Criticalities of Non-Verbal Reading Competencies: 
An Afrocentric Ethnological Approach to Qualitative Research

Body contact and body language reading are unique and existential and, although culturally dependent and socially embodied, they are critical ethno-specific communication forms confined within contextual geo-spaces. The interactive narratives of ethno-specific, non-verbal communication in my qualitative research approach were facilitated using e-mails, web blogs and thread observations generated by senior research leaders who shared their views on appropriate Afro-ethno-specific qualitative data collection methodologies. Afro-ethno-specific qualitative data collection methodology needs a new narrative that focuses on creating Afrocentric research practices and data collection instruments that are validated for African contexts. Research findings indicate that non-verbal reading competencies that take cognizance of the application of the 3 Cs of non-verbal communication; context, clusters and congruence that are group and Afro-ethno specific were often ignored by researchers in South Africa. The article argues that the application of Afro-ethno specific non-verbal reading competencies, knowledges and skills is critical for it takes into cognizance people’s ethnic origin, culture, identity, race, nationality, norms, values, religion or belief systems.

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Qualitative Data Collection, Analysis and Presentation: A Theoretical Overview

Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology ◽

10.3126/dsaj.v3i0.2782 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

pp. 83-122

Author(s):

Laya Prasad Uprety

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Data Collection ◽

Theoretical Analysis ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Ethnographic Research ◽

Research Approach ◽

Interpretive Approach ◽

Theoretical Overview ◽

Qualitative Data Collection

This paper explains the significance of the interpretive approach in the regime of qualitative research which underscores the search of the meanings in human cultures and subjectivities in the human behavior. Its overall emphasis has been on the processes, stages, and goals of conventional ethnographic research, qualitative data analysis and their presentation in the academic and professional reports. However, the theoretical analysis has been heavily influenced by "positivism" and hence, it has failed to address many of the issues emerged in the regime of contemporary qualitative research approach. Key Words: Qualitative; ethnographic; positivism; interpretive; subjectivity; analysis and presentation. DOI: 10.3126/dsaj.v3i0.2782 Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology Vol.3 2009 83-122

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Transcription as a Key Phase of Data Analysis in Qualitative Research: Experience from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Field Methods ◽

10.1177/1525822x21989482 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1525822X2198948

Author(s):

Adeagbo Oluwafemi ◽

S. Xulu ◽

N. Dlamini ◽

M. Luthuli ◽

T. Mhlongo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Qualitative Research ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Data Collection ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Research Experience ◽

Written Text ◽

Kwazulu Natal ◽

Collection Methods ◽

Qualitative Data Collection

Transforming spoken words into written text in qualitative research is a vital step in familiarizing and immersing oneself in the data. We share a three-step approach of how data transcription facilitated an interpretative act of analysis in a study using qualitative data collection methods on the barriers and facilitators of HIV testing and treatment in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Working With Asian Language Interpreters in Qualitative Research: A Comparative Study

Qualitative Health Research ◽

10.1177/1049732318809352 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 29 (6) ◽

pp. 868-875 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Grace Wong ◽

Jane Koziol-McLain ◽

Marewa Glover

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Data Collection ◽

Comparative Study ◽

English Language ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Linguistically Diverse ◽

Interview Data ◽

Research Interviews ◽

Asian Languages ◽

Qualitative Data Collection

Health researchers employ health interpreters for research interviews with linguistically diverse speakers. Few studies compare inconsistencies between different interpretations of the same interview data. We compared interpreted with independently reinterpreted English language transcripts from five in-home family interviews conducted in five different Asian languages. Differences included augmented, summarized, and/or omitted information. Researchers should ensure that they, and their interpreters, follow rigorous processes for credible qualitative data collection, and audit their interpreted data for accuracy. Different interpretations of the same data can be incorporated into analyses.

