Si usted es un investigador en ciencias sociales ndash;socioacute;logo; antropoacute;logo; economistandash;; estaraacute; habituado a redactar artiacute;culos acadeacute;micos en los que debe cumplir cuidadosamente ciertas reglas: la delimitacioacute;n clara del objeto; evidencias o pruebas que certifiquen la veracidad de lo que se afirma sobre ese objeto; la extrema cautela en los juicios de valor. Estos principios metodoloacute;gicos garantizan la seriedad del trabajo; pero iquest;permiten representar la complejidad de la vida social; que estaacute; llena de claroscuros? iquest;No seraacute; que los cientiacute;ficos sociales se estaacute;n coartando; al imponer liacute;mites demasiado estrictos a las formas en que tienen permitido contar lo que han descubierto?Convencido de que el trabajo acadeacute;mico ha adoptado foacute;rmulas predecibles y rutinarias que lo salvan de los riesgos pero a la vez lo privan de cierta fructiacute;fera osadiacute;a; Howard Becker pone sobre la mesa otras formas de representar la realidad; un enorme arsenal de recursos que podriacute;an ldquo;sacudirrdquo; los automatismos de cada disciplina. Asiacute;; partiendo de la premisa de que las ciencias sociales no detentan el monopolio del conocimiento acerca de la sociedad; Becker analiza el modo especiacute;fico en que las novelas; las obras de teatro; el cine; las fotografiacute;as; los graacute;ficos o los mapas construyen imaacute;genes de la realidad; y lo hace detenieacute;ndose en aspectos que pueden resultar reveladores para un investigador: el lugar que les dan a los detalles; a los puntos de vista divergentes; a las zonas de ambigüedad; a los usuarios.Con sentido del humor y una sencillez que ya es toda una marca de estilo; Becker echa luz sobre cuestiones de meacute;todo y propone repensar la loacute;gica feacute;rrea que se han autoimpuesto las ciencias sociales. Lleno de sugerencias eminentemente praacute;cticas; este libro es la guiacute;a ideal para cientiacute;ficos sociales de todos los campos; para artistas interesados en decir algo sobre el mundo en que viven; y para todos aquellos que esteacute;n dispuestos a abrir su caja de herramientas e incorporar instrumentos originales para contar la sociedad.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Buy it; you need it!By IACA-PhotosHave not mastered all the Tricks n Tips; but has definitely provided many creative ways to view and adjust my photos. A great buy!1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy HAMBLINS PHARMACYgave me lots of ideas. moved my photography up a notch1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A Master Class on the photographic art of focus manipulationBy Francis T MercerThe Soft Touch by Jim Cornfield is the work of a master photographer. It illuminates the art of focus manipulation by providing the knowledge and teaching the techniques to create it. The book is a revelation that speaks to the importance of telling a story with a photograph and demonstrates how to use focus manipulation techniques to reveal the essence of the story.The author begins with an enlightening discussion using examples of softly focused portrait images that were popular in the early days of photography; and had a very special meaning to him as a young person. Included here is a beautiful example of his own award winning image created in the likeness of an Edgar Degas painting. The magical softness of this remarkable image was actually achieved by hellip;..smearing margarine onto the surface of a UV filter!The book progresses through a range of available equipment; techniques and software programs. Excellent image examples are discussed in parallel with detailed instructions on the associated cameras; filter types; lenses; exposures; innovative capture techniques and post processing software methods required to successfully create such images.Much of the book is devoted to enriching the art of portraiture; a genre of photography highly sensitive to nuance and interpretation. Excellent sections are included in the areas of action sports; landscape and travel photography. The authorrsquo;s demonstration of highly original images that can be achieved using the soft touch post-processing techniques truly illustrates the power of the concepts and teachings of the book. Overall this is an excellent work of experience; knowledge and authority in the art of photography. The writing style is both engaging and professional. The book is quite user-friendly and has given me; as I believe it will give others; a new vision and a broader understanding of the meaning of focus. Irsquo;m looking forward to continuing to grow my photographic skills through the adoption of the focus manipulation techniques so well covered in this remarkable book The Soft Touch; by Jim Cornfield.
