This article reexamines the concept of successful outcome and its relation to collective social action. Specifically, it looks at a demonstration organized by Australian‐Hungarian community members in Melbourne, Australia, in 2005 that failed to meet any of its original goals, yet was nonetheless perceived as a success by participants. In order to make sense of this seeming disjuncture, I argue we need to understand the protest as a performance through which protestors’ emotional transformations were able to alter both the meaning and the content of the collective action. More specifically, I argue that the performance of identity and the perception of risk were key factors contributing to participants’ perception of the demonstration's success. Drawing on ethnographic data highlighting protestors’ experiences and interpretations, this article blends social movement literature on emotions and identity with theories on risk in order to rethink how we evaluate mobilization outcomes and participant perceptions.

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展示成功：墨尔本“特里亚农示范”中的身份，情感和风险

本文重新审视了成功结果的概念及其与集体社会行为的关系。具体而言，它考察了澳大利亚-匈牙利社区成员在2005年澳大利亚墨尔本举行的一次示威，该示威未能实现其最初的目标，但仍被参与者视为成功。为了理解这种看似脱节的现象，我认为我们需要将抗议理解为一种表演，通过这种表演，抗议者的情感转变能够改变集体行动的含义和内容。更具体地说，我认为身份的表现和对风险的感知是促使参与者对演示成功的看法的关键因素。本文利用人种学数据强调抗议者的经历和解释，将有关情绪和身份的社会运动文献与风险理论相结合，以重新考虑我们如何评估动员结果和参与者的看法。