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This book discusses a core question in many fields of the social sciences, namely how to create, share and adopt new knowledge. It creates an original space for conversation between two lines of research that have developed largely in parallel for a long time: social network theory and the geography...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Knowledge and Space,
11 |
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45023-0 |
| Summary: |
This book discusses a core question in many fields of the social sciences, namely how to create, share and adopt new knowledge. It creates an original space for conversation between two lines of research that have developed largely in parallel for a long time: social network theory and the geography of knowledge. This book considers that relational thinking has become increasingly important for scholars to capture societal outcomes by studying social relations and networks, whereas the role of place, space and spatial scales has been somewhat neglected outside an emergent geography of knowle |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource(XII,386pages): illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9783319450230 |
| Access: | Open Access |
| Index Number: | GF1 |
| CLC: | C912.3 |
| Contents: | Exploring the Interaction of Space and Networks in the Creation of Knowledge: An Introduction: Johannes Gl ckler, Emmanuel Lazega, and Ingmar Hammer -- I: The Significance of Knowledge About Networks: The Relational Dimension as a Bridging Principle Between Economic, Social, and Geographic Issues: Reversing the Instrumentality of the Social for the Economic: A Critical Agenda for 21st-Century Knowledge Networks: Nancy Ettlinger -- Interpersonal Networks in Foreign Assignments and Intercultural Learning Processes: Erika Spie -- Family Networks for Learning and Knowledge Creation in Developing |