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The Anthem Companion to Harold Garfinkel (Hardcover): Philippe Sormani, Dirk Vom Lehn The Anthem Companion to Harold Garfinkel (Hardcover)
Philippe Sormani, Dirk Vom Lehn
R3,297 Discovery Miles 32 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Respecifying Lab Ethnography - An Ethnomethodological Study of Experimental Physics (Paperback): Philippe Sormani Respecifying Lab Ethnography - An Ethnomethodological Study of Experimental Physics (Paperback)
Philippe Sormani
R1,252 Discovery Miles 12 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Respecifying Lab Ethnography delivers the first ethnomethodological study of current experimental physics in action, describing the disciplinary orientation of lab work and exploring the discipline in its social order, formal stringency and skilful performance - in situ and in vivo. Drawing upon extensive participant observation, this book articulates and draws upon two major strands of ethnomethodological inquiry: reflexive ethnography and video analysis. In bringing together these two approaches, which have hitherto existed in parallel, Respecifying Lab Ethnography introduces a practice-based video analysis. In doing so, the book recasts conventional distinctions to shed fresh light on methodological issues surrounding the descriptive investigation of social practices more broadly. An engaged and innovative study of the encountered worksite, this book will appeal not only to sociologists with interests in ethnomethodology and the sociology of work, but also to scholars of science and technology studies and those working in the fields of ethnography and social science methodology.

Repair Work Ethnographies - Revisiting Breakdown, Relocating Materiality (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019): Ignaz Strebel, Alain Bovet,... Repair Work Ethnographies - Revisiting Breakdown, Relocating Materiality (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
Ignaz Strebel, Alain Bovet, Philippe Sormani
R4,058 Discovery Miles 40 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This pioneering book homes in on repair as an everyday practice. Bringing together exemplary ethnographies of repair work around the world, it examines the politics of repair, its work settings and intricate networks, in and across a wide range of situations, lay and professional. The book evidences the topical relevance of situated inquiry into breakdown, repair, and maintenance for engaging with the contemporary world more broadly. Airplanes and artworks, bicycles and buildings, cars and computers, medical devices and mobile phones, as virtually any commodity, infrastructure or technical artifact, have in common their occasional breakdown, if not inbuilt obsolescence. Hence the point and purpose of closely examining how and when they are fixed.

Practicing Art/Science - Experiments in an Emerging Field (Hardcover): Philippe Sormani, Guelfo Carbone, Priska Gisler Practicing Art/Science - Experiments in an Emerging Field (Hardcover)
Philippe Sormani, Guelfo Carbone, Priska Gisler
R3,990 Discovery Miles 39 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Over the last two decades, multiple initiatives of transdisciplinary collaboration across art, science, and technology have seen the light of day. Why, by whom, and under what circumstances are such initiatives promoted? What does their experimental character look like - and what can be learned, epistemologically and institutionally, from probing the multiple practices of "art/science" at work? In answer to the questions raised, Practicing Art/Science contrasts topical positions and insightful case studies, ranging from the detailed investigation of "art at the nanoscale" to the material analysis of Leonardo's Mona Lisa and its cracked smile. In so doing, this volume brings to bear the "practice turn" in science and technology studies on the empirical investigation of multifaceted experimentation across contemporary art, science, and technology in situ. Against the background of current discourse on "artistic research," the introduction not only explains the particular relevance of the "practice turn" in STS to tackle the interdisciplinary task at hand, but offers also a timely survey of varying strands of artistic experimentation. In bringing together ground-breaking studies from internationally renowned scholars and upcoming researchers in sociology, art theory and artistic practice, as well as history and philosophy of science, Practicing Art/Science will be essential reading for practitioners and professionals in said fields, as well as postgraduate students and representatives of higher education and research policy more broadly.

The Local Configuration of New Research Fields - On Regional and National Diversity (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the... The Local Configuration of New Research Fields - On Regional and National Diversity (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)
Martina Merz, Philippe Sormani
R2,152 Discovery Miles 21 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This new Yearbook addresses the question of how policy, place, and organization are made to matter for a new research field to emerge. Bringing together leading historians, sociologists, and organizational researchers on science and technology, the volume answers this question by offering in-depth case studies and comparative perspectives on multiple research fields in their nascent stage, including molecular biology and materials science, nanotechnology, and synthetic biology. The Yearbook brings to bear the lessons of constructivist ethnography and the "practice turn" in Science and Technology Studies (STS) more broadly on the qualitative, comparative, and critical inquiry of new research fields. In doing so, it offers unprecedented insights into the complex interplay of national research policies, regional clusters, particular research institutions, and novel research practices in and for any emerging field of (techno-)science. It systematically investigates national and regional differences, including the variable mobilization of such differences, and probes them for organizational topicality and policy relevance.

Practicing Art/Science - Experiments in an Emerging Field (Paperback): Philippe Sormani, Guelfo Carbone, Priska Gisler Practicing Art/Science - Experiments in an Emerging Field (Paperback)
Philippe Sormani, Guelfo Carbone, Priska Gisler
R1,305 Discovery Miles 13 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Over the last two decades, multiple initiatives of transdisciplinary collaboration across art, science, and technology have seen the light of day. Why, by whom, and under what circumstances are such initiatives promoted? What does their experimental character look like - and what can be learned, epistemologically and institutionally, from probing the multiple practices of "art/science" at work? In answer to the questions raised, Practicing Art/Science contrasts topical positions and insightful case studies, ranging from the detailed investigation of "art at the nanoscale" to the material analysis of Leonardo's Mona Lisa and its cracked smile. In so doing, this volume brings to bear the "practice turn" in science and technology studies on the empirical investigation of multifaceted experimentation across contemporary art, science, and technology in situ. Against the background of current discourse on "artistic research," the introduction not only explains the particular relevance of the "practice turn" in STS to tackle the interdisciplinary task at hand, but offers also a timely survey of varying strands of artistic experimentation. In bringing together ground-breaking studies from internationally renowned scholars and upcoming researchers in sociology, art theory and artistic practice, as well as history and philosophy of science, Practicing Art/Science will be essential reading for practitioners and professionals in said fields, as well as postgraduate students and representatives of higher education and research policy more broadly.

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