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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786337503321

Titolo

Ethnographic research in the construction industry / / edited by Sarah Pink, Dylan Tutt and Andrew Dainty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-84634-9

1-136-85112-7

0-203-83467-4

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in sociology ; ; 76

Altri autori (Persone)

DaintyAndrew

PinkSarah

TuttDylan

Disciplina

331.6

338.4769

Soggetti

Construction industry - Research - Methodology

Ethnology - Methodology

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

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introducing ethnographic research in the construction industry; 2 The labour of refurbishment: the building and the body in space and time; 3 'We've got our own language': the communication practices of migrant workers in the UK construction industry; 4 'On the tools': the physical work of building and renovating houses in Perth, Western Australia; 5 Ethnography and flux: identity and epistemology in  construction fieldwork

6 Building contacts: the trials, tribulations and translations of an ethnographic researcher in construction7 Where's the action? Challenges of ethnographic research in construction; 8 Contributions of ethnographic practice to community-engaged research in construction management; 9 From interpretation to action: unique adequacy as a common standard for the evaluation of research in the built environment; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The construction industry as a workplace is commonly seen as problematic for a number of reasons, including its worrying health and



safety record, the instability of its workforce, and the poorly regulated nature of the sector. It is surprising therefore, that the sector and its working practices remain so under-theorised. Now though, there is a growing interest in and awareness of the utility of an ethnographic approach to the construction industry. Ethnographic Research in the Construction Industry draws together in one volume a set of expert contributions which dem