Video-analysis and Knowledge on Rewind: Contributions to Social Theory and the Sociology of Knowledge

This volume applies interpretive video‑analysis to explore the intersections between the sociology of knowledge and interaction studies. Presenting a series of studies that draw on video‑analytic and videographic approaches to research, it examines the way video data can shed light on connections between social phenomena at the micro‑, meso‑, and macro‑levels, and the access that it grants to the temporality of social reality. With empirical research in fields such as care, consumption, gaming, military, music, science, and violence, the studies in this volume show how the video‑analytic approach provides an empirical basis for progress in social theory and aids the development of the concept of knowledge. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology with interests in social theory, the sociology of knowledge, and visual methods in social research.

Ajit Singh is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at the University of Duisburg‑Essen. He is a principal investigator of the DFG‑funded research project Synthetic Planning – Digital Mediatisation of Collaborative Communication Work and Changes in Planning Knowledge.

Christian Meier zu Verl is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Konstanz. He is a co‑speaker of the interdisciplinary research network Dis‑/abilities and Digital Media and a principal investigator of the research project Everyday Life in Families with Migration History.

René Tuma is a postdoctoral researcher at Technische Universität Berlin. He is a principal investigator on the international ORA Research project Visions of Policing and associated member of the DFG CRC 1265 Re‑Figuration of Spaces.