num_pages: 336
description: You might think that dancing doesnt have a lot to do with social research and doing social research is probably why you picked this book up in the first place. But trust me. Salsa dancing is a practice as well as a metaphor for a kind of research that will make your life easier and better. Savvy witty and sensible this unique book is both a handbook for defining and completing a research project and an astute introduction to the neglected history and changeable philosophy of modern social science. In this volume Kristin Luker guides novice researchers Most important she shows how friendships nonacademic interests and even salsa dancing can make for a better researcher. You know about setting the kitchen timer and writing for only an hour or only 15 minutes if you are feeling particularly anxious. I wrote a fairly large part of this book feeling exactly like that. If I can write an entire book 15 minutes at a time so can you.
language: English
title: Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences: Research in an Age of Info-glut
publisher: Harvard University Press