{"product_id":"inventive-methods-9780415721103","title":"Inventive Methods","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocial and cultural research has changed dramatically in the last few years in response to changing conceptions of the empirical, an intensification of interest in interdisciplinary work, and the growing need to communicate with diverse users and audiences. Methods texts, however, have not kept pace with these changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume provides a set of new approaches for the investigation of the contemporary world. Building on the increasing importance of methodologies that cut across disciplines, more than twenty expert authors explain the utility of 'devices' for social and cultural research â their essays cover such diverse devices as the list, the pattern, the event, the photograph, the tape recorder and the anecdote.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fascinating collection stresses the open-endedness of the social world, and explores the ways in which each device requires the user to reflect critically on the value and status of contemporary ways of making knowledge. With a range of genres and styl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: A Perpetual Inventory. Anecdote. Category. Configuration. Experiment: Abstract Experimentalism. Experiment: The Experiment in Living. List. Number. Pattern. Pattern. Photo-Image. Phrase. Population. Probes. Screen. Set. Speculation. Tape Recorder.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018187866455,"sku":"9780415721103","price":45.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415721103.jpg?v=1750775952","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/inventive-methods-9780415721103","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}