Hybrid genres: Fieldwork, detection and the method of Bruno Latour

Qualitative Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-165

  Austrin, Terry ^a   Farnsworth, John ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b New Zealand Broadcasting School   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d CHRISTCHURCH POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Detective; Fieldwork; Genre; Hybrids; Method; Parody; Reflexivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244438173     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794105048651     Document Type: Review

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