The Global South is dead, long live the Global South! The intersectionality of social and geographic hierarchies in global capitalism

Funk, Kevin

doi:10.1080/07393148.2015.1089031

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“…That is, why should a (positivist) study based on standardized surveys that do not take into account context, culture, and the “social construction of reality” (Berger and Luckmann 1967) automatically be considered more “scientific” than an interpretive project that does? The same goes for research in the former tradition that neglects to interrogate what key terms—such as “democracy” (Schaffer 1998) and “globalization” (Funk 2015)—actually mean to individuals situated in particular environments. Positivist studies that assume stable definitions across axes of difference in fact may overlook how survey responses can reflect distinct cultural logics and normative assumptions.…”

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Making Interpretivism Visible: Reflections after a Decade of the Methods Café

Funk

2019

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More than a decade after the observation that an “interpretive turn” was percolating through political science, there are clear indications of growth in the perceived legitimacy of interpretive scholarship. Both accompanying and contributing to interpretivism’s ascent has been the regular staging of Methods Cafés at various conferences in and beyond the discipline. First held at the 2005 meeting of the Western Political Science Association, the Methods Café subsequently landed at the 2006 conference of the American Political Science Association. The Methods Café has become an institutionalized feature of these and other conferences. This reflection looks at the past, present, and future of these events, as well as the key role they have played in making interpretivism visible in the discipline. In particular, I highlight their function as non-hierarchical intellectual spaces that promote teaching, learning, and interpretivist community building. Further, I offer friendly but not uncritical commentary on the successes and limitations of the Methods Café.

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confidence: 99%