Mehan2008
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BibType | ARTICLE |
Key | Mehan2008 |
Author(s) | Hugh Mehan |
Title | Engaging the Sociological Imagination: My Journey into Design Research and Public Sociology |
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Tag(s) | EMCA, education, Hugh Mehan, sociological imagination, critical ethnography, public sociology, design research, inequality |
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Year | 2008 |
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Journal | Anthropology & Education Quarterly |
Volume | 39 |
Number | 1 |
Pages | 77–91 |
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DOI | 10.1111/j.1548-1492.2008.00006.x |
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Abstract
I chronicle the changes in my research, especially those that have moved me closer to C. Wright Mills's call for a “sociological imagination” and Dell Hymes's reinvented anthropology. As I spend more time attempting to create and describe equitable educational environments and less time documenting educational inequality, I have adopted a version of “design research.” I describe the possibilities and limitations of trying to conduct research while participating in the phenomenon under investigation.
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