Research methods: general

Transdisciplinary research is issue-driven, addressing contemporary social questions from a range of critical theoretical perspectives unhampered by the theoretical and methodological restrictions of traditional disciplinary boundaries.

Transdisciplinary research is issue-driven, addressing contemporary social questions from a range of critical theoretical perspectives unhampered by the theoretical and methodological restrictions of traditional disciplinary boundaries.

Ethics has been a perennial concern of qualitative researchers.

Ethics has been a perennial concern of qualitative researchers.

Ethnotheatre transforms research about human experiences into a dramatic presentation for an audience.

Ethnotheatre transforms research about human experiences into a dramatic presentation for an audience.

The turn to fiction as a social research practice is a natural extension of what many researchers and writers have long been doing.

The turn to fiction as a social research practice is a natural extension of what many researchers and writers have long been doing.

This volume provides a thorough introduction to creating and conducting focus group research projects.

This volume provides a thorough introduction to creating and conducting focus group research projects.

This focused collection of original articles addresses the global dynamics of qualitative inquiry and the contextual dimensions within which such inquiry takes place.

This focused collection of original articles addresses the global dynamics of qualitative inquiry and the contextual dimensions within which such inquiry takes place.

Field research can consist of trekking across the globe to study peoples in exotic cultural settings.

Field research can consist of trekking across the globe to study peoples in exotic cultural settings.

Traditional qualitative interviews typically involve a single subject; interviews of dyads rarely appear outside marketing research and family studies.

Traditional qualitative interviews typically involve a single subject; interviews of dyads rarely appear outside marketing research and family studies.

Phyllis Noerager Stern and Caroline Porr provide the most accessible description of grounded theory methods to date in this brief, clear, and useful guide.

Phyllis Noerager Stern and Caroline Porr provide the most accessible description of grounded theory methods to date in this brief, clear, and useful guide.

Have you been working toward a qualitative doctorate without a guide?

Have you been working toward a qualitative doctorate without a guide?

They're everywhere in the academy: young, bright women mentored by older scholars, usually men, who attempt to mold them into their own masculine ideals.

They're everywhere in the academy: young, bright women mentored by older scholars, usually men, who attempt to mold them into their own masculine ideals.

Duoethnography is a collaborative research methodology in which two or more researchers juxtapose their life histories in order to provide multiple understandings of a social phenomenon.

Duoethnography is a collaborative research methodology in which two or more researchers juxtapose their life histories in order to provide multiple understandings of a social phenomenon.

Critical approaches to qualitative research have made a significant impact on research practice over the past decade.

Critical approaches to qualitative research have made a significant impact on research practice over the past decade.

Christine Davis offers readers an insider's view of the practices of ten leading qualitative communication scholars, showing how they make critical decisions in the process of conducting research.

Christine Davis offers readers an insider's view of the practices of ten leading qualitative communication scholars, showing how they make critical decisions in the process of conducting research.

Ronald J Pelias explores leaning as a metaphor for analyzing interpersonal interaction.

Ronald J Pelias explores leaning as a metaphor for analyzing interpersonal interaction.

The use of mixed methods designs for conducting research has become a major trend in social science research.

The use of mixed methods designs for conducting research has become a major trend in social science research.

Motivated by the death of his partner, Adams seeks to redefine the closet as a relational construct between all people and all sexualities.

Motivated by the death of his partner, Adams seeks to redefine the closet as a relational construct between all people and all sexualities.

Gubrium and Harper describe how visual and digital methodologies can contribute to a participatory, public-engaged ethnography.

Gubrium and Harper describe how visual and digital methodologies can contribute to a participatory, public-engaged ethnography.

Pedagogical Tact describes how teacher-student relations possess an improvisational and ethical character.

Pedagogical Tact describes how teacher-student relations possess an improvisational and ethical character.

Famous Brazilian educational and social theorist Paulo Freire presents his ideas on the importance of community solidarity in moving toward social justice in schools and society.

Famous Brazilian educational and social theorist Paulo Freire presents his ideas on the importance of community solidarity in moving toward social justice in schools and society.

Max van Manen offers an extensive exploration of phenomenological traditions and methods for the human sciences.

Max van Manen offers an extensive exploration of phenomenological traditions and methods for the human sciences.

This book is for both art-based researchers and research-informed artists, exploring the theatrical genre known as Collective Creation, or Playbuilding.

This book is for both art-based researchers and research-informed artists, exploring the theatrical genre known as Collective Creation, or Playbuilding.

Distilling decades of work spanning their prestigious careers, Mary M.

Distilling decades of work spanning their prestigious careers, Mary M.

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to using and creating poetry for conducting and reporting social research.

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to using and creating poetry for conducting and reporting social research.

The leading figure in qualitative health research (QHR), Janice M.

The leading figure in qualitative health research (QHR), Janice M.