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An Introduction to Researching Student Lives: Methodological and Theoretical Perspectives
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Jodi Burkett ,
Sarah Crook
Cultural and Social History, Pages: 1 - 20
Swansea University Author:
Sarah Crook
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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/14780038.2025.2577452
Abstract
The last decade has witnessed a flourishing of research on student lives and student experiences around the world, transforming how we see higher education history within its social and cultural context. This introductory article provides a discussion of recent literature and historiographical trend...
| Published in: | Cultural and Social History |
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| ISSN: | 1478-0038 1478-0046 |
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Informa UK Limited
2025
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70695 |
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The last decade has witnessed a flourishing of research on student lives and student experiences around the world, transforming how we see higher education history within its social and cultural context. This introductory article provides a discussion of recent literature and historiographical trends in student histories outlining key methodological approaches. We explore how historians can grapple with the ephemerality of this material, with the shifting constellation of students involved with developing it, and with the variability of archival practices across institutions. |
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| Keywords: |
Students, higher education, student media, oral history, material culture |
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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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Work that is part of this article was supported by the MRC/Economic and Social Research Council under Grant number MR/X002810/1. |
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20 |