Mapping Social Relations: A Primer in Doing Institutional Ethnography

Campbell, Marie L.

ISBN 10: 0759107521 / ISBN 13: 9780759107526

Editore: AltaMira Press, 2004

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR010092215

Riassunto:

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.

Informazioni sugli autori: 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.

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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Titolo: Mapping Social Relations: A Primer in Doing ...
Casa editrice: AltaMira Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2004
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: Very Good