Event overview
Prof. John Scott (University of Plymouth) Maximising Impact through Research Methods: a View from Early British Sociology Discussant: Prof. Les Back (Goldsmiths). With drinks
The Methods Lab is calling on our inter-disciplinary resources and traditions to critically inhabit the space of social intervention and social impact.
In the context of the current growth in visual methods, John Scott will deliver a lecture on how early British sociologists used dramatisation & film documentary alongside mass observations surveys to offer resourceful methodologies, as well as ways of speaking to publics beyond the academy.
John Scott's new book is Social Theory: Central Issues in Sociology, an overview of historical and contemporary debates. His previous books include, A Matter of Record: Documentary Sources in Social Research (1990), Who Rules Britain? (1991), Social Network Analysis (Second Edition, 2000),Poverty and Wealth (1994), Sociological Theory (1995), Stratification and Power (1996), Corporations, Classes and Capitalism (1985), Corporate Business and Capitalist Classes (1997), and Power(2001).
Dates & times
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19 Feb 2010 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm |
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