Rhythmanalysis: Research Methods

Lyon, Dr Dawn

ISBN 10: 1350188905 / ISBN 13: 9781350188907

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2020

About this Item

&Uumlber den AutorDawn Lyon is Reader in Sociology at the University of Kent, UK.InhaltsverzeichnisSeries Editor Foreword 1. Introduction to Rhythmanalysis 2. A Brief History of Rhythmanalysis.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rhythmanalysis: Research Methods
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350188905
• ISBN 13: 9781350188907
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

First published Open Access under a Creative Commons license as What is Rhythmanalysis?, this title is now also available as part of the Bloomsbury Research Methods series.

In recent years, there has been growing interest in Henri Lefebvre's posthumously published volume, Rhythmanalysis. For Lefebvre and subsequent scholars, rhythmanalysis is a research strategy which offers a means of thinking space and time together in the study of everyday life, and this remains its strength and appeal.

This book addresses the task of how to do rhythmanalysis. It discusses the history and development of rhythmanalysis from Lefebvre to the present day in a range of fields including cultural history and studies of place, work and nature. For Lefebvre, it is necessary to be 'grasped by' a rhythm at a bodily level in order to grasp it. And yet we also need critical distance to fully understand it. Rhythmanalysis is therefore both corporeal and conceptual. This book considers how the body is directly deployed as a research tool in rhythmanalytical research as well as how audio-visual methods can get at rhythm beyond the capacity of the senses to perceive it. In particular, the book includes detailed discussion of research on different forms of mobility – from driving to dancing – and on the social life of markets – from finance to fish.

Dawn Lyon highlights the gains, limitations and lively potential of rhythmanalysis for spatially, temporally and sensually attuned practices of research. This engaging text will be of interest to students and researchers in sociology, criminology, socio-legal studies, geography, urban studies, architecture, anthropology, economics and cultural studies.

About the Authors

Dawn Lyon is Reader in Sociology at the University of Kent, UK.

Jessica Nina Lester is Associate Professor of Inquiry Methodology in the School of Education at Indiana University, USA.