Christopher M Kelty
Biographic Data
| ID | 3637777 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher M Kelty |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher M |
| FAMILY NAME | Kelty |
| SIGNATURE | KELTY C M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Theorising Media and Practice
Although practice theory has been a mainstay of social theory for nearly three decades, so far it has had very limited impact on media studies. This book draws on the work of practice theorists such as Wittgenstein, Foucault, Bourdieu, Barth and Schatzki and rethinks the study of media from the perspective of practice theory. Drawing on ethnographic case studies from places such as Zambia, India, Hong Kong, the United States, Britain, Norway and …
Participation, Developed
This chapter explores participation at work, beginning in the 1940s in America, with the earliest experiments in worker participation conducted by students of Kurt Lewin. At the heart of this story of participation is a single experiment in which women who worked in a pajama factory were given the chance to be directly involved in the design, execution, measurement and pay rate of their jobs; they experienced, fleetingly and intensively, somethin…
Participation, Concluded
This chapter explores participation in public administration, specifically in the “Model Cities” program of Philadelphia in the 1960s. It focuses on the intertwined problems of participation and expertise in the case of the Area Wide Council, a group of black citizens who experienced direct, substantial participation (mandated by law and funded by the government) in the re-design of North Philadelphia—and then had it taken away from them. The cha…
Two Bits
Theorising Media and Practice
Although practice theory has been a mainstay of social theory for nearly three decades, so far it has had very limited impact on media studies. This book draws on the work of practice theorists such as Wittgenstein, Foucault, Bourdieu, Barth and Schatzki and rethinks the study of media from the perspective of practice theory. Drawing on ethnographic case studies from places such as Zambia, India, Hong Kong, the United States, Britain, Norway and …
Two Bits
Participation, Developed
This chapter explores participation at work, beginning in the 1940s in America, with the earliest experiments in worker participation conducted by students of Kurt Lewin. At the heart of this story of participation is a single experiment in which women who worked in a pajama factory were given the chance to be directly involved in the design, execution, measurement and pay rate of their jobs; they experienced, fleetingly and intensively, somethin…
Participation, Concluded
This chapter explores participation in public administration, specifically in the “Model Cities” program of Philadelphia in the 1960s. It focuses on the intertwined problems of participation and expertise in the case of the Area Wide Council, a group of black citizens who experienced direct, substantial participation (mandated by law and funded by the government) in the re-design of North Philadelphia—and then had it taken away from them. The cha…
Theorising Media and Practice
Although practice theory has been a mainstay of social theory for nearly three decades, so far it has had very limited impact on media studies. This book draws on the work of practice theorists such as Wittgenstein, Foucault, Bourdieu, Barth and Schatzki and rethinks the study of media from the perspective of practice theory. Drawing on ethnographic case studies from places such as Zambia, India, Hong Kong, the United States, Britain, Norway and …
Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues (1 work) · American History and Culture (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Digital media (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Ethnography (1 work)