About: Hyphen is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 240 publications have been published within this topic receiving 3916 citations. The topic is also known as: - & bar.
TL;DR: The paper explores one after the other the four difficulties of actor-network theory, that is the words ‘actor’, ‘network’ and ‘theory’—without forgetting the hyphen.
Abstract: The paper explores one after the other the four difficulties of actor-network theory, that is the words ‘actor’, ‘network’ and ‘theory’—without forgetting the hyphen. It tries to refocus the originality of what is more a method to deploy the actor's own world building activities than an alternative social theory. Finally, it sketches some of its remaining potential.
TL;DR: The authors examine the choices of ethnographers about their relationship with respondents and find that they often find themselves wrestling with choices experienced by researchers engaged in many other methodologies, such as decision-making.
Abstract: Ethnographers often find themselves wrestling with choices about their relationship with respondents: choices experienced by researchers engaged in many other methodologies. This article examines t...
TL;DR: This article explored the personal, professional and political dilemmas in becoming an insider-outsider with a view to assisting future generations of action researchers, with the goal of assisting future action researchers.
Abstract: This contribution arises from my doctoral thesis about the rise of self-organized groups for women, black people, disabled people and lesbians and gay men within trade unions in Britain. My reflexivity as a researcher hinged upon my capacity to recognize my new position as an insider-outsider in relation to the university, the union and each of the self-organized groups, whilst the fertility of the project hinged upon my capacity to activate the hyphen by journeying between different life-worlds. This article explores the personal, professional and political dilemmas in becoming an insider-outsider with a view to assisting future generations of action researchers.