Playing with purpose : adventures in performative social science / / Mary M. Gergen and Kenneth J. Gergen

• Autore: Gergen Mary M.
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 302
• Soggetto topico: Social psychology; Social sciences - Research; Performance
• Altri autori: GergenKenneth J
• Note generali: First published 2012 by Left Coast Press, Inc.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: section 1. Toward a performative social science -- section 2. Literary arts : playing with potentials -- section 3. Dramatic arts : ideas in action -- section 4. Visualizing ideas : believing is seeing -- section 5. Extending experiments : flying furniture.
• Sommario/riassunto: Distilling decades of work spanning their prestigious careers, Mary M. and Kenneth J. Gergen make a strong case for enriching the social sciences through performative work. They present a unique exploration of the origins of performative social science and provide an intellectually rich overview of its significance in the field, as well as its evolving potential. Many of their own performance pieces are included in the volume. The authors envision a broadening of the social sciences, making it more accessible to non-experts and opening up new dialogues between society and science-and chan
• Titolo autorizzato: Playing with purpose
• ISBN: 1-315-42243-3; 1-315-42244-1; 1-315-42245-X; 1-59874-547-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828827903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Writing lives--ethnographic narratives.