Special Issue– Doing Global Sociology: Qualitative Methods and Biographical Becoming after the Postcolonial Critique. (Johannes Becker & Marian Burchardt)
This HSR Special Issue takes a globally comparative perspective on processes of biographical becoming in order to illustrate ways of doing “global sociology” after the postcolonial critique.
Are all methods equally valid and justifiable in all cultural and geographical contexts? What does it mean for sociology on a global scale to account for the existence of divergent methodological approaches and different forms of concept-building that arise from them?
In this special issue, sociologists from diverse backgrounds tackle these questions through empirical case studies and theorizations ranging from the biographies of femicide convicts in Argentina and gig workers in Abidjan to the professional careers of Pentecostal pastors in Cape Town and life histories of former members of military groups in Cambodia.