Digital mapping as feminist method: critical reflections

2021 ◽  
pp. 146879412110287
Author(s):  
Bianca Fileborn

Digital maps have been taken up as a productive tool in both activism and academic research. However, there has been less consideration of their use as a research method in qualitative social sciences research. This paper aims to contribute towards scholarship on qualitative research by providing a critical reflection on the use of digital mapping as a research method in a feminist research project on street-based harassment in Australia. Drawing on practices of reflexivity, as well as comments made by participants across 46 qualitative interviews, I consider how digital mapping can be used to facilitate feminist research, arguing that it represents a generative instrument which lends itself to the development of in-depth insights from participants. Yet, mapping also delimits the epistemological possibilities of qualitative research, and I consider how this method simultaneously constrains what can be known about street harassment.

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (09) ◽  
pp. 474-477
Author(s):  
Ian Mc Coog, Ed.D.

In the philosophical tradition, phenomenology is a means by which random, raw phenomena are categorized into what can be called human experience. Phenomenology is a school of thought within ontology which focuses on the nature of existence. Edmund Husserls view of phenomenology proposed that to understand the world, one should examine the lens through which he/she experiences the world as opposed to attempting to examine the world itself. The application of this idea first expanded to the discipline of psychology by researchers such as Amedeo Giorgi and Clark Moustakas and more recently has been more widely applied to the social sciences as a whole.Possessing an understanding of the philosophy and psychology traditions behind phenomenology greatly increases a researchers ability to implement it as a qualitative research method.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 205979911988427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julienne Chen ◽  
Pearlyn Neo

Focus groups are a well-used research method in the social sciences. Typically, they are conducted in person to generate research insights through group discussion and interaction. As digital technologies advance, there have been efforts to consider how to conduct focus groups in an online format, often using computer-based tools such as email, chat and videoconferencing. In this article, we test the potential of smartphone-based mobile messaging as a new method to elicit group-level insights. Based on empirical analysis and comparison of in-person and WhatsApp group chat focus groups conducted in Singapore, we find that WhatsApp group chat does have the potential to generate well-elaborated responses and group interaction, particularly among younger, digitally fluent participants. However, the quantity and richness of the conversation still do not match that of the in-person focus groups, and further innovation may be needed to improve mobile messaging as a qualitative research method.


2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 2848 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bekir Güzel ◽  
Ozan Selcik

