Open to Disruption : Time and Craft in the Practice of Slow Sociology / edited by Anita Ilta Garey, Rosanna Hertz, Margaret K. Nelson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Nashville, Tennessee : Vanderbilt University Press, 2014Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (288 pages)Content type:
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Contents:
Introduction: On Being Open to Disruption / Margaret K. Nelson and Rosanna Hertz -- Part I. Changing Subjects, Changing Relationships, Changing Worlds -- Chapter 1. From a Study to a Journey: Holding an Ethnographic Gaze on Urban Poverty for Two Decades / Timothy Black -- Chapter 2. Conflicted Selves: Trust and Betrayal in Studying the Hare Krishna / E. Burke Rochford Jr. -- Chapter 3. Returns / Joanna Dreby -- Chapter 4. Studying My Hometown / Albert Hunter -- Chapter 5. Breaching Boundaries and Dowsing for Stories on the Great Plains / Karen V. Hansen -- Part II. Changing Methods, Changing Frameworks -- Chapter 6. Disrupting Scholarship / Susan E. Bel -- Chapter 7. A Sociology of Inclusion and Exclusion through the Lens of the Maid's Daughter / Mary Romero -- Chapter 8. Getting to the Dark Side of the Moon: Researching the Lives of Women in Cartography / Will C. van den Hoonaar -- Chapter 9. Getting It Right / Pamela Stone -- Chapter 10. "Breakfast at Elmo's": Adolescent Boys and Disruptive Politics in the Kinscripts Narrative / Linda M. Burton and Carol B. Stack -- Part III. Reflections on Disruptions: Time and Craft -- Chapter 11. History on a Slow Track / Emily K. Abel -- Chapter 12. A Serendipitous Lesson: Or, How What We Do Shapes What We Know / Margaret K. Nelson -- Chapter 13. Paying Forward and Paying Back / Rosanna Hertz -- Chapter 14. Rethinking Families: A Slow Journey / Naomi Gerstel -- Chapter 15. Time to Find Words / Marjorie L. DeVault -- Chapter 16. The Days Are Long, but the Years Fly By: Reflections on the Challenges of Doing Qualitative Research / Annette Lareau -- Contributors.
Summary: "The noted scholars in this collection expose the backstage stories about surprises that disrupted the smooth trajectory of their research. With both dignity and beauty, the collection as a whole evokes the risks, uncertainty, and excitement of innovative social science research"-- Provided by publisher
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Introduction: On Being Open to Disruption / Margaret K. Nelson and Rosanna Hertz -- Part I. Changing Subjects, Changing Relationships, Changing Worlds -- Chapter 1. From a Study to a Journey: Holding an Ethnographic Gaze on Urban Poverty for Two Decades / Timothy Black -- Chapter 2. Conflicted Selves: Trust and Betrayal in Studying the Hare Krishna / E. Burke Rochford Jr. -- Chapter 3. Returns / Joanna Dreby -- Chapter 4. Studying My Hometown / Albert Hunter -- Chapter 5. Breaching Boundaries and Dowsing for Stories on the Great Plains / Karen V. Hansen -- Part II. Changing Methods, Changing Frameworks -- Chapter 6. Disrupting Scholarship / Susan E. Bel -- Chapter 7. A Sociology of Inclusion and Exclusion through the Lens of the Maid's Daughter / Mary Romero -- Chapter 8. Getting to the Dark Side of the Moon: Researching the Lives of Women in Cartography / Will C. van den Hoonaar -- Chapter 9. Getting It Right / Pamela Stone -- Chapter 10. "Breakfast at Elmo's": Adolescent Boys and Disruptive Politics in the Kinscripts Narrative / Linda M. Burton and Carol B. Stack -- Part III. Reflections on Disruptions: Time and Craft -- Chapter 11. History on a Slow Track / Emily K. Abel -- Chapter 12. A Serendipitous Lesson: Or, How What We Do Shapes What We Know / Margaret K. Nelson -- Chapter 13. Paying Forward and Paying Back / Rosanna Hertz -- Chapter 14. Rethinking Families: A Slow Journey / Naomi Gerstel -- Chapter 15. Time to Find Words / Marjorie L. DeVault -- Chapter 16. The Days Are Long, but the Years Fly By: Reflections on the Challenges of Doing Qualitative Research / Annette Lareau -- Contributors.

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"The noted scholars in this collection expose the backstage stories about surprises that disrupted the smooth trajectory of their research. With both dignity and beauty, the collection as a whole evokes the risks, uncertainty, and excitement of innovative social science research"-- Provided by publisher

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