Rhythmanalysis: Research Methods

This book addresses the task of how to do rhythmanalysis.  It discusses the history and development of rhythmanalysis from  Lefebvre to the present day in a range of fields including cultural  history and studies of place, work and nature. For Lefebvre, it is  necessary to be 'grasped by' a rhythm at a bodily level in order to  grasp it. And yet we also need critical distance to fully understand it.  Rhythmanalysis is therefore both corporeal and conceptual. This book  considers how the body is directly deployed as a research tool in  rhythmanalytical research as well as how audio-visual methods can get at  rhythm beyond the capacity of the senses to perceive it. In particular,  the book includes detailed discussion of research on different forms of  mobility – from driving to dancing – and on the social life of markets –  from finance to fish.