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Chapter 2 - The Problem of Human Action and the Problem of Social Regulation

Two Sides of the Same Coin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 December 2017

Saadi Lahlou
Saadi Lahlou
Affiliation:
London School of Economics and Political Science
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Summary

This chapter provides an overview of installation theory.

It explains why simultaneously addressing the two big questions we tackle (regulation of societies, determination of individual behaviour) is easier than considering them separately.

It then describes the type of data in which the theory is grounded: first-person video recordings of activity in a real context, obtained through miniature video cameras worn by the subject, and in-depth introspective discussions about what happened while re-viewing the tapes with the participants themselves.

In using this technique we benefit from microscopic detail in the analysis of behaviour in real-world situations.

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Installation Theory
The Societal Construction and Regulation of Behaviour
 , pp. 21 - 43
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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