Contributions from European symbolic interactionists : reflections on methods / edited by Thaddeus Müller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Müller, Thaddeus.

Series:

Studies in symbolic interaction ; v. 44.

Studies in symbolic interaction, 0163-2396 ; v. 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Symbolic interactionism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The papers in this volume were presented in at the third conference of the European society for the study of symbolic interaction (SSSI). The theme of the 2012 conference was "Conflict, cooperation and transformation in everyday life. The fifteen papers presented across this volume and volume 45 cover a diverse range of topics, which are divided into two main categories: "Reflections on Methods" and "Conflict and Cooperation", this volume focuses on the former. The central issue of the first four papers is how we navigate our emotional, analytical and political selves in the social worlds that we study. How do we relate to those we observe and interview? How do we deal with issues of power, suffering and politics? The following three papers provide a critical analysis of Geertz' 'Thick Description', perspectives on obesity in modern society and an analysis of the relationship between police officers and licensed marijuana coffee shop owners in Rotterdam. Contributing authors to this volume and the next come from Belgium, Canada, Sweden, the US, the Netherlands and Germany, suggesting the thriving diversity of European SSSI in terms of its research themes and methods.

Contents:

The diversity of symbolic interaction in Europe

'You are not from around here, are you' : getting othered in participant observation / Danielle Chevalier

Knowledge-making and its politics in conflict regions : doing research in Israel/Palestine / Christine Leuenberger

An observation situation : when the researcher's scenes interact / Caroline De Man

Mission impossible : not getting emotionally involved in research among vulnerable youth in South Africa / Diana van Dijk

Deeper play : Geertzs "thick description" and a Balinese temple ritual (the Odalan) / J.I. (Hans) Bakker

Obesity as disease and deviance : risk and morality in early 21st century / Roel Pieterman

Moral entrepreneurship revisited : police officers monitoring cannabis retailers in Rotterdam, the Netherlands / Thaddeus Müller

Embodying the postmodern self : ecstatic ritual as a new mode of youth identity work / Philip Lewin.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Print version record

ISBN:

1-78441-853-6

OCLC:

906137473