Inscribed objects and professional practices

A postscript

Authors

  • Lindsay Prior Queen’s University Belfast

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jalpp.40428

Keywords:

Inscribed objects, professional practices, A postscript

Abstract

To be introduced to new ideas and innovative methods of study is one of the great joys of life and, as such, it is a true pleasure to be asked to write a postscript for this special issue of the Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice.

Author Biography

  • Lindsay Prior, Queen’s University Belfast

    Lindsay Prior is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Queen’s University Belfast. He holds honorary posts at the QUB School of Public Health and at the Department of Sociology, University of York. Since 1997 he has authored various book chapters, journal articles and encyclopaedia entries on the study of documents. His four-volume edited collection Using Documents and Records in Social Research was published by Sage in 2011.

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Prior, Lindsay (2004) Doing things with documents. In David Silverman (ed.) Qualitative Research (2nd edition), 76–94. London: Sage.

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Published

2020-11-26

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2017): Special Issue: Inscribed objects in professional practices

Section

Articles

License

Equinox Publishing Ltd.

How to Cite

Prior, L. (2020). Inscribed objects and professional practices: A postscript. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice, 14(2), 304–308. https://doi.org/10.1558/jalpp.40428