Mundane Methods

Innovative Ways to Research the Everyday (Volume I)

Author: Helen Holmes and Sarah Marie Hall

Mundane Methods brings together an exciting array of interdisiplinary approaches to researching the extra-ordinary everyday. Covering themes of materials and memories, emotions and senses, and mobilities and motion, the collection is a practical, hands-on guide for students and scholars interested in studying the mundane.

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Mundane Methods is an innovative and original collection which will make a distinctive methodological and empirical contribution to research on the everyday. Bringing together a range of interdisciplinary approaches it provides a practical, hands-on approach for scholars interested in studying the mundane and exploring its potential. Divided into three key themes this volume explores methods for studying: materials and memories, emotions and senses, and mobilities and motion; with encounters, relationships, practices, spaces, temporalities and imaginaries cross-cutting throughout. In doing so, it draws on the work of a range of established and up-and-coming scholars researching the everyday, including human geographers, sociologists, anthropologists, urban planners, cartographers, and fashion historians. With empirical examples, practical tips, ethical considerations, and exercises. -- .

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'This edited collection is transformative as a robust methodological toolkit for researchers seeking to clarify and demystify the ‘everyday’. [...] A collection that wonderfully demonstrates that innovation and versatility are key for inspiring the sociological imagination.'
Kevin Judge, University of Stirling, The Sociological Review Magazine

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About the Author

Helen Holmes is a Research Fellow in Sociology and the Sustainable Consumption Institute at the University of Manchester

Sarah Marie Hall is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Manchester