Inside the research-assemblage: New materialism and the micropolitics of social inquiry

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Fox, Nick J ^a   Alldred, Pam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affect; Assemblage; Deleuze and guattari; New materialism; Ontology; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930163404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.3578     Document Type: Article

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