Non-representational and more-than-human research: Vitalist methodologies for the end of data

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Phillip Vannini (Royal Roads University, Canada)

Non-representational and more-than-human research

Vitalist methodologies for the end of data

Phillip Vannini (Royal Roads University, Canada)

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Routledge
05 September 2025

Research methods: general; Human geography

This book fosters new links between non-representational theories and more-than-human perspectives. Offering multidisciplinary perspectives, from geography and anthropology, to social theory and qualitative research methodologies, it reimagines the boundaries of research by arguing for a new concept of “data.”

Original, bold, and creative contributions provocatively push us to reimagine what is meant by data. No longer something we can unproblematically understand as an empirical given, the notion of data is reimagined as the relational outcome of encounters, engagements, attachments, and more-than-human relations. As such, the book expands the field of non-representational scholarship, challenging the ideas of data collection, analysis, and representation.

This innovative book provides a courageous contemporary theoretical and methodological intervention. It will be valuable for students, researchers, and arts practitioners across the social sciences and will serve as the beginning of new methodological dialogues for years to come.

Edited by: Phillip Vannini (Royal Roads University Canada)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 640g
ISBN: 9781032840895
ISBN 10: 1032840897
Pages: 246
Publication Date: 05 September 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

More-Than-Data? An Introduction to Vitalist Methodologies 2. What If the World Wasn’t Data? Towards a Kin-Study with Dragonflies 3. Rethinking Research with Deleuze: Data as Difference 4. Making Microbial Data: More-Than-Representational Methods for Encountering Viruses, Bacteria and Other Microbes 5. Tourist Bodies and Places in a Changing Climate: Extreme Weather as Lively Data 6. Tinkering with Comparison of Climate Changes in Greenland and the Alps: Data as Vibrant Connections 7. Ecosomatics, Non-Representational Theory, and the Cripped Body: Data as Contingent in Performative Research Encounters 8. Engaging with the Earth’s Voice: Data as Caring Attachments 9. On Becoming Intimate with Scorched Earth: Research-Creation and Infrathin Data 10. Beyond Coding in Qualitative Analysis: The Wonder, Aberration, and Vitality of Hazy Data 11. Non-Representational Theory in Health Research: Disciplinary, Ontological and Epistemological Positions 12. Researching Animals and Health More-Than-Representationally: Working with Lively Data 13. Rethinking Mindfulness Research: Data as Vitalist Practice 14. Studying Health and Cycling: Working with Emergent Data 15. Tracing the Liveliness of Daily Data with Geographic Ecological Momentary Assessment and Mobile Technology

Phillip Vannini is a Professor in the School of Communication and Culture at Royal Roads University in Victoria, BC, Canada.