scholarly journals Ethnography as an Inquiry Process In Social Science Research

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-66
Author(s):  
Ganga Ram Gautam
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Ethnographic Methods ◽  
Inquiry Process ◽  
Ethnographic Data

This article is an attempt to present the concept of ethnography as a qualitative inquiry process in social science research. The paper begins with the introduction to ethnography followed by the discussion of ethnography both as an approach and a research method. It then illustrates how ethnographic research is carried out using various ethnographic methods that include participant observation, interviewing and collection of the documents and artifacts. Highlighting the different ways of organizing, analyzing and writing ethnographic data, the article suggests ways of writing the ethnographic research.

scholarly journals The Ground They Walk On: Photography and Narrative Inquiry

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Ketelle
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Research Method ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Photo Elicitation ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Novel Variation

In this project, the author explores a novel variation on an established social science research method, photo-elicitation. The author photographed eight school principals during a two-year period and asked the principals to respond to the photographs by writing narratives below each. The author uses photography, reflections, and her own memories to construct descriptive narrative snapshots of the eight principals. Further, the author argues that this approach underscores how photographs are both technically and socially constructed and through the use of photo-elicitation new ways of understanding self and others in relation can be explored.

scholarly journals Post Qualitative Inquiry in an Ontology of Immanence

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. St. Pierre
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
History Of Science ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Social Theories ◽  
History Of

Because post qualitative inquiry uses an ontology of immanence from poststructuralism as well as transcendental empiricism, it cannot be a social science research methodology with preexisting research methods and research practices a researcher can apply. In fact, it is methodology-free and so refuses the demands of “application.” Recommendations for those interested in post qualitative inquiry include putting methodology aside and, instead, reading widely across philosophy, social theories, and the history of science and social science to find concepts that reorient thinking. Post qualitative inquiry encourages concrete, practical experimentation and the creation of the not yet instead of the repetition of what is.

Managing Conflict in the Literature: Meta-analysis as a Research Method

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Stuhlmacher ◽  
Treena Gillespie
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Social Conflict ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Meta Analyses

AbstractNo longer on the fringes of research design, meta-analysis has established a methodological foothold in social science research. The use of meta-analysis as a research method to study social conflict, however, remains limited. This article is designed to increase the accessibility of meta-analyses, while identifying issues and controversies. To this end, we offer examples from our own experiences in an overview of the development, choices, and challenges of a meta-analysis, as well as more technical references for further instruction.

scholarly journals Kedudukan Wahyu dan Akal dalam Penghujahan berdasarkan Ilmu Mantik

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahir Akram Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Theory Of Knowledge ◽  
Human Reasoning ◽  
Literary Research

This article focuses on the discussion about the positions of the human mind and prophetic revelations in Islamic research. In the usual Social Science research, only the human mind serves as the basis for proofs and theory of knowledge (epistemology). The research would reject prophetic revelations. In Islam, however, there is a consensus that prophetic revelations must be placed as better proofs and theory of knowledge over the the human mind. As such, what are the positions of prophetic revelations and the human mind in Islamic research? To answer this question, logic is used as reference. Logic is the study of arguments based on human reasoning, as defined in Islam. Logic also serves as a method of determining the validity of proofs which can be used in an argument. The questions which arise then, are: What is the position of the human mind in Islamic research? What is the order of priority between the human mind and prophetic revelations in an Islamic research? To answer these questions, this paperwork will use literary research and textual analysis to analyse the positions of prophetic revelations and the human mind according to logic. This article will study the definitions of the human mind and prophetic revelation in Islam. Then the positions of the human mind and prophetic revelations will be analysed in a logical discussion, to serve as a method to be used in Islamic research. The use of logic is observed as having cleared the confusion in determining the positions of the human mind and prophetic revelations in Islamic research. How the prophetic revelations are used in Islamic research in accordance to the Islamic research method is also discussed. The results of this research found that logic approves of both the “naqli” and “aqli” proofs. The human mind is actually recognised as a legitimate instrument for proofs in Islam but it cannot take precedence over prophetic revelations. Instead, prophetic revelations serve an important role in Islamic research. However, certain methods must be followed when using the prophetic revelations in Islamic research in order for them to be valid.

Post Qualitative Inquiry, the Refusal of Method, and the Risk of the New

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Adams St. Pierre
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Keynote Lecture ◽  
International Congress ◽  
Research Methodologies

This article is a slight revision of a keynote lecture presented at the 15th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry in Illinois in 2019. It argues that to experiment and create the “new” in post qualitative, post humanist, and other “new” forms of inquiry invented for the 21st century, social science researchers may well need to refuse conventional humanist social science research methodologies created for the problems of previous centuries.

Content Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 56-62
Author(s):  
Leeann Bass ◽  
Holli A. Semetko
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Computational Social Science ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Inductive Approach

This chapter explains content analysis, which is a social science research method that involves the systematic analysis of text, media, communication, or information. The source, the message, the receiver, the medium, and the influence of the message are all topics that have been studied using content analysis and in combination with other methods. There are deductive and inductive approaches to content analysis. Two widely cited studies using content analysis take a deductive approach: using predefined categories and variables based on findings and best practices from prior research. Studies taking an inductive approach to content analysis, by contrast, have an open view of the content, usually involve a small-N sample, and are often based on a qualitative approach. Meanwhile, much has been written on methods and approaches to measuring reliability with human coders. Traditional content analysis uses human coders, whereas a variety of software has emerged that can be used to download and score or code vast amounts of textual news data. The chapter then identifies key benefits and challenges associated with new computational social science tools such as text analysis.

scholarly journals Investigar participando / participar investigando. Relatos de una experiencia etnográfica

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (15) ◽  
pp. 315-332
Author(s):  
María Eugenia Isidro
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Essential Tool ◽  
Investigation Process

Although ethnography is a widely used approach in Social Science research, in this work we reflect on the experience of having carried out an ethnographic work in a socio-territorial movement. Carrying out an ethnography in a socio-territorial movement generates tensions since participation is not only essential for research, but it is also an indispensable condition to be part of the movement. In this sense, we are dedicated to retracing the path of the investigation, describing in detail how the participant observation was carried out and the interviews were carried out. In addition to analyzing what were the potentialities of its use and we will delve into the tensions that had to be faced during the investigation process placing the accent on reflexivity as an essential tool of social research. Far from believing that objectivity is achieved from the distance with the actors studied, in this work we try to realize that even when involvement seems to be an obstacle in the investigation, this is very rich in ethnographic work if it is accompanied by deep reflective work.

Joining Voices

2019 ◽  
pp. 243-246
Author(s):  
Anne Kohler ◽  
Benjamin Majewski
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Cognitive Differences

In this chapter anthropologist Anne Kohler and research assistant Benjamin Majewski discuss the process for and stakes of including researchers with intellectual disabilities in social science research. For Benjamin, who has Down syndrome, the opportunity to learn about and participate in ethnographic research as a stakeholder rather than simply a participant helped him to understand that “research is everywhere.” He advocates for social scientists to hire more people with cognitive differences as research partners.

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