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Doing Social Research

Intentionally Exploring Social Life

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In Chapter 2, Khasnabish examines the process of how social research is conducted by anthropologists, sociologists, and practitioners in other related disciplines and the problems that can arise from their work. This chapter explores topics including the processes of conducting social research, how information is gathered, what the findings can be used for, and the movement towards using social research, which aims to take people’s realities seriously and bring change.

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Alex Khasnabish

Alex Khasnabish is a writer, researcher and teacher committed to collective liberation living in Halifax, on unceded and unsurrendered Mi’kmaw territory. He is a professor in sociology and anthropology at Mount Saint Vincent University. His research focuses on radical imagination, radical politics, social justice and social movements.