This volume is a clear introduction to methods of data collection and analysis in the social
sciences, with a special focus on interpretive methods based on a logic of discovering …

Adaptation is a main response to climate change that involves adaptive, but also
developmental and transformative, socio-ecological change. From this perspective the …

Recent research points to the essential role of creativity in coping with and acting in a
changing world. It has been shown that individual, collaborative and communal efforts are a …

In this article we re-evaluate Fritz Schütze's biographical interview method with its
orientation towards the analysis of social problems experienced by the individual. We used …

Tourists, workers, and business owners from diverse cultural backgrounds and social
positions meet at tourism enclaves. Yet, the spatial layout of most enclaves encourages …

Reconstructive biographical research is a diverse and differentiated sociological field. In this
introduction, we trace its interdisciplinary and transnational historical development, consider …

In this article, we consider how biographical research can avoid common pitfalls such as
viewing social phenomena as ahistorical, focusing on single individuals (as if they exist in …

The transnational approach has broadened the theoretical understanding of complex
migration processes and challenged traditional migration research approaches …

Ausgehend von der Beobachtung, dass Triangulation in der Biografieforschung in den
vergangenen Jahren forschungspraktisch an Relevanz gewonnen hat, versammelt der …

Od momentu, kiedy na początku lat dwudziestych ubiegłego wieku socjologia chicagowska
uznała dokumenty osobiste (w tym przede wszystkim materiały autobiograficzne) za …