Practising nature and culture: An essay for Ted Benton

Law, John (2008). Practising nature and culture: An essay for Ted Benton. In: Moog, Sandra and Shields, Rob eds. Nature, Social Relations and Human Needs: Essays in Honour of Ted Benton. London: Palgrave, pp. 65–82.

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Abstract

This paper explores the character of the 2001 UK foot and mouth epidemic by offering a patchwork of different narratives, arguing that the event was complex and irreducible to a single form of representation. It rehearses the importance of non-coherent social science method.

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• Item ORO ID
• 21385
• Item Type
• Book Section
• ISBN
• 0-230-20115-6, 978-0-230-20115-6
• Keywords
• foot and mouth disease; material semiotics; agriculture; research methods; non-coherent method; performativity
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies > Sociology
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
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• © 2008 Macmillan Publishers Limited
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• John Law