Scales of Observation

Scales of Observation
Acquiring, Consuming/using, disposing of goods and services
Authors
Scales
P. Bourdieu, C. Campbell,
L. Chauvel, B. Cathelat,
M. Douglas, N. Elias,
C. Fishler M. Halbwachs,
N. Herpin, Y. Lemel,
R. Rochefort, V. Scardigli,
D. Verger
E. Arnould, S. Askegaard,
O. Badot, R. Belk, J Brewer
F. Cochoy, B. Cova, G. Ger
D. Desjeux/Argonautes,
B. Fine, P. Hetzel, H. Leopold,
N. McKendrick,E. Marchandet,
D. Miller, L. Price
J. Sherry, J.C. Thoenig,
T Vinje François,
M. Wallendorf
Actors, Action
Macroscopy
Social Stratifications
(Social Classes)
Cohort (Generations)
Genders
Cultures
Collective Actors
Macropsychology
Micro-sociology
Interactions, Practices,
Micro-culture,
Provisioning system
Concrete actors
Itinerary
G. Becker , M. Chiva,
B. Dubois, A Jolibert,
J.N Kapferer, A Maslow
Microindividual
J.F. Desjeux, H. Dupin,
S. Hercberg
Biology
Individuals, Subjects,
cognition, motivation,
rational choice,
the unconscious
Single actor
Nutrition
Needs
Observation breaks into reality
Reality is a continuum
Dominique Desjeux, 1996, « Tiens bon le concept, j’enlève l’échelle d’observation », UTINAM n°20, Paris, L’Harmattan, pp. 15-44
(« Scales of observation. A Micro-Sociologicla Epistemology of Social Scinece Practice, Visual Sociology 11 (2), Pittsburgh, ISVA,
1996 ; L’implicazioni del problema delle scale di osservazione : una epistemologia microsociologica per gli scienziati sociali, Mondi Da
Vedere, FrancoAngeli, 1999); email : [email protected]