Case. Study. Bloody. Research. Still, it meant I read Stake, R. 1995. The Art of Case Study Research. London: Sage, And on page 35-6 there is this gem- One century ago, philosopher Wilhelm Dilthey argued that science was not moving in the direction not helping humans understand themselves: Only from his actions, his fixed utterances, his... Continue Reading →
Constant craving- of liberty, independence and the State…
Researching my thesis/an article-I-want-to-submit somewhere, I got interested (i.e. briefly stuck my head down a rabbit hole) in the question on the use and abuse of metaphor in political theory. Via inter-library loan, got hold of this- Ankersmit, F. 1993. Metaphor in Political Theory. In Ankersmit F. and Mooij, J. Knowledge and Language Vol III.... Continue Reading →
Social skill (which I clearly lack!)
Social skill is defined as “the capacity for inter-subjective thought and action that shapes the provision of meaning, interests and identity in the service of collective ends” [Fligstein & McAdam, 2012 p.4] Fligstein, N. & McAdam, D. 2012, A Theory of Fields, Oxford University Press, New York, New York. Hat-tip to Stephen McGrail
Retching wretchedly in the datasmog
Long-time case researcher Harry Wolcott wrote in his manual (1990). The critical task in qualitative research is not to accumulate all the data you can, but to “can” (i.e. get rid of) most of the data you accumulate. This requires constant winnowing. The trick is to discover essences and then to reveal those essences with... Continue Reading →
Neoliberalisms: Combative, Normative and Punitive
Neoliberalism, eh? That handy catch-all insult that helps mainstream liberals not say "capitalism", that helps radicals not have to think very hard about how to think or communicate. Nota bene, I am not saying it is not real, that it does not matter, that there is not a usefulness to the term. Just that we tend... Continue Reading →
“You might say that; I couldn’t possibly comment…”
A comment under this rather excellent review of a good sounding book about intellectual women (Arendt, Sontag, Didion and that crowd) and 'toughness/emotional labour." Heartless women and men—in academia, the professions, and life in general—appear cold, frightened and thus defensive, and often near panic. The very opposite of what one expects from a seasoned, focused,... Continue Reading →
“The making of a petrol station” #Afterthethesis
The making of a petrol station and the “on-the-move consumer”: Classification devices and the shaping of markets Frank Azimonta, , , Luis Araujob, Industrial Marketing Management Volume 39, Issue 6, August–September 2010, Pages 1010–1018 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2010.06.020 Abstract This paper addresses the issue of classification devices and their role in shaping markets. We depart from the notion... Continue Reading →
“Concerned Markets”
"Geiger et al. (2014) use the term ‘‘concerned markets’’ to refer to situations in which controversies set in motion an ongoing dynamic of criticisms and justifications during which actors tap into different explanations or principles of justice and thereby negotiate the construction of a shared world." (Blanchet and Depeyre, 2016: 42) Blanchet, V. and Depeyre,... Continue Reading →
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
From page 19 of this excellent report of an intriguing-sounding event.
On the mental costs of case study research…
Here's something that can't go in my methodology chapter, cos it's too special-plea-dy. True nonetheless. “In actuality, the demands of a case study on a person’s intellect, ego, and emotions are far greater than those of any other research strategy. This is because the data collection procedures are not routinized.” (Yin, 1994:55)
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