Ethnographic fieldwork as embodied material practice: Reflections from theory and the field

Studies in Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 227-245

  Hopwood, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Ethnography; Fieldwork; Practice theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913543182     PISSN: 01632396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0163-2396(2013)0000040013     Document Type: Article

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