Bernard Guerin (Australia University of South Australia), Eden Thain, Kristen Stevens

Conducting Contextual Research

How to Find Out About Yourself and Other People

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Produktbeschreibung

This innovative book proposes an entirely new approach to social research, presenting practical ways to discover peopleâ s life contexts in order to understand why they do what they do, which is essential for any forms of research that need to understand people.

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Produktdetails

• Exploring the Environmental and Social Foundations of Human Behaviour
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 444g
• ISBN-13: 9781032608259
• ISBN-10: 1032608250
• Artikelnr.: 70528260

Autorenporträt

Bernard Guerin is Professor of psychology at the University of South Australia. His research and writing try to integrate what we know from the social sciences to provide a contextual view of all human behaviour, talking and thinking. Eden Thain is a research fellow at the Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia, and a member of the Social Contextual Analysis of Human Behaviour Research Group. Kristen Stevens is a social contextual researcher and has a PhD in social policy and human behaviour from the University of South Australia. Adan C. Richards is a PhD candidate conducting contextual research with people labelled as "psychosis", at the University of South Australia. Guilherme Bergo Leugi is Professor of psychology at the Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro, Brazil. His research investigates mental health, public policies, and contemporary challenges in clinical practice in themes mainly related to diversity, inclusion, marginalisation, and social justice.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Researching and research practices in context 1. What is research
and what is context? 2. The basics of contextual analyses and their
advantages 3. Best practices and methods for gathering contextual material
4. What do we do with our contextual data? Analysis, answers, and actions
5. Putting current research methodologies into context Part 2: Researching
context in practice 6. Some general questions to understand someone's
contexts: Resource-Social Relationship Exchanges 7. Finding out about the
contexts for secrecy and monitoring 8. Finding out about societal contexts
which shape behaviour, talk and experience 9. Finding out about group and
cultural practices 10. Finding out about social relationships 11. Finding
out about language histories and communities 12. Finding out about the
contexts for thinking 13. Finding out about the contexts for emotion Part
3: Examples of researching contexts 14. Exploring the outcomes of bad life
contexts 15. Analysing 'strange' or 'odd-looking' behaviours 16.
Researching biographies and autobiographies: What do you need to know about
your own context? 17. Social policy and context 18. Contextual research for
detective and intelligence operations 19. Contextual research in sensitive
and difficult situations