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

• Pubblicazione: New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.6; 338.4769
• Soggetto topico: Construction industry - Research - Methodology; Ethnology - Methodology
• Altri autori: DaintyAndrew PinkSarah TuttDylan
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Ethnographic research in the construction industry
• ISBN: 1-283-84634-9; 1-136-85112-7; 0-203-83467-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786337503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Advances in Sociology