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Mobile Methods and the Empirical
Monika Büscher,John Urry +1 more
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In this article, the authors argue that the mobilities turn and its studies of the performativity of everyday (im)mobilities enable new forms of sociological inquiry, explanation and engagement.Abstract:
In this article we argue that the mobilities turn and its studies of the performativity of everyday (im)mobilities enable new forms of sociological inquiry, explanation and engagement. New kinds of...read more
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Beyond the Throwaway Society: Ordinary Domestic Practice and a Sociological Approach to Household Food Waste
TL;DR: In this paper, a sociological analysis of household food waste is presented and its starting point is a critique of perspectives in which volumes of waste generation are used to infer the presence of a throwaway society.
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Ethnography for the Internet: Embedded, Embodied and Everyday
TL;DR: This book presents an overview of the challenges faced by ethnographers who wish to understand activities that involve the internet, and explores both methodological principles and practical strategies for coming to terms with the definition of field sites, the connections between online and offline and the changing nature of embodied experience.
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Mobilities I Catching up
TL;DR: In the context of a world on the move, the authors make a case for mobility research as a project which focuses on the universal but always particularly constructed fact of moving, arguing that mobilities research takes a more holistic view that allows it to make some previously unlikely connections.
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Crowdfunding Social Ventures: A Model and Research Agenda
TL;DR: In this article, a review of existing literature on financing social ventures as well as crowdfunding is presented, and a research agenda of eight themes for crowdfunding of social ventures is set up.
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Ethnography in/of the World System: The Emergence of Multi-Sited Ethnography
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