Forum: Qualitative Social Research  

Heather Elliott,Corinne Squire

Interest is growing in forms of narrative that go beyond written and spoken verbal signs, in how such varying media expand the range and types of knowledge signified in narratives, and how narrative analysts can work across media. Alongside the more conve... see more

Mark Davis

In this article, I examine the narrative-media nexus as it relates to pandemics. Communications feature in global public health efforts to address the emergence of a pandemic, an event typically marked by the proliferation of news stories. Pandemics are a... see more

Heather Elliott,Corinne Squire,Rebecca O'Connell

We consider the characteristics of one form of digital narrative—the blog—and what they may offer to personal narratives about mothering, families, and food and other resources. We draw on narrative analysis of six months of posts from two blogs about fee... see more

Cigdem Esin

In this article, I explore the possibility that a narrative research methodology, which focuses on the processes that bring together multiple narrative modalities, could be used to gain insight into the ways in which young residents of East London constru... see more

Eva Barlösius,Grit Fisser

Female students in mechanical engineering have better chances to achieve an academic career than women in other academic disciplines. In this article we reconstruct how female mechanical engi­neers interpret for themselves their success. Our reconstructio... see more

Roni Berger

This article describes two participant observations of birdwatchers, which occurred by serendipity. Characteristics of personal and interpersonal behavior patterns are identified and illustrated. Specifically, four themes including total immersion and ded... see more

Admire Chereni

In response to the persistent problem of deficient birth registration, NGO-led coalitions in Zimbabwe are seeking to build a strong case for prioritizing universal birth registration. Beside efforts to amplify children's right to birth registration as def... see more

Marcela Cornejo Cancino,Ximena Faúndez,Carolina Besoain

Data analysis is crucial in qualitative research, influencing the quality and applicability of the results. Texts on data analysis typically describe general principles to be followed but lack detailed illustrations of the procedures involved. Qualitative... see more

Emilio Ariel Crenzel

In this article, I examine the spatial transformation in Hospital Posadas and its surrounding neighborhoods during the cycle of political violence and military dictatorship in Argentina and the imprint left in the memories of workers and residents. Hospit... see more

John Ecker

In this study, I utilized a process of reflexivity to examine the effect of location when conducting interviews with homeless and vulnerably housed individuals. The impact of interview locations has received limited attention in the community psychology l... see more

Helena Harrison,Melanie Birks,Richard Franklin,Jane Mills

Over the last forty years, case study research has undergone substantial methodological development. This evolution has resulted in a pragmatic, flexible research approach, capable of providing comprehensive in-depth understanding of a diverse range of is... see more

Sang-hui Nam

In this article, I address with the question of how a social movement resulting from spontaneous mobilization can develop on the Internet as a collective formation. Since, as a rule, spontaneous movements possess weak collective identity, they have previo... see more

Lynn Margaret Norton

In this article, I explore pathways towards critical reflexivity as a way of understanding the interaction between personal and professional development. How much do we, and can we, put our personal lives into our work? Reflexivity can be developed throug... see more

Vanina Papalini

In Argentina, as is common in most Latin American countries, therapies addressed to wellness or healing are commonly shared in groups or communities. In contrast, self-help books emphasize personal appropriation and individual treatment. Research on the a... see more

Michaela Pfadenhauer

Cultures represent boundaries of reality for individuals. Collectively, cultures are demarcations enabling the identification of people and things. At the same time cultures provide instructions for adequately handling people and things. These demarcation... see more

Katerina Plakitsi,Panagiotis Piliouras,George Efthimiou

This article refers to a part of a collaborative action research project in three elementary science classrooms. The project aims at the transformation of the nature and type of teachers' discursive practices into more collaborative inquiries. The basic s... see more

Brian Kelleher Sohn

An oft-cited phenomenological methodologist, Max VAN MANEN (2014), claims that qualitative data analysis software (QDAS) is not an appropriate tool for phenomenological research. Yet phenomenologists rarely describe how phenomenology is to be done: pencil... see more

Roberta Lynn Woodgate,Melanie Zurba,Pauline Tennent

Photovoice, a popular method in qualitative participatory research, involves individuals taking photographic images to document and reflect on issues significant to them. Having emerged in the mid-1990s, its popularity has been related to several advantag... see more

Sylka Scholz

In their book, Anja PELZER and Angela KEPPLER, experts in television studies (KEPPLER) and film analysis (PELZER) respectively, provide a coherent introduction to the methods used in sociological approaches to the analysis of media products. Using BERGER’... see more

Veronika Wöhrer

In this highly recommendable book, Helene FEICHTER describes two research projects and analyzes the impact of the active involvement of pupils in school development and school research. She identifies possible problems, and stresses that active participat... see more

Carlos Galan-Diaz

During the first week of March 2016, 120 researchers from 12 different countries, including Syria, Japan, the USA and Turkey, met in Berlin (Germany) to learn more about their computer-assisted qualitative data analysis skills. The 18th Conference on Comp... see more