Les rapports sociaux d’âge : une dimension (im)pertinente de la relation d’enquête ?

Building on childhood sociology reflections, this article shows that our ordinary perceptions of age strongly but mostly unconsciously shape investigation methods such as interviews and observations. It pleads for reflexively examining the ways in which age combined with other social structures such...

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Main Author: Isabelle Mallon
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Association Internationale des Sociologues de Langue Française 2017-02-01
Series:Sociologies
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/sociologies/6019
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description Building on childhood sociology reflections, this article shows that our ordinary perceptions of age strongly but mostly unconsciously shape investigation methods such as interviews and observations. It pleads for reflexively examining the ways in which age combined with other social structures such as gender or class impacts methods, materials and even sociological analyses. This epistemological reflection is necessary to achieve sociological objectivity.
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spelling doaj.art-da23349942564e9c8fd3d27bea928c662022-12-21T19:30:39ZfraAssociation Internationale des Sociologues de Langue FrançaiseSociologies1992-26552017-02-01Les rapports sociaux d’âge : une dimension (im)pertinente de la relation d’enquête ?Isabelle MallonBuilding on childhood sociology reflections, this article shows that our ordinary perceptions of age strongly but mostly unconsciously shape investigation methods such as interviews and observations. It pleads for reflexively examining the ways in which age combined with other social structures such as gender or class impacts methods, materials and even sociological analyses. This epistemological reflection is necessary to achieve sociological objectivity.http://journals.openedition.org/sociologies/6019agereflexivitychildhoodold agefield work
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Les rapports sociaux d’âge : une dimension (im)pertinente de la relation d’enquête ?
Sociologies
age
reflexivity
childhood
old age
field work
title Les rapports sociaux d’âge : une dimension (im)pertinente de la relation d’enquête ?
title_full Les rapports sociaux d’âge : une dimension (im)pertinente de la relation d’enquête ?
title_fullStr Les rapports sociaux d’âge : une dimension (im)pertinente de la relation d’enquête ?
title_full_unstemmed Les rapports sociaux d’âge : une dimension (im)pertinente de la relation d’enquête ?
title_short Les rapports sociaux d’âge : une dimension (im)pertinente de la relation d’enquête ?
title_sort les rapports sociaux d age une dimension im pertinente de la relation d enquete
topic age
reflexivity
childhood
old age
field work
url http://journals.openedition.org/sociologies/6019
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