Illuminating craft brewers’ experiences of dealing with Covid-19 and making fresh sense of what Covid-19 can do to/for craft beer: an intègraphic approach

Daniel Clarke (Lead / Corresponding author), James Bowden, Keith Dinnie

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    Abstract

    In this chapter, the authors explore the impact of Covid-19 on craft beer in the here-and-now of the pandemic by examining responses of Scottish (UK) brewers to it. The authors’ aim is to organise their responses to the situation in which they find themselves with the objective of making fresh sense of the dynamics of organising during a global pandemic. In pursuit of fresh insight to all of this, the authors seek to illuminate what Covid-19 can do to/for breweries and to know the world differently (through recognising more than one way of knowing). So, to enrich the reader’s understanding of organising in the haecceity of responding to and dealing with Covid-19, the authors’ method of inquiry involves integrating empirical materials from brewery social media activities with poetic transcription from interviews with brewers. The authors find support for the view that such integration of findings through research poetry clothes the social media content findings and neither approach dominates the other. Potential implications for future beer studies from the field of poetry are discussed in light of the new comings-together in this chapter.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationResearching Craft Beer
    Subtitle of host publicationUnderstanding Production, Community and Culture in an Evolving Sector
    EditorsDaniel Clarke, Vaughan Ellis, Holly Patrick-Thomson, David Weir
    PublisherEmerald Books
    Chapter4
    Pages49-72
    Number of pages24
    ISBN (Electronic)9781800431843
    ISBN (Print)9781800431850
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2022

    Keywords

    • Craft beer
    • COVID-19
    • Situational analysis
    • Brewery/brewer experiences
    • Haecceity
    • Integraphy
    • Social Media
    • Research Poetry

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