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Sensory Methodologies and New Technologies. Qualitative Methods in Social Research 19 th February 2014 Hannah Jones. Engaging with the senses. Ontology Perception Recording Representation. Sensory social research. Subject of study Methodology Incorporating sensory sensibility.
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Sensory Methodologiesand New Technologies Qualitative Methods in Social Research 19thFebruary 2014 Hannah Jones
Engaging with the senses • Ontology • Perception • Recording • Representation
Sensory social research • Subject of study • Methodology • Incorporating sensory sensibility
Technologies • Notes • Sound recording • Photography and video • Visualisation • Haptic methods • Other?
Language and the senses • Limitations • Possibilities
After reading the three articles under key reading below, consider the following questions: 1. What is particular about the methods used by the authors of each article to investigate social life in their research? 2. How does each of the authors represent their findings to you, the reader? 3. Are there alternative ways that their research questions could have been explored? What might these alternative ways have added or lost compared to the methods that were used?
What does a focus on the sensory in social research make possible? • What sort of questions might it exclude? • Consider new ways of expanding the boundaries of knowledge using sensory methodologies.