C2 Edited work
Kulttuurien tutkimuksen menetelmät (2022)
A Book of Methods in Cultural Studies

Fingerroos, O., Kajander, K., & Lappi, T.-R. (Eds.). (2022). Kulttuurien tutkimuksen menetelmät. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. Tietolipas, 274. https://doi.org/10.21435/tl.274

JYU authors or editors

Fingerroos, Outi
Kajander, Konsta
Lappi, Tiina-Riitta

Publication details

All authors or editors: Fingerroos, Outi; Kajander, Konsta; Lappi, Tiina-Riitta

ISBN: 978-951-858-571-1

eISBN: 978-951-858-572-8

Journal or series: Tietolipas

ISSN: 0562-6129

eISSN: 2670-2584

Publication year: 2022

Publication date: 14/11/2022

Number in series: 274

Number of pages in the book: 429

Publisher: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura

Place of Publication: Helsinki

Publication country: Finland

Publication language: Finnish

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21435/tl.274

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Open Access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/84197

Abstract

This collection deals with cultural studies in the humanities and the methods it uses. Its authors include scholars of ethnology, anthropology, folkloristics, digital culture research, and study of religions. Its chapters address topics of discussion and debate in humanistic culture research and indicate what tools are currently being used to study cultural phenomena. Various phases of the research process are covered, including epistemology, research ethics, techniques of data collection and analysis, the writing process of research plans, and the process of writing up the analysis. The book’s authors contribute to our knowledge of changes in research paradigms and agendas, scientific philosophies, ethnographic fieldwork, different modes of writing, materiality, reflexivity, observation, researchers’ use of the five senses, digital research, audiovisual techniques of observation, and selected textual methodologies. The book is intended as a textbook and methods guide for students in the fields of cultural research, for postdoctoral researchers, and for more senior researchers.

Keywords: cultural research; ethnology; anthropology; folkloristics; digital culture; science of religion; methodology; research methods; field work; ethnography; textual analysis; academic writing; research ethics; theory of knowledge; conception of knowledge; history of science and learning