'Knowledge once divided can be hard to put together again': An epistemological critique of collaborative and team-based research practices

Sociology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 971-985

  Mauthner, Natasha S ^a,c   Doucet, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Contextual knowledge; Divisions of knowledge; Divisions of labour; Embodied knowledge; Epistemology; Reflexivity; Research teams; Textual knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649152408     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038508094574     Document Type: Review

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