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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452401603321

Titolo

Inventive methods : the happening of the social / / edited by Celia Lury and Nina Wakeford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-280-87630-1

9786613717610

1-136-99397-5

1-136-99396-7

0-203-85492-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Culture, economy and the social

Altri autori (Persone)

LuryCelia

WakefordNina

Disciplina

300.72

Soggetti

Social sciences - Research - Methodology

Social sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Inventive Methods The happening of the social; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Notes on contributors; 1 Introduction: a perpetual inventory; 2 Anecdote; 3 Category; 4 Configuration; 5 Experiment: abstract experimentalism; 6 Experiment: the experiment in living; 7 List; 8 Number; 9 Pattern, patterning; 10 Pattern; 11 Photo-image; 12 Phrase; 13 Population; 14 Probes; 15 Screen; 16 Set; 17 Speculation: a method for the unattainable; 18 Tape recorder; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Social and cultural research has changed dramatically in the last few years in response to changing conceptions of the empirical, an intensification of interest in interdisciplinary work, and the growing need to communicate with diverse users and audiences. Methods texts, however, have not kept pace with these changes.This volume provides a set of new approaches for the investigation of the contemporary world. Building on the increasing importance of methodologies that cut across disciplines, more than twenty expert authors explain the utility of 'devices' for social and cultural res