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Dr. Philipp Knopp
| Titel | Von der Grounded Theory zur gebauten Theorie |
| Untertitel | Design Games als soziologische Methode |
| Typ | Arbeitspapier |
| Schlagwörter | Design |
| Texte | Games are popular heuristics of sociological theory. However, their potential for empirical research has not yet been systematically recognized and tested. In this working paper, we attempt to combine qualitative grounded theory methodology and game design in the sense of design games. With the rise of digital media as a major sociological topic, scholars also pointed to the methodological potentials of media design for qualitative inquiries. We present the design game "Windschatten" ("slipstream") as a prototype for a cooperative game with specific research interests. By doing so this paper contributes to the debates of design sociology by making transparent how a particular experimental design method can be linked methodologically with qualitative social research. The structural elements of games are introduced as means to empirically test grounded theories about specific research objects in the course of reflexive and iterative qualitative research, to analyze habitual patterns of perception and action, and to create experimental spaces of creativity for the research subjects involved. We argue that design games thereby link analytical qualitative research with democratic and participatory processes of inquiry. The working paper makes the procedures and processes of game design transparent, describes its interplay with established grounded theory procedures in the research process, and thus aims to inspire other researchers to further develop and use the design game "Winschatten". |
| Autor*innen | Fikar, Peter Grenz, Tilo Knopp Philipp Maletz Tereza |
| Datum | 2023 |
| Ort | Wien, Österreich |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.25365/phaidra.381 |
| URL | https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/84583# |
| erschienen in | Titel: Working Paper Series des Instituts für Soziologie |
| Band | 2023/1 |
