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Scale Matters: The Quality of Quantity in Human Culture and Sociality
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Abstract Scale matters. When conducting research and writing, scholars upscale and downscale. So do the subjects of their work - we scale, they scale. Although scaling is an integrant part of research, we rarely reflect on scaling as a practice and what happens when we engage with it in scholarly work. The c... view more
Scale matters. When conducting research and writing, scholars upscale and downscale. So do the subjects of their work - we scale, they scale. Although scaling is an integrant part of research, we rarely reflect on scaling as a practice and what happens when we engage with it in scholarly work. The contributors aim to change this: they explore the pitfalls and potentials of scaling in an interdisciplinary dialogue. The volume brings together scholars from diverse fields, working on different geographical areas and time periods, to engage with scale-conscious questions regarding human sociality, culture, and evolution. With contributions by Nurit Bird-David, Robert L. Kelly, Charlotte Damm, Andreas Maier, Brian Codding, Elspeth Ready, Bram Tucker, Graeme Warren and others.... view less
Keywords
sociality; culture; ethnic group; social relations; science; ethnology; cultural anthropology; sociology of science; cultural studies; scaling
Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Free Keywords
Scale; Cultural Complexity; Hunter-Gatherer Studies; Cultural Theory
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
229 p.
Series
Culture & Theory, 263
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839460993
ISSN
2702-8976
ISBN
978-3-8394-6099-3
Status
Published Version; reviewed