医疗护理的过程和结果的关注所掩盖，比如诊断准确性和治疗结果。这种由临床专业人员构建为医学知识应用的“临床”观点的首要地位，掩盖了与其他领域表演的共鸣。然而，表演语言却深深植根于外科手术文化之中——外科医生“进行”手术，在手术“剧场”工作并使用“器械”。本文探讨，如果我们从字面意义上理解这种表演性语言，并从表演科学的角度审视外科手术，会有什么新的发现。
