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Hybrids of Method

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The emerging field of multiple species research has yet to be firmly or perfectly defined, but in seeking to test out some ideas, the foregoing three chapters explored the potential of several creative tools for approaching the difficult problem of accessing and understanding the interactions between humans and other species, looking at techniques that can incorporate other agencies rather than ignoring them. In the previous chapter, we considered how cutting-edge participatory methods could develop further still, and suggested that the creativity and sociability of art and craft-making could break down borderlines between academics, animals and their human guardians. The question we explore in this current chapter returns to a more formal academic context and asks whether collaboration between differently skilled researchers and the use of multiple research methods, including ethnography, can provide another basis for new insights.

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  1. Keele Management School, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK

    Lindsay Hamilton

  2. School of Social and Policy Studies, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

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Hamilton, L., Taylor, N. (2017). Hybrids of Method. In: Ethnography after Humanism. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53933-5_8

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