Ethnographic research in the construction industry

Ethnographic research in the construction industry [electronic resource] / edited by Sarah Pink, Dylan Tutt and Andrew Dainty. - 1st ed. - New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013. - xvi, 166 p. : ill., map. - Routledge advances in sociology ; 76 . - Routledge advances in sociology ; 76. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introducing ethnographic research in the construction industry / Sarah Pink, Dylan Tutt and Andrew Dainty -- 2. The labour of refurbishment : the building and the body in space and time / Dawn Lyon -- 3. 'We've got our own language' : the communication practices of migrant workers in the UK construction industry / Dylan Tutt ... [et al.] -- 4. 'On the tools' : the physical work of building and renovating houses in Perth, Western Australia / Philip Moore -- 5. Ethnography and flux : identity and epistemology in construction fieldwork / Darren Thiel -- 6. Building contacts : the trials, tribulations and translations of an ethnographic researcher in construction / Daniel J. Sage -- 7. Where's the action? : challenges of ethnographic research in construction / Nick Marshall and Mike Bresnen -- 8. Contributions of ethnographic practice to community-engaged research in construction management / Andreas Hartman -- 9. From interpretation to action : unique adequacy as a common standard for the evaluation of research in the built environment / John A. Rooke and Clementinah N. Rooke.




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9780203834671 (e-book : PDF)


Construction industry--Research--Methodology.
Ethnology--Methodology.


Electronic books.