Forum: Qualitative Social Research  

Thomas Birken,Helga Pelizäus-Hoffmeister,Petra Schweiger,Rainer Sontheimer

Up to now, the development of technical support systems for the elderly has largely been technology-driven, with results often failing to meet the real challenges inherent to independent living in old age. In contrast, we present a research strategy capab... see more

Gary Clapton

The waiting rooms and areas of general practice (GP) health facilities are places that nearly all of us will find ourselves in but the waiting experience is under-explored. What happens to our sense of self when we move between the outside world where we ... see more

Anna S. CohenMiller

In this article I explain the process and benefits of using visual arts as a tool within a transcendental phenomenological study. I present and discuss drawings created and described by four participants over the course of twelve interviews. Findings sugg... see more

Tina Cook,Helen Atkin,Jane Wilcockson

People with long-term conditions are intensive users of health services as well as being long term users of social care and community services. In the UK, the Department of Health has suggested that the development of a more inclusive approach to services... see more

Mags Crean

In this article, I examine some of the methodological issues present for minority scholars when conducting research with an "insider-outsider" researcher status. Utilising examples from my fieldwork, I will expose how social class, care and gender identit... see more

Clive Echagüe,Jaime Barrientos

In this article we present a study on how homophobic violence (HV) toward women is carried out in schools. Concepts such as homophobic bullying or HV are commonly used to argue that this type of victimization is a response to hostile relations that occur ... see more

André Epp

In this article, I discuss the use of BRONFENBRENNER's (1981) ecological systems theory as an examination pattern in combination with qualitative content analysis for empirical research. This is discussed from both theoretical and practical points of view... see more

Diana Mata Codesal,Sónia Pereira,Concepcón Maiztegui-Oñate,Edith Ulloa Chevez,Eztizen Esesumaga,Andrea López del Molino

In this article we examine the potential of photography as a tool in educational intervention as well as in critical social research. The project "Walking around with a camera" enabled us to develop a collaboration between institutions dedicated to social... see more

Janina Pawelz

Researching hard-to-reach populations which operate in spheres of illegality and violence is impacted by issues of rivalry, territorial inaccessibility, and distrust, as well as ethical and moral concerns. In this article I discuss the difficulties faced ... see more

Joonas Tapio Råman

This article is an illustration of the multimodal way in which judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu teachers manage activity transitions from observing the students to teaching them. The data is collected from three beginner-level judo classes, filmed in Finland ... see more

Jesús Rubio-Jiménez,María-Fernanda González

We explore the vocational decisions of seven students with learning challenges living in a rural area in Spain and who were completing their final year of compulsory education. Our design combined research and intervention strategies based on notions of s... see more

Roberto Sarmiento,Garvan Whelan,Jan Sprenger

In this research note we present thoughts on methodological issues relating to the application of findings based on qualitative case studies. We respect the viewpoint that case study research should seek to gain an understanding of the subjective interpre... see more

Isabell Stamm

With this article, I explore a new way of how social scientists can share primary qualitative data with each other. More specifically, I examine organized research communities, which are small membership groups of scholars. This hybrid form of data sharin... see more

Dita Vogel,Barbara Johanna Funck

Qualitative interviews should be audio recorded and transcribed word by word. This is what most methodology texts recommend. Taking interview reports as a means of interview documentation is typically described as a second-best solution if audio recording... see more

Rodolfo E. Mardones,Jorge B. Ulloa Martínez,Gonzalo Salas

In this article we describe the uses of qualitative methodological designs in social science journals. A content descriptive analysis was performed. We reviewed 186 papers published in open-access journals indexed in the Scopus electronic database (Elsevi... see more

Wolff-Michael Roth

The translation of research texts between different languages is a possible impossible (ROTH, 2013). With translation come serious dangers for theorizing when words are translated into terms that do not cover the same conceptual field. This study investig... see more

Franz Breuer

In her monograph, Ursula OFFENBERGER addresses the negotiation of heating technology arrangements in a family home as a form of construction of the home and domestic coziness in the context of gender relations. Her empirical research method is aligned wit... see more

Tim Böder,Christin Scheurer

Objects of everyday life play a significant role for the formation of youth cultures. Material artifacts such as clothes, magazines or posters, are produced, used, and (re-)interpreted in scene specific ways. Therefore, they can be described as a corner s... see more

Lakshmi Balachandran Nair

The Scientific Integrity in Qualitative Research (SCIQUAL) 2017 seminar focused on the basic rules of good scientific practice and researchers' commitment to (or lack thereof in) adhering to these rules. Especially in the case of qualitative research, whe... see more