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Diffractive Ethnography

Social Sciences and the Ontological Turn

Jessica Smartt Gullion (Texas Woman's University, USA)

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English
Routledge
30 April 2018
Across intellectual disciplines, the ontological turn is restructuring how we think about our relationships with the natural world. Influenced by the seemingly disparate realms of indigenous philosophy and quantum physics, the turn invites us to think about intra-actions and assemblages of human and nonhuman entities.

This raises epistemological questions about how we know about the world, and spotlights some of the problems with how we currently do conventional social science research. Diffractive Ethnography invites social scientists to consider alternate methodologies that account for the complexity of human behavior situated in larger environmental contexts.

For both novice and experienced researchers, this thought-provoking book opens new ways of thinking about methodology and raises questions about the ethical and justice orientations of our work.

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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm, 
Weight:   249g
ISBN:   9781138486638
ISBN 10:   1138486639
Pages:   182
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Engaging the Ontological Turn Chapter 1. A Turn from What? Chapter 2. An Overview of Vibrant Materialism Chapter 3. Paradigm Changes Part II: Methodological Contradictions in Social Science Inquiry Chapter 4. Objectivity in Research Chapter 5. Instruments of Measurement Chapter 6. Beyond Cause and Effect Chapter 7. Zombie Categories Chapter 8. Data Chapter 9. The Crisis of Representation Chapter 10. Reflexivity and Its Discontents Part III: Diffractive Ethnography Chapter 11. A Brief Overview of Ethnography Chapter 12. Thinking with Theory Chapter 13. Assemblages and Entanglements Chapter 14. Diffraction Chapter 15. The Liveliness of Matter Part IV: Becoming Chapter 16. Healing the Nature/Culture Divide Chapter 17. The Ethics of Entanglements References Index

Jessica Smartt Gullion, PhD, is Associate Professor of Sociology at Texas Woman’s University, where she teaches courses in research methods and medical and environmental sociology. Her research focuses on qualitative methodology as a tool for social justice.

Reviews for Diffractive Ethnography: Social Sciences and the Ontological Turn

What would happen if social researchers de-centered themselves and humans? How do social scientists tackle important policy issues? These questions are deftly explored by Gullion in a fascinating and timely volume about the ontological turn in the social sciences. Diffractive Ethnography is for social scientists who want to be rid of hierarchies in order to engage deeply in social justice. It is for those of us who want to throw away the tool box, and see what creative new connections we can make across disciplines and ways of being. This is the most exciting book on methodology I have read in years. Sandra L. Faulkner, Bowling Green State University, author of Real Women Run


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