My sociologist colleague at University College London had one adamant rule about student essays: whatever else you do, never quote a dictionary definition in your work! He thought it was intellectually lazy and led students astray when the sociological definition – there are academic discipline-specific dictionaries out there, too – might actually be quite different from the dictionary one. So, that’s exactly what I am going to do here (sorry Richard!). The Merriam-Webster (nda) online dictionary gives the following definition for ‘method’, closest to my
they are involved with, for the period between 2015 and 2020. They also helped with access to their clients and advisers so that we could gain a deeper understanding of the issues facing this community and how GYROS responds to their clients’ needs. The aim of this chapter is to explain what we have been doing, why we have been doing it and how. Specifically, it describes the aims and purpose of this research ( Section B ), the justification for basing the research in Great Yarmouth, a brief outline of our methods and the themes arising from the research ( Section
79 FIVE Methods of French policy studies Claire Dupuy and Philippe Zittoun Introduction Methodological debate is central to characterising the scientificity of social sciences research (Merton, 1957) and policy studies in particular (Lerner and Lasswell, 1951). This chapter focuses on French policy studies and the methods of policy analysis. Its objective is to highlight the main features of these approaches as compared to other national community practices. This task seems somewhat daunting as explicit discussions on methods among policy specialists are
Creative research methods can help to answer complex contemporary questions which are hard to answer using conventional methods alone. Creative methods can also be more ethical, helping researchers to address social injustice.
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Introduction In this chapter we – Emma Lazenby, a filmmaker, and Karen Gray, a researcher – introduce the analogue journey method. The term ‘analogue’ has dual meanings, and both are relevant. An ‘analogue’ is a thing that is similar to, or that is used to represent, something else through the process of comparison or analogy. The analogue journey method is a novel creative analysis tool that can be used with almost any kind of qualitative or mixed-methods research data, making sense of such data by visualising them in the shape of a journey, with the end
Since the mid-2010s, virtual reality (VR) technology has advanced rapidly. This book explores the many opportunities that VR can offer for humanities and social sciences researchers.
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project (and life in general) on either side of the pandemic, equally important and dependent on each other for full meaning. In this chapter, we tell the story of how a co-research-creation event (the Sci Curious Project) unfolded before and during the COVID-19 pandemic 7 ; the lead-up to its irruption (St. Pierre, 1997 ) and then what came after. ‘Scicurious as method’ emerged out of the unexpected pause and recalibration of the project; a method that emphasizes the creation of research spaces that activate scicuriosity in situated practice. We understand
Introduction Like any other sort of material entering the context of criminological analysis, the visual can be approached, managed, decoded, produced, and considered in any number of ways. This chapter describes some of those ways, and notes instances in which a number of visual methods are already evident within criminology. We should keep in mind, though, that visual methodologies—like other qualitative methodologies—are often so peculiar and particular that they are developed individually, in order that they best suit the context of their use. Moreover
