@article{Lee_2004, title={Review: Lindsay Prior (2003). Using Documents in Social Research}, volume={5}, url={https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/633}, DOI={10.17169/fqs-5.1.633}, abstractNote={"Using Documents in Social Research" is an introductory text promoting and introducing documentary research from a sociological per­spective. Two principles guide the readers of this book; documents as receptacles of content and as full-fledged agents participating in human activity. Its main strategy suggested for documentary re­search—following documents in use—is exempli­fied with numerous examples drawn from scientific or medical disciplines. The usefulness of this book is explored by using a defunct scientific publication known as the InfoMemo that once played a histori­cal role in salmonid enhancement in British Co­lum­bia. It is also suggested that cultural-historical activity theory can provide a coherent and synthet­ic theoretical framework for documen­tary research with added advantages. All things considered, the book will be valuable for beginning social re­searchers working with documentary materials. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0401151}, number={1}, journal={Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research}, author={Lee, Yew-Jin}, year={2004}, month={Jan.} }