Michael Saward discusses what can be constituted through the performance of representative claims, and the concepts of performance and performativity in the context of representative claim-making. Michael Saward was Director of the Warwick ESRC Doctoral Training Centre from 2013 to 2016. He taught and researched at the Open University for twelve years, twice serving as Head of Department. Prior to the OU he was at Royal Holloway, University of London.