Forum: Qualitative Social Research  

Christian Arriagada Díaz,María Olga Vallejos Lamig,Margarita Quezada Venegas,Lesmer Montecino Soto,Marisa Torres Hidalgo

In the present article we develop an analysis of the effects of crisis situations on older adults. We do this with the understanding that these types of events promote a re-signification of life experiences in this population. For the purposes of this stu... see more

Bianca Dekel,Michelle Andipatin

In this article, we explore how women survivors of intimate partner violence understand the abuse they endured and the possible link to intimate femicide. This is a qualitative study based on a feminist poststructuralist perspective. Seven South African w... see more

Christine Demmer

Body and language are both integral parts of interview situations in biographical research. Within the social sciences the body is regarded as an influential parameter in constructing social reality (cf. GUGUTZER, 2012, pp.11f.). However, the research pro... see more

Jeanine C. Evers

This article elaborates on the concept of thick analysis, introduced in 2010 by EVERS and VAN STAA. The aim of thick analysis is to enhance the depth and breadth of data analysis by creatively combining several analysis methods, allowing for a more compre... see more

Tim Haesebrouck

This article aims to qualify the skeptical view of many leading methodologists on multi-value Qualitative Comparative Analysis (mvQCA). More specifically, it draws attention to a distinctive strength of this QCA-variant. In contrast to the other QCA-varia... see more

Anna Hedenus

The use of audio-visual media puts bodies literally in focus, but there is as yet surprisingly little in the methodology literature about how to analyze the body in this kind of material. The aim of this article is to illustrate how qualitative audio-visu... see more

Reiner Keller,Angelika Poferl

How do sociologists know what they know? Although sociology around the world is deeply shaped by processes of internationalization, strong regional, linguistic, and cultural differences persist. This concerns general production of knowledge, applied theor... see more

Randy K. Lippert,Kevin Walby,Blair Wilkinson

This article explores key elements of qualitative research on policing and security agencies, including barriers encountered and strategies to prevent them. While it is oft-assumed that policing/security agencies are difficult to access due to their cland... see more

Mauricio López Cruz,Andrea Valdivia Barrios,Roberto Fernández Droguett

Full participation in schools refers to students being accepted and active members of the school community and whose contributions to school culture are valued. This is key for inclusive education. However, few studies address students' understanding of p... see more

Oana Marcu

The article deals with drug use by young Roma as members of a marginalized population. It reflects on the use of collages and of metaphor analysis on images produced by participants within an action-research approach. Additionally, various stakeholders we... see more

Laura Beatriz Montes de Oca Barrera

In this article, I illustrate the methodological potential of using the ethnographic method in exploring subjectivity and intersubjectivity. I discuss the ontological and epistemological foundations of a qualitative procedure based in ethnographic situati... see more

Florian Muhle

Sociology in general and interpretive social research in particular are regarded as human sciences. However, this human-centered perspective has recently been questioned as an "anthropological bias,"  both by debates within social theory and empirica... see more

Jayne Pitard

With this article I aim to progress the use of vignettes within autoethnography by explaining the conceptual framework for my structured vignette analysis. In researching my role as a teacher of a group of Timor-Leste vocational education professionals I ... see more

Catherine M. Robson,Olaug S. Lian

Bodily phenomena that are difficult to identify, localize, explain and cure with the aid of modern biomedical knowledge and technology leave ample room for cultural influence. That makes them a perfect case for studying the cultural dimension of medical k... see more

Katharina Rothe,Johannes Deutschbein,Carsten Wonneberger,Dorothee Alfermann

In this contribution we discuss the question of whether the so-called "feminization" of medicine challenges persisting power structures in the field. The notion of the "feminization of medicine" implies both the "masculinity" of the field and its change d... see more

Mirjam Eva Stricker

Interreligious dialogue in general, and dialogue between Christians and Muslims in Germany in particular, can contribute significantly to peaceful coexistence. At the same time, interreligious dialogue is potentially prone to interreligious conflict, a fa... see more

Kathy Charmaz,Reiner Keller

Kathy CHARMAZ is one of the most important thinkers in grounded theory methodology today. Her trailblazing work on constructivist grounded theory continues to inspire research across many disciplines and around the world. In this interview, she reflects o... see more

Paul Rabinow,Reiner Keller

American Anthropologist Paul RABINOW, known worldwide for his work on French philosopher Michel FOUCAULT as well as for his theoretical, conceptual and empirical work on emerging biosociality, has recently developed an anthropology of the contemporary tha... see more

Uwe Dörk

The study "Qualitative Forschung als strenge Wissenschaft?" [Qualitative Research as Rigorous Science?] critically examines the reception history of Edmund HUSSERL in the German methodological literature of qualitative social research. The book argues tha... see more