Kits for Digital Methods (Paperback)

Paperback. Kits for Digital Methods: Doing Sociotechnical Research is a guide to innovating research methods for a world where digital technologies permeate everyday life and research. Drawing on the expertise of leading sociotechnical researchers, it reimagines the kit not as a fixed set of tools or solutions, but as a flexible, transparent, and collaborative framework for methodological experimentation. These kits are sandboxes for experimenting, playing, and reflecting on the ethics and possibilities of digital research.Organized into three sectionsDigital Engagement, Digital Elicitation, and Digital Datacontributors share their processes for designing and adapting methods to complex digital contexts. Each chapter contains background, components, practical guidance, and lessons learned for exploring the frictions, failures, and surprises that shape sociotechnical research.Kits range from remote fieldwork and social media ethnography to participatory analysis, collaborative image description, and AI-assisted elicitationfilled with concrete techniques for engaging digital environments, eliciting novel forms of data, and working with digital materials. This volume encourages adaptation, remixing, and the creation of new kits, fostering a culture of openness and methodological innovation. Written for researchers, educators, and students across the social sciences and humanities, it demystifies advanced digital methods while encouraging critical thinking, ethical reflexivity, and creative problem-solving. Kits for Digital Methods is a guide to innovating research methods. Drawing on the expertise of leading sociotechnical researchers, it reimagines the kit not as a fixed set of tools, but as a flexible, transparent, and collaborative framework for methodological experimentation. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…