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Open to Disruption: Time and Craft in the Practice of Slow Sociology
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"The noted scholars in this collection expose the backstage stories about surprises that disrupted the smooth trajectory of their research. With both dignity and beauty, the collection as a whole evokes the risks, uncertainty, and excitement of innovative social science research"-- Editor(s): Garey, Professor Anita Ilta, Prof.; Hertz, Luella Lamer Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies Rosanna (Wellesley College Wellesley College, USA Wellesley College, USA Wellesley College, USA Wellesley College, USA Wellesley College, USA Wellesley College, USA Wellesley College, USA Wellesley College, USA Wellesley College, USA Wellesley College, USA); Nelson, Professor Margaret K. Num Pages: 287 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
At a time when an emphasis on productivity in higher education threatens to undermine well-crafted research, these highly reflexive essays capture the sometimes profound intellectual effects that may accompany disrupted scholarship. They reveal that over long periods of time relationships with people studied invariably change, sometimes in dramatic ways. They illustrate how world events such as 9/11 and economic cycles impact individual biographies.
Some researchers describe how disruptions prompted them to expand the boundaries of their discipline and invent concepts that could more accurately describe phenomena that previously had no name and no scholarly history. Sometimes scholars themselves caused ... Read more
At a time when an emphasis on productivity in higher education threatens to undermine well-crafted research, these highly reflexive essays capture the sometimes profound intellectual effects that may accompany disrupted scholarship. They reveal that over long periods of time relationships with people studied invariably change, sometimes in dramatic ways. They illustrate how world events such as 9/11 and economic cycles impact individual biographies.
Some researchers describe how disruptions prompted them to expand the boundaries of their discipline and invent concepts that could more accurately describe phenomena that previously had no name and no scholarly history. Sometimes scholars themselves caused ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Tennessee, United States
ISBN
9780826519849
SKU
V9780826519849
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99-3
About
Anita Ilta Garey is Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies and of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. Her book Weaving Work and Motherhood received the William J. Goode Award from the Family Section of the American Sociology Association. She has co-edited three other books, including (with Margaret K. Nelson) Who's Watching?: Daily Practices of Surveillance among Contemporary ... Read more
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