1st Edition
Bigfooters and Scientific Inquiry On the Borderlands of Legitimate Science
Prologue: Credible Sightings: the Garden Rat and the Woodland Ape
Introduction: A Science and Technology Studies Perspective on Bigfooting
1. Becoming Sensitised to Bigfoot
2. Following in the Footsteps
3. The Camera Never Lies
4. Encounters as Evidence
5. Impressions of Bigfoot
6. Standards and Significance: The Sounds of Bigfoot
7. Bringing Back the Body (Parts)
8. Big Feet and Tall Tales
Conclusion: The State and Status of the Field
Epilogue: A Note on Truth and Post-Truth
Biography
Jamie Lewis is a Reader in Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University. His research interests include the sociology of science and the sociology of mystery as well as qualitative research methods. He is the co-author of Completing Your Research Project: a guide for the social sciences, published in 2025.
Andrew Bartlett is based at the School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations at Sheffield University. He is interested in transformations in the social organisation of science, including questions of interdisciplinarity, boundary work, and the role of communities in knowledge making outside traditional scientific institutions.
