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1 online resource (xi, 161 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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ASA research methods in social anthropology
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ASA research methods in social anthropology (Routledge (Firm))
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-154) and index. |
Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Defining the imagework method; 'Imaginary fields' and the qualitative research domain; Dreaming as ethnographic research; Methodological issues in dreamwork and imagework groups: a case-study approach; Amplifying the data through groupwork methods or making 'sense' out of 'nonsense'; Charting ethnographic dreaming; Ethical and practice issues; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index. |
Summary |
A Guide to Imagework is a pioneering guide to a new trend in ethnographic research: the use of imaginative, experiential methods such as dreamwork, artwork, Gestalt theory and psychodrama. Originating in group counselling and psychiatric therapy, imagework techniques explore subjects' imaginative resources to reveal unconscious knowledge about identity, belief and society. They are ideal for accessing rich qualitative data about how individuals and cultures function. Iain Edgar, a leading specialist on ethnographic method, has condensed top-level research theory on imagework into this handy pr. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Imagery (Psychology) -- Methodology.
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Imagery (Psychology) |
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Methodology. |
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Dream interpretation.
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Dream interpretation. |
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Gestalt psychology.
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Gestalt psychology. |
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Drama -- Therapeutic use.
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Drama -- Therapeutic use. |
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Social psychology -- Research.
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Social psychology -- Research. |
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Ethnopsychology -- Research.
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Ethnopsychology -- Research. |
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Ethnopsychology. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Edgar, Iain R. Guide to imagework. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004 0415235375 0415235383 (DLC) 2003066874 (OCoLC)53814249 |
ISBN |
0203490134 (electronic book) |
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9780203490136 (electronic book) |
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0415235375 (Cloth) |
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0415235383 (Paper) |
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