The first publication in the series is a collective untext book called “How To Do Social Research With….” with contributions from 30 Goldsmiths Sociology staff.
EDITORS:
Rebecca Coleman, Kat Jungnickel & Nirmal Puwar
PUBLISHER:Goldsmiths Press
New book
Methods Lab SERIES
HOW TO DO SOCIAL RESEARCH WITH....
This is the first work-in-progress publication for the Methods Lab series.
BRIEF OUTLINE
- “How to do social research with….”
is a collection of 30 cutting-edge experimental multi-modal, sensory, participatory and practice-based research projects
- This catalogue of methods draws on the wealth of cutting-edge critical and creative social research from the Goldsmiths Sociology Department to offer an engaged guide to doing research with a range of unexpected things.
- It builds a case for an understanding of contemporary social research as interdisciplinary, responsive, dynamic and vital in studying and shaping social worlds.
CHAPTERS
The collection focuses on multiple assemblages of objects, media, materials, practices, relations, devices and atmospheres, spanning methods and topics including:
chilies
curating
bowling balls
archiving
documents
plastic
theatre
knitting
documents
participants
drawing
idocs
infection
body-mapping
animals
music
infrastructure
performance
peers
collage
sewing
drawing
infection
experiments
ghosts
podcasting
para-sites
wax
EXTRA MATERIALS:
- A library of audio-visual materials will accompany the print and digital versions of the book.
- These materials will be similar to a series of films made a few years ago by Goldsmiths sociology staff and students, present and past, on the objects, materials, media, atmospheres they do research with. [See the Resources page for more examples]
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more about the Methods Lab Series.