Contingency theory
The Madagascan experiment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3604450 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Muecke (0000-0003-1634-8637, University of Technology Sydney, corresponding author), Stephen Muecke |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 201-215 |
| Publication date | 2004-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Interventions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-801X • E-ISSN: 1469-929X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1369801042000238337 |
| OpenAlex | W2055484288 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
Contingency, in its Latin root, is about touching, bordering on, reaching, befalling. In this, its first application as a concept driving new ethnographic practice, it avoids the quasi-scientific tendency to circumscribe a community or body of data. Consistently unsystematic, contingency theory welcomes stray facts, complexity, intuitions, and feelings. In this article the writer visits Madagascar contingently, encountering texts, people, and events
Computer security · Contingency · Contingency plan · Contingency table · Contingency theory · Epistemology · Ethnography · Feeling · Linguistics · Root (linguistics · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Computer Science · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1970 - 2010 (41) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |