Mapping Social Relations: A Primer in Doing Institutional Ethnography - Couverture souple

Campbell, Marie L.

 
9780759107526: Mapping Social Relations: A Primer in Doing Institutional Ethnography
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ISBN 10 : 0759107521 ISBN 13 : 9780759107526
Editeur : AltaMira Press, 2004

Synopsis

This is a book about a distinctive methodological approach inspired by one of Canada? s most respected scholars, Dorothy Smith. Institutional ethnography aims to answer questions about how everyday life is organized. What is conventionally understood as ? the relationship of micro to macro processes? is, in institutional ethnography, conceptualized and explored in terms of ruling relations.The authors suggest that institutional ethnographers must adopt a particular research stance, one that recognizes that people? s own knowledge and ways of knowing are crucial elements of social action and thus of social analysis. Specific attention to text analysis is integral to the approach as is a sensitive to gender relations.

Institutional ethnography is remarkably well suited to the human service curriculum and the training of professionals and activists. Its strategy for learning how to understand problems existing in everyday life appeals to many researchers who are looking for guidance on how to take practical action. At the same time, the highly elaborated theoretical foundation of institutional ethnography is difficult to deal with in the brief time most students are in the classroom. The authors successfully tackle the issue of teaching and applying institutional ethnography. Campbell and Gregor have been testing out instructional methods and materials for many years. Mapping Social Relations is the product of that effort.

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À propos de l?auteur

Marie L. Campbell is professor in the Faculty of Human and Social Development at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. Frances Gregor is an associate professor in the School of Nursing at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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Éditeur
AltaMira Press
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0759107521
ISBN 13 
9780759107526
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
146
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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9781442601192: Mapping Social Relations: A Primer in Doing Institutional Ethnography

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1442601191 ISBN 13 :  9781442601192
Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2002
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