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New materialism is a term ascribed to a range of contemporary perspectives in the arts, humanities, and social sciences that have in common a theoretical and practical "turn to matter." This turn emphasizes the materiality of the world and everythingsocial and naturalwithin it, and differentiates new materialisms from a poststructuralist focus upon texts, "systems of thought" and "discourses," focusing upon social production rather than social construction (Deleuze & Guattari, 1984, p. 4). The materialities considered in new materialist approaches include human bodies; other animate organisms; material things; spaces, places, and the natural and built environment that these contain; and material forces including gravity and time. Also included may be abstract concepts, human constructs, and human epiphenomena such as imagination, memory, and thoughts; though not themselves ...

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This entry explores the process of interviewing individual Deaf people, in an overview of the field. Areas for discussion include the processes and practical steps of interview preparation and interviewing, involving considerations regarding the choice of methodology, recognition of the position of Deaf people, whether the researcher can be hearing, whether one can use an interpreter, how interviews can be recorded, and what questions are culturally appropriate to include in an interview schedule, and reflections are offered around the interplay of two languages. Following that is deliberation of a theoretical dilemma in relation to the model selected for translation leading to transcription. The entry concludes with reflections on this option for research topic and method. Poignant examples from interviews with Deaf people are offered to ...

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Sociology. --- Education. --- Public Policy and Social Policy.

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Sociology. --- Economics. --- Public Policy and Social Policy.