Independent scholar, cat addict, tattoo lover
LEES HIER HOE HET AFLIEP (UPDATES STAAN HELEMAAL ONDERAAN) Het is in de wetenschap heel gewoon om het werk van anderen te kopiëren, bijvoorbeeld om je eigen standpunt ten opzichte van anderen helder te maken – je bent voor of tegen, omdat – of om je punt te verwoorden via iemand die het eleganter, bondiger … Lees meer
I love this book. I do. It offers a tight case for researching the human social world in a way that I hold dear. “All sciences”, Agar writes, “make their case based on evidence according to the rule of some logic, and then they try to prove the case is wrong in order to show … Lees meer
Book review of Qualitative Inquiry in Everyday Life. Working with Everyday Life materials, Svend Brinkmann How many authors haven’t I read that write about qualitative research in a defensive, almost apologetic tone? Many, and to my relief Svend Brinkmann wasn’t one of them in his presentation of a complete toolbox for the researcher of everyday … Lees meer
When the humanities are under attack, they either Duck and Dive or Go to War. The Public Value of the Humanities (Bate, 2011) is an example of the latter. There are three points the authors want to make. The first one is that the value of the humanities is manifold. Some authors discuss the economic … Lees meer
review van B. Merrill & L. West, Using biographical methods in social research. London: Sage Publications, 2009.