Configurational analysis

<p>In cultural and social studies, configurations are patterns of <a href="/facts/Behaviour/0Y1VqmVX">behaviour</a>, movement (→<a href="/facts/Movement_culture/LHIFh5M6">movement culture</a>) and <a href="/facts/Thinking/loD3aFv9">thinking</a>, which research observes when analysing different <a href="/facts/Cultures/c5JgMqpX">cultures</a> and/ or historical changes. The term “configurations” is mostly used by comparative <a href="/facts/Anthropological/W6WK1C3a">anthropological</a> studies and by <a href="/facts/Cultural_history/any2U5tz">cultural history</a>. Configurational analysis became a special method by the Stuttgart school of <a href="/facts/Historical_Behaviour_Studies/3BCL3sSg">Historical Behaviour Studies</a> during the 1970s and later by <a href="/facts/Body_culture_studies/CUYLyXnB">body culture studies</a> in Denmark.
</p><p>Configurational analysis is marked by its distance towards the <a href="/facts/History_of_ideas/363gKSRc">history of ideas</a> and <a href="/facts/Intention/ahzUpq2G">intentions</a>, which are conceived as mainstreams in historical studies. Configurations of human behaviour and movement have attracted special attention in the framework of <a href="/facts/Phenomenology_(philosophy)/AILzLkKx">phenomenology</a> and particularly in <a href="/facts/Materialist/VKAovnPt">materialist</a> phenomenology.
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Configurational analysis open-in-new

Configurational analysis