The Lively Science: Remodeling Human Social Research

ISBN-13: 9780367510930 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 150 str.

Michael Agar

Opis

This book represents the best of Michael Agar's visionary work in the social sciences - how to make a research question, and answer it with the human in social science. With his usual uncompromising clarity and dry with, Agar examines why human social science is still very definitely a science, and what that means in practice for researchers.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Behavioral/Social Science—An Oxymoron? Chapter 2. Experiments and Real Worlds Chapter 3. The Road to HSR Is Paved with Everyday Intentions Chapter 4. Taking HSR to Court  Chapter 5. The Heartbreak of Monotony Chapter 6. When Researcher Meets Subject Chapter 7. Human Social Science

O autorze

Michael Agar (1945-2017), Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Maryland, USA, was an influential, boundary-defying anthropologist known particularly for his work in ethnographic methodologies, transdisciplinary theory, and policy application. Post-retirement, he founded the global ethnographic consulting company Ethknoworks, LLC and held appointments at the University of Buenos Aires, the International Institute of Qualitative Methods at the University of Alberta, Surrey University (England), and the University of New Mexico. Trained as a linguistic anthropologist in the Language-Behavior Research Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, Agar was the author of nine monographs and more than a hundred articles on topics that ranged widely, including complexity theory, organizational cultures, drug policy, conversation analysis, and independent trucking.