New Materialist Social Inquiry: Designs, Methods and the Research-Assemblage

Autor/inn/en	Fox, Nick J.; Alldred, Pam
Titel	New Materialist Social Inquiry: Designs, Methods and the Research-Assemblage
Quelle	In: International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 18 (2015) 4, S.399-414 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1364-5579
DOI	10.1080/13645579.2014.921458
Schlagwörter	Inquiry; Social Sciences; Research Design; Data Analysis; Research Methodology; Politics; Researchers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Forschungsdesign; Auswertung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Politik; Researcher; Forscher
Abstract	This paper discusses issues of research design and methods in new materialist social inquiry, an approach that is attracting increasing interest across the social sciences as an alternative to either realist or constructionist ontologies. New materialism de-privileges human agency, focusing instead upon how assemblages of the animate and inanimate together produce the world, with fundamental implications for social inquiry methodology and methods. Key to our exploration is the materialist notion of a 'research-assemblage' comprising researcher, data, methods and contexts. We use this understanding first to explore the micropolitics of the research process, and then -- along with a review of 30 recent empirical studies -- to establish a framework for materialist social inquiry methodology and methods. We discuss the epistemological consequences of adopting a materialist ontology. (As Provided).
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