Abstract
The stability of a discourse is not given but produced. It is achieved in the configuration of the dispositif. The paper approaches dispositif as a practical ongoing assembling of semiotic and material entities. The article presents an assemblage of theories, methods and methodologies that allow tracing how heterogeneous entities are (re)(con)figured to achieve performing a discourse's stability. Using mundane office practices that configure the corporate sustainability/carbon discourse as an example, the article spells out how qualitative data analysis, grounded theory and Science and Technology Studies approaches can be interwoven to pursue a grounded and generalisable ethnographic study of discourse.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | Zeitschrift für Diskursforschung |
| Vol/bind | 2 |
| Udgave nummer | 1 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 32-54 |
| ISSN | 2195-867X |
| Status | Udgivet - 2014 |
Emneord
- method assemblage
- sustainability
- actor-network theory
- qualitative data analysis
- discourse
- dispositif
- methodology
- configuration