Emerged in nineteenth century, social work is a profession with the aim of enhancing wellbeing of individuals, families, groups and communities; helping to meet their social functioning, and to empower their bonds with other systems. Professionals are very important part of the profession to achieve its end. Social workers, as rofessionals, acquire their authorization from law and regulations, and perform their duties within official policies. Responsibilities and performances of professionals during intervention are important for the profession to achieve its aims. However, professionals experience various difficulties both individually and publicly from the clients. These difficulties affect their performances, and cause them to avoid taking responsibility. However, most professionals have developed various methods to cope with these difficulties. In this study, qualitative research method, which is widely used in social sciences was used to examine difficulties the professionals experience, and their coping strategies. In this study, twelve social workers of Rize Provincial Directorate of Family and Social Policies were interviewed. Data was collected through individual interview and focus group discussion.Collected data was analyzed through descriptive analysis. Findings related to difficulties social workers experience were discussed thorugh ready-prepared themes. In the end, it is found out that social workers have developed coping strategies against challenges they face during their professional practice. These problems are titled under three titles: individual, physical and environmental.Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetSosyal hizmet, 19. Yüzyılın sonlarında ortaya çıkan ve bireylerin, ailelerin, grupların ve toplulukların iyilik hallerinin geliştirilmesinde, sosyal işlevselliklerinin yerine getirilmesinde ve diğer sistemlerle olan bağlarının güçlendirilmesinde yardımcı olma amacıyla faaliyet gösteren bir meslektir. Sosyal hizmet mesleği bağlamında belirtilen bu hedeflerin gerçekleştirilmesinde meslek elemanları çok önemli bir yere sahiptir. Meslek elemanları olarak sosyal çalışmacılar uygulamalarını yasa ve mevzuatlardan yetki alarak resmi politikalar çerçevesinde gerçekleştirmektedirler. Meslek elemanlarının uygulamalar sırasında aldıkları sorumluluklar ve gösterdikleri performanslar, sosyal hizmetin hedeflerine ulaşılması açısından büyük önem taşımaktadır. Ancak, meslek elemanları uygulamaları sırasında hem bireysel hem kamusal hem de müracaatçılardan kaynaklanan çeşitli zorluklarla karşılaşmaktadırlar. Bu zorluklar da onların performanslarını etkilemekte ve sorumluluk almaktan kaçınmalarına neden olmaktadır. Diğer taraftan, meslek elemanlarının çoğu bu zorluklarla baş etmek için çeşitli yöntemler geliştirmektedir. Bu çalışmada sosyal bilimler alanında yaygın olarak kullanılan nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden durum çalışması deseni kullanılarak meslek elemanlarının karşılaştıkları zorluklar ve başa çıkma yolları araştırılmıştır. Araştırma kapsamında Rize Aile ve Sosyal Politikalar İl Müdürlüğü’nde görev yapan 12 sosyal çalışmacı ile görüşme yapılmıştır. Veriler derinlemesine bireysel görüşme ve odak grup görüşmesi teknikleriyle toplanmıştır. Elde edilen veriler betimsel analiz yapılarak yorumlanmıştır. Önceden belirlenen temalar üzerinden de sosyal çalışmacıların karşılaştıkları zorluklar ile ilgili bulgular paylaşılmıştır. Araştırmanın sonucunda sosyal çalışmacıların mesleki uygulamaları sırasında karşılaştıkları zorluklar karşısında çeşitli başa çıkma yolları geliştirdikleri tespit edilmiştir. Bu sorunların bireysel, fiziki ve çevresel sorunlar olmak üzere 3 başlık atında toplanması mümkündür.


Author(s):  
Angela Yehl

Warren and Karner’s (2010) second edition of Discovering Qualitative Methods provides the novice and/or student sociology researcher with a solid foundation in the historical and theoretical underpinnings of qualitative research as it is applied to the social sciences. Once the reader is grounded in the history and principles of qualitative research the book evolves into a rich, informative, "how-to" guide for those undertaking the complexities of contemporary qualitative research, including fieldwork, qualitative interviews, and collection of visual/textual and internet data.


Panggung ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hinhin Agung Daryana

ABSTRACT The study focuses on the impact of karinding popularity on Bandungnese. In trying to understand its focus, the study uses several approaches of social sciences such as sociology, anthropology, and qualitative research method including data collection from oral and written sources. Since karinding was played by a band called Karinding Attack, it became popular music in Bandung. In the end, the popularity of karinding gave some impacts on Bandungnese, both its practitioners and its audience. The movements considered as the result of karinding popularity include multiple activities such as tourism activities, networking development, educational activities, revitalization of traditional arts other than karinding, music development, literacy development, and the development of creative economy. Keywords: Impact, Popularity, Karinding, Bandung


2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 160940692110470
Author(s):  
Zara Thompson ◽  
Felicity Anne Baker ◽  
Imogen Nicola Clark ◽  
Jeanette Tamplin

Purpose. This paper reports findings from a project that sought to develop accessible guidelines for including people with dementia in qualitative interviews in a music therapy study, based on experience from people previously involved in qualitative music therapy research. Method. People with previous experience of qualitative music therapy research were invited to participate in semi-structured interviews about how the interview process could be made more accessible. Participants included four family-caregivers and three music therapy-researchers. Interview data were analysed using thematic analysis. Findings were used to develop guidelines for a subsequent study; reflections on the implementation of these guidelines are provided. Results. Five themes were identified: (a) motivators and barriers to participating in interviews; (b) pragmatic elements that impact interview participation; (c) relationship dynamics may impact the interview; (d) familiarity fosters comfort, enables preparation and support and (e) broader considerations for accessible research design. Conclusions. Themes identified align with reports from the extant literature. Reflections on implementation of the guidelines reveal the need for more clarity around the ethics of building rapport in qualitative research. Implications about future uses of the guidelines, including the use of music as a research tool are discussed.


