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Rossiter, N. (2012). Dirt research. In C. Wiedemann & S. Zehle (Eds.), Depletion Design: A Glossary of Network Ecologies (pp. 47-51). Retrieved from http://xmlab.org/fileadmin/hbk/download/pdf/maad/wiedemann_zehle_2012_depletiondesign.pdf

Abstract

The phrase ‘dirt research’ described the ‘direct’ method by which Canadian political economist and communications theorist Harold A. Innis (1894-1952) collected material for his research on economic history in Canada. The result of extensive travels across Canada, where he gathered oral testimonies on the staples industries (fur trade, cod fisheries) and transport systems (rivers, railways) combined with exhaustive archival research, Innis’ method of dirt research sought to establish a ‘general organizing principle’ by which patterns of economic and social development could be understood ‘beyond the basic data’ (Watson).

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Title
Dirt research
Language
eng
Date
2012
Author
Rossiter, Ned                             Western Sydney University
Extent
5
Handle
http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/524106
URL
http://xmlab.org/fileadmin/hbk/download/pdf/maad/wiedemann_zehle_2012_depletiondesign.pdf
Subjects
data mining
dirt research
information retrieval
Publication Type
book chapter
Relation
Depletion Design: A Glossary of Network Ecologies
ISBN
9789081857512
Start Page
47
End Page
51
Publisher
Institute of Network Cultures
Place Published
The Netherlands