IMAGINING IMAGINATION

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作者
Johnson, John M. [1 ]
Alatorre, Francisco
Berg, David [2 ,3 ]
Janisch, Roy
McLin, Elizabeth [4 ]
Melnikov, Andrey [5 ]
Murray, Jennifer
Renshaw, Scott
Rowlands, Timothy
Sinema, Kyrsten [6 ,7 ,8 ]
机构
[1] Arizona State Univ, Sch Social Transformat, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
[2] US Mil, Arlington, VA USA
[3] Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
[4] Arizona State Govt, Phoenix, AZ USA
[5] Eastern Ukraine Natl Univ, Lugansk, Ukraine
[6] Arizona House Representat, Phoenix, AZ USA
[7] Arizona State Senate, Phoenix, AZ USA
[8] US House Representat, Washington, DC USA
来源
STUDIES IN SYMBOLIC INTERACTION | 2012年 / 39卷
关键词
Imagination; qualitative methods; imagined communities; everyday life;
D O I
10.1108/S0163-2396(2012)0000039010
中图分类号
C91 [社会学];
学科分类号
030301 ; 1204 ;
摘要
Purpose - With an acknowledgement to Benedict Anderson's seminal writings on "imagined communities," this paper examines several meanings and uses of the concept of imagination: theoretical, methodological, and substantive. Methodology/approach - Application of these meanings are illustrated from eight qualitative researches, combining direct observations, interviews, participant observation, and document analysis. Findings - Data are drawn from diverse settings, such as undocumented migrant communities, terrorism, Native American communities, collaborative divorce, nationalism, mass killers, players of video games, and genocide, to illustrate the potential uses and meanings of imagination. Originality - These diverse researches illustrate the potential empirical and research contributions of these ideas.
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页码:227 / 250
页数:24
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