Author(s):  
Nurul Nadjmi

Kepulauan Riau merupakan provinsi yang terdiri dari beberapa pulau diantaranya Pulau Batam, Pulau Bintan dan Pulau Karimun. Modal sosial merupakan serangkaian nilai dan norma informal yang dimiliki oleh kelompok masyarat dalam membagun kerjasamanya. Lingkup penelitian pada pembahasan ini adalah terfokus pada pengaruh modal sosial terhadap perkembangan pariwisata di Kepulauan Riau dalam hal ini Pulau Batam, Pulau Bintan, dan Pulau Karimun. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Penelitian ini dikondisikan sebagai penelitian kualitatif melalui strategi studi kasus. Sistem pendekatan yang digunakan juga merupakan pendekatan deskriptif analitik. Melakukan pengamatan langsung, mengumpulkan data-data kemudian menghubungkannya dengan kajian teori yang digunakan. Lokus penelitian ini terdapat di Kepulauan Riau dengan melihat pengaruh modal sosial pada perkembangan pariwisata di ketiga pulau yaitu Pulau Batam, Pulau Bintan dan Pulau Karimun. Berdasarkan hasil survey yang saya lakukan di Kepulauan Riau, terutama pada ketiga pulau yaitu Pulau Batam, Pulau Bintan, dan Pulau Karimun, dari ketiga pulau tersebut ternyata pada Pulau Karimun perkembangan pariwisatanya tidak terlalu berkembang karena masyarakat yang tidak menerima adanya wisatawan terutama wisatawan mancanegara. Riau Islands is a province consisting of several islands including Batam Island, Bintan Island and Karimun Island. Social capital is a set of informal values ​​and norms that are owned by community groups in building cooperation. The scope of research in this discussion is focused on the influence of social capital on the development of tourism in the Riau Islands, in this case Batam Island, Bintan Island, and Karimun Island. The research method used in this research is descriptive qualitative research. This research is conditioned as qualitative research through a case study strategy. The system approach used is also a descriptive analytic approach. Make direct observations, collect data and then relate it to the study of the theories used. The locus of this research is in the Riau Islands by looking at the influence of social capital on the development of tourism in the three islands, namely Batam Island, Bintan Island and Karimun Island. Based on the results of a survey I conducted in the Riau Islands, especially on the three islands, namely Batam Island, Bintan Island, and Karimun Island, of the three islands, it turns out that on Karimun Island the development of tourism is not very developed because people do not accept tourists, especially foreign tourists.


2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-52
Author(s):  
Sarah Dunlop ◽  
Peter Ward

This article describes how a recently refined visual ethnographic research method, “narrated photography,” contributes to the study of religion. We argue that this qualitative research method is particularly useful for studies of lived religion and demonstrate this through examples drawn from a study the sacred among young Polish migrants to England. Narrated photography, which entails asking people to photograph what is personally significant to them and then to narrate the image, generates visual and textual material that mediates the subjective. Through using this method we discovered that family was considered to be sacred, both in terms of links to religious practice and a desire for a secure home which family relationships provide. Additionally, narrated photography has the potential to expand our conceptions of lived religion through the inclusion of visual material culture and the visual context of the research participants. In this case the data revealed that the Polish young people view structures within their landscape through a particularly Polish Catholic lens. These findings shed light on the religious tensions that migrants encounter in everyday life.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-36
Author(s):  
I Wayan Pardi ◽  
Ni Made Nadia Suta Pradhani

This study aims to analyze the background of the emergence of metal children in the Ketapang ferry port, and formulate a model that can be used to overcome the presence of metal children in the Ketapang ferry port. The method used in this study is a qualitative research method, the steps of which include determining the location of research, the method of determining informants, research instruments, data collection methods, data validity testing methods, and data analysis methods. The results showed that there were a number of factors that caused the emergence of metal children at Ketapang Port of Spread, namely 1) poverty factors, 2) family factors, 3) peer or playmate factors, and 4) education factors. Models that can be used to tackle the presence of metal children are Street-centered intervention, Family-centered intervention, Institutional-centered intervention, and Community-centered intervention.


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