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Ethical Issues in Qualitative Data Collection and Management

Scholarly Ethics and Publishing ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-8057-7.ch035 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 697-713

Author(s):

Cees Th Smit Sibinga

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Data Collection ◽

Personal Experience ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Ethical Issues ◽

External Influence ◽

Collection And Management ◽

Fair Chance ◽

Qualitative Data Collection ◽

The Way

Qualitative data collection is largely defined by the personal experience and opinions of the examinee. The examinee is central in the approach, and not so much the researcher. The essence is a communication between the researcher and the examinee, where interpretation of both the questions asked and the answers provided serves the purpose of understanding. This type of research is interpretative and almost exclusively subjective, because the personal or subjective way of understanding and interpretation is central. However, there is certainly a serious possibility for external influence on the answers to be provided or even the way answers are interpreted. Additionally, there is a fair chance that the questions are phrased towards expected answers. There are various moments where ethics are paramount to the quality and acceptability of the research. To protect objectivity, ethical professionalism and professional morale are important. This chapter aims to describe and discuss ethical issues related to collection and management of data from qualitative research.

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The Metaphors of Candidte Philosophy Group Teacher Regarding the Concept of ‘Mind’

International Journal of Higher Education ◽

10.5430/ijhe.v8n1p148 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 148

Author(s):

Ekrem Ziya Duman

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Data Collection ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Basic Element ◽

Research Data ◽

Data Collection Tool ◽

Research Designs ◽

Second Category ◽

Academic Year ◽

Qualitative Data Collection

The purpose of the current study was to determine what the metaphors of the candidate philosophy group teachers regarding the concept of mind and understand the related metaphors by means of gathering the metaphors expressed under certain categories. Phenomenology, one of the qualitative research designs, was used in the current study. The working group was made up of the students having pedagogical formation at Gazi University in the academic year of 2017-2018 and the last year students studying Philosophy Group Teaching at Gazi University. In this sense, the study was applied to total 85 people. Qualitative data collection techniques were used in the research. Data collection tool was applied to the participants by the researchers. In this sense, 62 valid metaphors were produced out of 85 candidate teachers. The metaphors produced were gathered under 10 categories as mind as a guide, mind as a basic element, mind as suitability for the purpose, mind as a working and developing structure, mind as a storage, mind as showing the reality, mind as an illuminator, mind as a valuable competence, mind as a limitless competence and the unclassified.In the order of metaphors produced mostly by the candidate philosophy group teachers participating the research, mind as a guide was in the first place at the rate of 17.3%. Mind as a basic element was in the second category with a rate of 16% and it was followed by mind as suitability for the purpose and mind as a working and developing structure with a rate of 12%.

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Re-Thinking the Boundaries of the Focus Group: A Reflexive Analysis on the Use and Legitimacy of Group Methodologies in Qualitative Research

Sociological Research Online ◽

10.5153/sro.3812 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 20 (4) ◽

pp. 58-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Martina Angela Caretta ◽

Elena Vacchelli

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Action Research ◽

Focus Group ◽

Data Collection ◽

Focus Groups ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Participatory Action ◽

Group A ◽

Data Collection Technique ◽

Qualitative Data Collection

This article aims at problematizing the boundaries of what counts as focus group and in so doing it identifies some continuity between focus group and workshop, especially when it comes to arts informed and activity laden focus groups. The workshop [1] is often marginalized as a legitimate method for qualitative data collection outside PAR (Participatory Action Research)-based methodologies. Using examples from our research projects in East Africa and in London we argue that there are areas of overlap between these two methods, yet we tend to use concepts and definitions associated with focus groups because of the lack of visibility of workshops in qualitative research methods academic literature. The article argues that focus groups and workshops present a series of intertwined features resulting in a blending of the two which needs further exploration. In problematizing the boundaries of focus groups and recognizing the increasing usage of art-based and activity-based processes for the production of qualitative data during focus groups, we argue that focus groups and workshop are increasingly converging. We use a specifically feminist epistemology in order to critically unveil the myth around the non-hierarchical nature of consensus and group interaction during focus group discussions and other multi-vocal qualitative methods and contend that more methodological research should be carried out on the workshop as a legitimate qualitative data collection technique situated outside the cycle of action research.

