Dear Colleague, We are pleased to announce that the latest issue of Nature and Culture has been published by Berghahn Journals. This special issue is motivated by the question of why materiality is so difficult to deal with in terms of research methods. As a whole, the contributions illustrate the variety of research problems in the social sciences to which material agency matters, as well as the methodological challenges included in the empirical investigation of things.
Please visit the Berghahn website for more information about the journal: www.journals.berghahnbooks.com/nature-and-culture Current Issue: Volume 10, Issue 3 Material Agency as a Challenge to Empirical Research Guest editors: Stefan Böschen, Jochen Gläser, Martin Meister, Cornelius Schubert Articles Introduction: Material Agency as a Challenge to Empirical Research Stefan Böschen, Jochen Gläser, Martin Meister, and Cornelius Schubert http://bit.ly/1SOGbpt Lost in Things: An Archaeologists Perspective on the Epistemological Potential of Objects Philipp W. Stockhammer http://bit.ly/1NQYg6g The Internet as Material Object in Social Practices: Recording and Analysis of Human-Internet Interactions Tanja Carstensen http://bit.ly/1OJmWiz Cold Atom Gases, Hedgehogs and Snakes: The Methodological Challenges of Comparing Scientific Things Jochen Gläser and Grit Laudel http://bit.ly/1NvzBzz Design Rhetoric: Studying the Effects of Designed Objects Annina Schneller http://bit.ly/1QmM9zx The Drug as Thing Anna Henkel http://bit.ly/1O7Bg1i Social Situations and the Impact of Things: The Example of Catholic Liturgy Torsten Cress http://bit.ly/1kTqvWv Recommend Nature and Culture to your library As a key researcher in your field you can recommend Nature and Culture to your library for subscription. A form for this purpose is provided on the Nature and Culture website: http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/nature-and-culture/library-recommendations For a Free Sample Issue of Nature and Culture, please click here: http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/nature-and-culture/sample For a 60-Day Online Trial to Nature and Culture, please click here: www.berghahn.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/berghahn/natcult/trial Contact: [email protected] --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com
