Doing Chat in the Wild: From-The-Field Challenges of a Non-Dualist Methodology

Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) and other Vygotskian approaches are becoming increasingly popular among social scientists interested in studying human actions, thoughts and emotions in their cultural contexts. Building on non-dualist, dialectical materialist epistemological premises, these approaches, however, can pose important challenges to the scholar and the student aiming at first adopting them in their research. What are the concrete, method-related implications of CHAT perspectives for the way we do research in the field? Showcasing the work of well-established as well as emerging CHAT scholars, this volume presents from-the-field insights of non-dualist CHAT methodology for both newcomers and the initiated.

Contributors are: Sylvie Barma, Michael Cole, Patricia Dionne, Philip Dupuis-Laflamme, Ritva Engestr m, Beth Ferholt, Alfredo Jornet, Isabelle Rioux, Fr d ric Saussez, Chris Schuck, Anna Stetsenko, Marie-Caroline Vincent and Samantha Voyer.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004388753
• ISBN13: 9789004388758
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"