1st Edition

Bodies, Technologies and Methods

By Phil Jones Copyright 2020
174 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

174 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

174 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines how different technologies can be used to enhance research methods in the social sciences and humanities. The boundary between the body and the digital has become increasingly blurred in recent years due to the rise of technologies that capture and reshape our embodied selves. New technologies all too often reflect the attitudes of the privileged white men who dominate the... Read more

List of figures; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Acronyms; 1. Introduction: playing with methods; 2. Privacy, transparency and ethical research methods; 3. Measuring the body; 4. Gaming and virtual landscape; 5. Creative practice; 6. Maps, apps and mobilities; 7. Conclusion; References; Index

Biography

Phil Jones is a cultural geographer based at the University of Birmingham whose primary interest in developing and deploying innovative methodologies particularly through the use of emerging technologies. He has written extensively on questions around embodiment, creativity and the city.