Is small the only beautiful? Making sense of ‘large phenomena’ from a practice- based perspective

Pages: 110 - 125
Published: Dec 6, 2016
Abstract
In this chapter I discuss how a practice-based sensitivity can be used to address big issues and ‘large scale’ (social) phenomena. This is of importance because practice-based sensitivities are often pigeonholed as part of micro-sociology and therefore deemed unsuitable to deal with some of the big issues of our time. The chapter starts by contrasting the position of practice-based approaches vis-a-vis the idea of macro phenomena, levels of...
Paper Details
Title
Is small the only beautiful? Making sense of ‘large phenomena’ from a practice- based perspective
Published Date
Dec 6, 2016
Pages
110 - 125
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