More Than Just a Discursive Practice? Conceptual Principles and Methodological Aspects of Dispositif Analysis

Authors

  • Andrea D. Bührmann Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
  • Werner Schneider Universität Augsburg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-8.2.237

Keywords:

discourse, dispositif, practices, subject, subjectification, power

Abstract

This article gives an introduction into the conceptual and practical field of dispositf analysis—a field that is of great importance but that is as yet underdeveloped. In order to render this introduction, we first explain the terms discourse and dispositif. Then we examine the conceptual instruments and methodological procedures of dispositf analysis. In this way, we define the relations between discourse and (a) non discoursive practices (b) subjectification, (c) everyday orders of knowledge and (d) institutional practices like societal changes as central issues of dispositif analysis. Furthermore, we point out the methodological possibilities and limitations of dispositif analysis. We demonstrate these possibilities and limitations with some practical examples. In general, this article aims to provide an extension of the perspectives of discourse theory and research by stressing the relations between normative orders of knowledge, their effects on interactions and individual self–reflections connected with them. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0702281

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Author Biographies

Andrea D. Bührmann, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Andrea D. BÜHRMANN vertritt derzeit eine Soziologieprofessur an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München und ist seit 2004 Privatdozentin an der Westfälischen Wilhelms Universität Münster. Ihre Arbeits- und Forschungsgebiete umfassen u.a. Gesellschafts- und Wissenschaftsforschung, Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung, Geschlechterforschung, Entrepreneur und Welfare Studies.

Werner Schneider, Universität Augsburg

Werner SCHNEIDER ist seit 2003 Professor für Soziologie an der Philosophisch-Sozialwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Augsburg. Seine Arbeits- und Forschungsgebiete umfassen u.a. Wissens- und Kultursoziologie, qualitative Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung sowie Medizin-/Gesundheitssoziologie (insbes. zu Sterben und Tod), Familiensoziologie und Geschlechtersoziologie, Soziologie der Lebensalter/Lebensphasen.

Published

2007-05-31

How to Cite

Bührmann, A. D., & Schneider, W. (2007). More Than Just a Discursive Practice? Conceptual Principles and Methodological Aspects of Dispositif Analysis. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-8.2.237

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