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Using theory and reflexivity to preserve methodological rigour of data collection in qualitative research

Research Methods in Medicine & Health Sciences ◽

10.1177/26320843211061302 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 263208432110613

Author(s):

Kimberly Jamie ◽

Adam Pattison Rathbone

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Data Collection ◽

Medical Research ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Case Study Research ◽

Theoretical Perspectives ◽

Medical Researchers ◽

Qualitative Data Collection

This paper examines the place of theory in qualitative medical research. While theory’s place in research planning and data analysis has been well-established, the contribution of theory during qualitative data collection tends to be overlooked. Yet, data collection is not an asocial or apolitical process and requires reflection and analysis in and of itself. Therefore, drawing on an exemplar case study research project which focused on patients’ use of medicines, the paper argues that engaging with theory to think reflexively, throughout a project but particularly during the process of data collection can ensure the rigour and trustworthiness of qualitative data. In this case study, we draw on sociologist Erving Goffman’s theoretical framework of the dramaturgical metaphor to address the multiplicity of roles that healthcare practitioners undertaking qualitative research have to occupy and navigate. Rather than painting researchers out of their research through a naïve search for ‘objectivity’, reflexivity that is scaffolded by theory, offers a way through which researchers’ biases and subjectivities can be made explicit and their data analysis transparent. In making this argument, we encourage medical researchers to engage with, and be attuned to, theoretical perspectives outwith their own discipline.

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Internalisasi pendidikan moral pada perguruan tinggi di Jepang

Jurnal Civics Media Kajian Kewarganegaraan ◽

10.21831/jc.v17i1.30338 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 50-59

Author(s):

Sutrisno Sutrisno

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Data Collection ◽

Moral Education ◽

Research Method ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Japanese Society ◽

Japanese People ◽

Data Collection Methods ◽

Collection Methods ◽

Qualitative Data Collection

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk Mengetahui konsep pembelajaran pendidikan moral di perguruan tinggi di Jepang. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif. Penelitian dilaksanakan di Tokyo Gakugei University. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif. Metode pengumpulan data diperoleh dengan cara observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian ini menjelaskan bahwa Pendidikan moral pada perguruan tinggi di Jepang bertujuan untuk membangun karakter warga negara muda untuk berpikir bagaimana caranya hidup dan bertindak atas dasar penilaian otonom dan hidup sebagai orang yang proaktif bersama dengan orang lain. Pendidikan moral menjadi alat dan media untuk mentrasformasikan nilai-nilai dasar filosofis masyarakat Jepang. Pendidikan moral dapat tercermin pada karakter keseharian masyarakat Jepang yang memiliki etos dan semangat kerja tinggi dalam menjalankan setiap profesinya-----This study aims to determine the concept of learning moral education in universities in Japan. This research is a qualitative research. The study was conducted at Tokyo Gakugei University. The research method used in this study is descriptive qualitative. Data collection methods obtained by observation, interviews and documentation. The results of this study explain that moral education at universities in Japan aims to build the character of young citizens to think how to live and act on the basis of autonomous judgment and life as people who are proactive together with others. Moral education is a tool and media for transforming the basic philosophical values of Japanese society. Moral education can be reflected in the daily character of Japanese people who have high ethos and work spirit in carrying out every profession

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The Underreported Significance of Transcription Decisions: Perspectives Gained from Two Different Vantage Points

The Qualitative Report ◽

10.46743/2160-3715/2019.3801 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Lilian Cibils

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Qualitative Research ◽

Data Collection ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Transcription Process ◽

Significant Process ◽

Vantage Points ◽

A Minor ◽

Qualitative Data Collection

In this paper, I propose redefining transcription as a significant process within qualitative research, and as more deserving of attention and of transparency in reporting. Although interviewing has become one of the most frequently used methods of qualitative data collection, when summarizing the methodology adopted in their studies, researchers are still not likely to describe either the transcription process itself or the decision-making process that led up to it. One of the problems with transcription is that it is frequently addressed separately from the broader philosophical, ideological or epistemological contexts of a study, and dealt with as a minor independent logistics issue, and its resolution reduced to its mechanics or its physical completion. In this article, I highlight the significance of decisions made about transcription as illustrated by an account of two contrasting experiences. I explore the choices made related to who undertakes the process and how it is completed as based on theoretical underpinnings. These decisions, as illustrated in the examples, reflect views on what is to be known and what is considered to be the data, and will, ultimately, determine the limitations or the possibilities for analysis and interpretation.

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