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Doing Chinese Studies at the Crossroads of Grounded Theory and Actor-Network-Theory

Contributors

Zimmermann, Basile

Presented at

7th International Conference on Social Science Methodology, Napoli (Italy), September 1- 5

Publication date

2008

Abstract

The main goal of this paper is to address a methodological and epistemological question which could be entitled “Chinese studies and the study of the present”. More specifically, I would like to use the opportunity of this conference to discuss the value of Grounded Theory (GT) and Actor-Network-Theory (ANT) for contemporary sinology. To do so, I will first outline two theoretical and methodological issues faced today by sinologists in the West, and then discuss whether GT's and ANT's fundamentals can relate to them and how.

Keywords

  • Chinese studies
  • Sinology
  • Grounded theory
  • Actor-network-theory
  • Methodology

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UNIGE research groups

Citation (ISO format)

ZIMMERMANN, Basile. Doing Chinese Studies at the Crossroads of Grounded Theory and Actor-Network-Theory. In: 7th International Conference on Social Science Methodology. Napoli (Italy). 2008.

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