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  • Deconstructing Ethnography

    Towards a Social Methodology for Ubiquitous Computing and Interactive Systems Design

    by Graham Button, Andy Crabtree, Mark Rouncefield, Peter Tolmie ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This book aims to deconstruct ethnography to alert systems designers, and other stakeholders, to the issues presented by new approaches that move beyond the studies of ‘work’ and ‘work practice’ within the social sciences (in particular anthropology and sociology). The theoretical and methodological apparatus of the social sciences distort the social and cultural world as lived in and understood ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis and Constructive Analysis

    On Formal Structures of Practical Action

    by Graham Button, Michael Lynch, Wes Sharrock ...
    Series series Directions in Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis
    This book revisits the arguments by which Harvey Sacks and Harold Garfinkel opposed the widespread attempt in the social sciences to construct disciplinary theories and methods in place of common-sense knowledge of human action, and proposed instead an alternative that would investigate the organised methods of natural language use and common-sense reasoning that constitute social orders – ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Technology in Working Order

    Studies of Work, Interaction, and Technology

    Edited by Graham Button ...
    Series series Directions in Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis
    Social scientists have shown ongoing interest in how they can contribute to the use, design, operation, and implementation of technology. Substantial funding and research have supported empirically-based fieldwork that has led to important developments across various industrial and practical settings.Sociology has maintained a long-standing interest in technology, attempting to address its social ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

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  • Psychoanalysis and Digital Culture

    Audiences, Social Media, and Big Data

    by Jacob Johanssen ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture
    Psychoanalysis and Digital Culture offers a comprehensive account of our contemporary media environment—digital culture and audiences in particular—by drawing on psychoanalysis and media studies frameworks. It provides an introduction to the psychoanalytic affect theories of Sigmund Freud and Didier Anzieu and applies them theoretically and methodologically in a number of case studies. Johanssen ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Embracing Complexity in Design

    Edited by Katerina Alexiou, Jeffrey Johnson, Theodore Zamenopoulos ...
    Outlining state-of-the-art developments in the area of complexity and design, this book collates them into a unique and authoritative resource for both the design and complex systems communities. The book is based on research which focuses on a variety of different themes and domains, including architecture, engineering, environmental design, art, fashion and management.A ground-breaking ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The Guidebook to Sociolinguistics

    by Allan Bell ...
    The Guidebook to Sociolinguistics presents a comprehensive introduction to the main concepts and terms of sociolinguistics, and of the goals, methods, and findings of sociolinguistic research.Introduces readers to the methodology and skills of doing hands-on research in this fieldFeatures chapter-by-chapter classic and contemporary case studies, exercises, and examples to enhance ... Read more

    $35.00 USD

  • Literacy

    An Introduction to the Ecology of Written Language

    by David Barton ...
    This introduction to the expanding field of literacy studies has been fully revised for the second edition. It explores recent developments and new research that has contributed to our understanding of literacy practices, reflecting on the interdisciplinary growth of the study of reading and writing over the past decade.An introductory textbook on the growing field of literacy studies, fully ... Read more

    $51.00 USD

  • Ten Drafts to Complete Your PhD

    by Tara Brabazon ...
    Starting a PhD is an important moment in our lives. Completing a PhD is an incredible achievement. Only 1% of the world's population holds a PhD. Attrition rates are high. In many nations, only 50% of the people that start a PhD finish it. Why? What is going wrong between admission and graduation?Ten drafts to complete your PhD provides concrete strategies to complete a doctorate. Structured ... Read more

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  • Introducing Applied Linguistics

    Concepts and Skills

    by Susan Hunston, David Oakey ...
    Introducing Applied Linguistics provides in-depth coverage of key areas in the subject, as well as introducing the essential study skills needed for academic success in the field.Introducing Applied Linguistics:• is organised into two Sections: the first introducing Key Concepts in Applied Linguistics; and the second devoted to the Study Skills students need to succeed.• features specially ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Spatial Humanities

    GIS and the Future of Humanities Scholarship

    Edited by David J. Bodenhamer, John Corrigan, Trevor M. Harris ...
    Geographic information systems (GIS) have spurred a renewed interest in the influence of geographical space on human behavior and cultural development. Ideally GIS enables humanities scholars to discover relationships of memory, artifact, and experience that exist in a particular place and across time. Although successfully used by other disciplines, efforts by humanists to apply GIS and the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Communication across Cultures

    Mutual Understanding in a Global World

    by Heather Bowe, Kylie Martin, Howard Manns ...
    Communication across Cultures explores how cultural context affects the use and (mis)interpretation of language. It provides an accessible and interdisciplinary introduction to language and language variation in intercultural communication by drawing on both classic and cutting-edge research from pragmatics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology and politeness studies. This ... Read more

    $63.19 USD

  • Information Technology and Authentic Learning

    Realising the Potential of Computers in the Primary Classroom

    by Angela McFarlane ...
    As the presence of computers in the primary classroom increases and IT becomes a bigger part of learning, the book takes a realistic look at the role of the computer in the National Curriculum, and asks some important questions. The book is designed to help teachers incorporate IT into their day-to-day teaching, offering practical guidance and advice on task planning and management and includes ... Read more

    $34.99 USD