During the last few years a number of articles and books have appeared that signal the
emergence of a novel approach to the role of theory in sociology. Instead of equating theory …

COMPARATIVE URBANISM 'Comparative Urbanism fully transforms the scope and purpose
of urban studies today, distilling innovative conceptual and methodological tools. The …

“In this era of bountiful visual, qualitative and informationalised knowledge of the social
world a conscientious guide to social research is ever more valuable… this is a …

This companion explores ANT as an intellectual practice, tracking its movements and
engagements with a wide range of other academic and activist projects. Showcasing the …

Long presented as a universal policy-recipe for social prosperity and economic growth, the
promise of innovation seems to be increasingly in question, giving way to a new vision of …

Ethnographic research is the product of multiple practices. It is an assemblage of seeing and
looking, hearing and listening, handling objects, describing, interviewing, recording …

Bangkok is a tropical metropolis subject to many human and nonhuman transformations.
While Covid‐19 raged, the city's mix of precarity and oppression gave rise to a youth protest …

In response to critiques of the 'slavery versus freedom'binary and its limitations, researchers
at the international Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (bcdss—www …

Methods have been recognised in STS as mattering for a long time. STS ethnographies
establish a boundary object with which STS scholars weave a pattern: From such …

Large-scale urban development projects are a significant format of urban expansion and
renewal across the globe. As generators of governance innovation and indicators of the …