Diffractive Ethnography

Social Sciences and the Ontological Turn

AvJessica Smartt Gullion

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

Across intellectual disciplines, the ontological turn is restructuring how we think about our relationships with the natural world. Influenced by the seemingly disparate realms of indigenous philosophy and quantum physics, the turn invites us to think about intra-actions and assemblages of human and nonhuman entities.This raises epistemological questions about how we know about the world, and spotlights some of the problems with how we currently do conventional social science research. Diffractive Ethnography invites social scientists to consider alternate methodologies that account for the complexity of human behavior situated in larger environmental contexts.For both novice and experienced researchers, this thought-provoking book opens new ways of thinking about methodology and raises questions about the ethical and justice orientations of our work.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-04-30
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:640 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:172
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781138486638

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Jessica Smartt Gullion, PhD, is Associate Professor of Sociology at Texas Woman’s University, where she teaches courses in research methods and medical and environmental sociology. Her research focuses on qualitative methodology as a tool for social justice.

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What would happen if social researchers de-centered themselves and humans? How do social scientists tackle important policy issues? These questions are deftly explored by Gullion in a fascinating and timely volume about the ontological turn in the social sciences. Diffractive Ethnography is for social scientists who want to be rid of hierarchies in order to engage deeply in social justice. It is for those of us who want to throw away the tool box, and see what creative new connections we can make across disciplines and ways of being. This is the most exciting book on methodology I have read in years.Sandra L. Faulkner, Bowling Green State University, author of Real Women Run

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AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: Engaging the Ontological TurnChapter 1. A Turn from What?Chapter 2. An Overview of Vibrant MaterialismChapter 3. Paradigm ChangesPart II: Methodological Contradictions in Social Science InquiryChapter 4. Objectivity in ResearchChapter 5. Instruments of MeasurementChapter 6. Beyond Cause and EffectChapter 7. Zombie CategoriesChapter 8. DataChapter 9. The Crisis of RepresentationChapter 10. Reflexivity and Its DiscontentsPart III: Diffractive EthnographyChapter 11. A Brief Overview of EthnographyChapter 12. Thinking with TheoryChapter 13. Assemblages and EntanglementsChapter 14. DiffractionChapter 15. The Liveliness of MatterPart IV: BecomingChapter 16. Healing the Nature/Culture DivideChapter 17. The Ethics of EntanglementsReferencesIndex