Social and Cultural Geography Research Group

This page will be updated regularly with readings and other information that provides background to the theme of ‘the new empirics’.

Presentations:

Alan Latham (UCL) introduces some of the issues raised by the ‘New Emirics’ in a brief powerpoint which opened the second day of the SCGRG event.

General Background Readings:

Adkins, L and Lury, C (2009) Introduction: What Is the Empirical? European Journal of Social Theory 12(1): 5-20 [also see the other papers that make up this special issue]

Davies, G. and Dwyer, C. (2007) ‘Qualitative methods: are you enchanted or are you alienated?’ Progress in Human Geography 31(2): 257–266.

Davies, G. and Dwyer, C. (2008) ‘Qualitative methods II: Minding the Gap’ Progress in Human Geography 32(3): 399-406.

Dwyer, C. and Davies, G. (2010) Qualitative methods III: animating archives, artful interventions and online environments Progress in Human Geography 34: 88-97

Law, J. (forthcoming)  Making a mess with method

Savage, M and Burrows, R (2007) The Coming Crisis of Empirical Sociology Sociology 41(5): 885-899

Damming the ‘data deluge’ (Times Higher, 7th October 2010)

Domesday data scenario denied (Times Higher, 28th October 2010)
A report on a  US/UK scheme that aims to give digital archivists the tools they need to keep up with technology and deal with the changing nature of how we generate data and the demands that places on traditional forms of archives and the technologies therein.

JISC briefing papers on Data Deluge

Related events:

Speed Data-ing: The Effects of the Rapid Rise of the Data Society (British Academy panel discussion, 1st December 2010)