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Thick description

In the social sciences and related fields, a thick description is a description of human social action that describes not just physical behaviors, but their context as interpreted by the actors as well, so that it can be better understood by an outsider. A thick description typically adds a record of subjective explanations and meanings provided by the…

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Gilbert Ryle

Clifford Geertz

Interpretive turn

Bibliography

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Thick description

Nodes42
Edges41
Triples106
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.047619
Components1

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related to Bibliography · 78
Thick description → Annual Review, Anthropology, Bachmann-Medick, Barth, Baseball, Basic Books, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Clifford, Cockfighting, Communications, Critical Essays, Cultural Turns, Culture, Cultures, Daniel, Deirdre, Democracy, Doris, Economic Thought
related to Clifford Geertz · 17
Thick description → American, An, As Lincoln, Clifford Geertz, Culture, Following Ryle's, Geertz's, Guba, He, His, Interpretive Theory, Known, The, Thick, This, To Geertz, Toward
related to Gilbert Ryle · 10
Thick description → British, Gilbert Ryle, Le Penseur' Doing, Reflecting, Ryle, The Thinking, Thick, Thinking, Thoughts, What
is a · 1
Thick description → description of human social action that describes not just physical behaviors

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geertz thick description culture interpretive ryle understanding social ethnography anthropology sciences gilbert clifford approach meaning cultural context method behaviors also

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Thick descriptionis adescription of human social action that describes not just physical behaviors0.90text
Thick descriptionrelated to BibliographyBachmann-Medick0.60section
Thick descriptionrelated to BibliographyDoris0.60section
Thick descriptionrelated to BibliographyCultural Turns0.60section
Thick descriptionrelated to BibliographyNew Orientations0.60section
Thick descriptionrelated to BibliographyStudy0.60section
Thick descriptionrelated to BibliographyCulture0.60section
Thick descriptionrelated to BibliographyWalter0.60section
Thick descriptionrelated to BibliographyGruyter0.60section
Thick descriptionrelated to BibliographyISBN0.60section
Thick descriptionrelated to BibliographyBarth0.60section
Thick descriptionrelated to BibliographyFredrik0.60section

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