Forum: Qualitative Social Research  

Jesús Domingo,José Manuel Martos

School failure and educational exclusion are complex issues that require complex approaches in order to be understood. In this article, we address this matter in depth. We define and delimit the research problem and propose a method that reveals how educa... see more

Alison Happel-Parkins,Katharina A. Azim

In this article, we explore narrative inquiry data we collected with women who attempted to have a natural, drug-free childbirth for the birth of their first child. The data presented come from semi-structured life story interviews with six women who live... see more

Ina Hunger,Nicola Böhlke

More than any other subject, teaching physical education focuses all the participants' attention on physicality: the students' bodies are at the center of instructional activities and the reference point of evaluations; the body is touched, observed, and ... see more

Martina Kelly,Joy de Vries-Erich,Esther Helmich,Tim Dornan,Nigel King

This article introduces a case study on the use of selfies as a means to support embodied reflexivity in phenomenological research. There is a recognized need to make reflexive practice in qualitative health research more transparent. There is also a move... see more

Nicholas Loubere

The recording and verbatim transcription of interviews is often considered to be one of the more tedious but necessary aspects of the in-depth qualitative research process. While transcription is undoubtedly a necessary methodological tool for researchers... see more

Stefanie Rauch

In this article I will discuss empirical approaches to viewers' reception of films about the Holocaust. Existing studies tend to focus on the effects of, or responses to, one film or to one type of film, which results in skewed ideas about "Holocaust film... see more

Katja Sabisch

To date, the methodological considerations of the Polish medical practitioner and sociologist Ludwik FLECK have been used primarily in historiography. In this article I propose to adapt his central concepts of "thought style" and "thought collective" as q... see more

Margrit Schreier

This contribution focuses on three contexts of qualitative research that have increasingly gained in importance in the past several years: arts-based research, mixed methods, and emergent methods. Different approaches and types of arts-informed and arts-b... see more

Laura Cordisco Tsai,Ivy Flor Seballos-Llena,Rabia Datta

Survivors of human trafficking often experience considerable financial difficulties upon exiting human trafficking, including pressure to provide financially for their families, challenges securing employment, lack of savings, and familial debt. Few evalu... see more

Trish Van Katwyk,Yukari Seko

This article is a collaborative autoethnographic reflection about two dance-based research projects. Our objectives for the projects were two-fold: to practice knowledge production and mobilization in a way that diverged from dominant traditional Western ... see more

Chantel Lynette Weber

In this article I address the reflexive nature of research undertaken when I investigated the presence of resilience found in an adolescent girl diagnosed with fragile X syndrome. The highlights of this article include specific challenges I experienced wh... see more

Sabine Weiß,Marcus Syring,Ewald Kiel

In this study we investigate how intercultural school development can succeed, taking into account the perspective of teachers, principals, and mentors to teacher trainees. The large number of immigrant children and youth results in pressures on schools a... see more

Christine Wimbauer,Mona Motakef

Joint couple interviews allow for the collection of data on interactions, negotiations, couple performances, and couple presentations by couples in situ. Joint interviews provide insight into concrete couple practices and representations of those practice... see more

Florian Elliker

In yearly installments since 2011, the Swiss Methods Festival offers, during the course of two days, workshops on a broad and diverse range of qualitative social research methods. Complemented by two keynotes that address contemporary issues within the fi... see more

Markus Janssen,Christoph Stamann,Yvonne Krug,Christina Negele

This conference report provides an overview of the main issues discussed at the conference "Qualitative Content Analysis—and Beyond?" The pivotal question discussed was whether or not it is reasonable and legitimate to combine qualitative content analysis... see more