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Video analysis of mathematical practice? Different attempts to ‘open up’ mathematics for sociological investigation
journal contribution
posted on 2014-03-03, 12:46 authored by Christian GreiffenhagenIn this article I argue that in contrast to a large number of sociological studies of
laboratory practices in the natural sciences, there have been relatively few studies that have
investigated professional mathematical practice. I discuss three different methodological attempts
to "open up" advanced mathematics for sociological investigation: (1) LIVINGSTON's
"demonstrative sociology"; (2) MERZ and KNORR-CETINA's "e-mail ethnography"; and (3) my own
"video ethnography."
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies
Citation
GREIFFENHAGEN, C., 2008. Video analysis of mathematical practice? Different attempts to ‘open up’ mathematics for sociological investigation. Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 9 (3), art. 23 (20 pp.)Publisher
© FQSVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
Publication date
2008ISSN
1438-5627Publisher version
Language
- en