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The Craft of Knowledge

Experiences of Living with Data

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Carol Smart

    1. The Morgan Centre, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, UK

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  2. Jenny Hockey

    1. Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, UK

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  3. Allison James

    1. Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Jenny Hockey, Allison James, Carol Smart
      Pages 1-18

  5. Living with Data

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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    2. Fragments: Living with Other People’s Lives as Analytic Practice

      • Carol Smart
      Pages 131-148

    3. Being in the Field: Doing Research

      • Kath Woodward
      Pages 149-161

    4. Living with the Dead

      • Carolyn Steedman
      Pages 162-175

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 176-192
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About this book

This book is a contribution to contemporary debates on social research with a unique focus on the relationship between methods and the crafting of knowledge. Nine experienced researchers from different disciplines have come together to explore what really matters to them in the process of doing qualitative research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Morgan Centre, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, UK

    Carol Smart

  • Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, UK

    Jenny Hockey, Allison James

About the editors

Simone Abram, Reader at Leeds Metropolitan University and the University of Durham, UK Les Back, Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK Jennifer Mason, Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester, UK Nigel Rapport, Professor of Anthropological and Philosophical Studies at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK Carolyn Steedman, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Warwick, UK Rachel Thomson, Professor at the University of Sussex, UK Kath Woodward, Professor Sociology at the Open University, UK

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