scholarly journals Queering Methodologies: Challenging Scientific Constraint in the Appreciation of Queer and Trans Subjects

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Queer Theory ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Scientific Discourse ◽  
Qualitative Studies ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Ethics Research ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies ◽  
The Way

Qualitative studies require a queer perspective to challenge stagnant forms of scientific discourse. This paper argues for a deconstruction of hegemonic qualitative practices in order to appreciate and listen to queer and trans subjects when employing qualitative research and methodologies. I focus on qualitative methods from an audiovisual perspective to suggest that there is scientific constraint in the way researchers still approach qualitative methodologies. I propose some foundations for thinking about queer qualitative methods that employs queer theory in relation to a self - reflexive creative perspective towards ethics, research and representation. Moreover, I critically analyze the HBO trans documentary, Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She (Antony Thomas 2005), in order to move beyond complacent documentaries that employ interviews as a way of categorizing and containing gender diversity. I work towards future methodological promises for the exploration of queer and trans subjects. Further, this paper challenges the problems of imposing binary - based categories that not only obscure thorough understandings of gender but also perpetuate social injustice.

scholarly journals DISCOURSE ANALYSIS IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: NOTES FROM AN EXPERIENCE WITH HOMOEROTIC MICRO-TERRITORIALITIES

GEOgraphia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (49) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandro da Silva ◽  
Carlos Roberto de Castro E Silva
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Studies ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Geographic Space ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Multiple Dimension ◽  
Investigación Cualitativa ◽  
The Way

Abstract: This article addresses discourse analysis as analysis methodology in the field of Qualitative Research and Geography. Recognizing that the possibilities of analysis in qualitative studies comprise multiple-dimension questions (epistemological, theoretical and technical), this study is based on an ethnographic research in a territory where the predominant circulation is of men who have sex with other men in order to propose dialogues and problematizations on concepts and research practices that intersect references of discourse analysis, geography of sexuality and the practices of analysis in the context of qualitative research. The results point to the possibility of using discourse analysis to analyze the geographic space (its limits and possibilities) while reiterating the need for a reflection on the way analysis methodologies demand more consistent appropriations in the use of academic studies.Keywords: qualitative research, discourse analysis, territory, geography of sexuality.ANÁLISE DE DISCURSO EM PESQUISA QUALITATIVA: NOTAS DE UMA EXPERIÊNCIAS A PARTIR DE MICROTERRITORIALIDADES HOMOERÓTICASResumo: O artigo discute a análise de discurso como metodologia de análise no campo da Pesquisa Qualitativa e da Geografia. Reconhecendo que as possibilidades de análise em pesquisas qualitativas comportam questões de múltiplas dimensões (epistemológicas, teóricas e técnicas), o estudo parte de uma pesquisa etnográfica em um território cuja circulação predominante é de homens que fazem sexo com outros homens para propor diálogos e problematizações acerca de conceitos e práticas de pesquisa que interseccionam referências da análise de discurso, da geografia da sexualidade e das práticas de análise em contexto de pesquisas qualitativas. Os resultados apontam para a possibilidade de uso da análise de discurso na análise do espaço geográfico (seus limites e possibilidades) ao mesmo tempo que reitera a necessidade de uma reflexão sobre a forma como metodologias de análise demandam apropriações mais consistentes no uso de estudos acadêmicos.Palavras chave: pesquisa qualitativa, análise de discurso, território, geografia da sexualidade.ANÁLISIS DEL DISCURSO EN LA INVESTIGACIÓN CUALITATIVA: APUNTES DE UNA EXPERIENCIA DESDE MICROTERRITORIALIDADES HOMOSEXUALESResumen: El artículo discute el análisis del discurso como metodología de análisis en el campo de la Investigación Cualitativa y la Geografía. Reconociendo que las posibilidades de análisis en la investigación cualitativa involucran cuestiones de múltiples dimensiones (epistemológicas, teóricas y técnicas), el estudio parte de una investigación etnográfica en un territorio cuya circulación predominante es de hombres que tienen sexo con otros hombres para proponer diálogos y preguntas sobre de conceptos y prácticas de investigación que cruzan referencias de análisis del discurso, geografía de la sexualidad y prácticas de análisis en el contexto de la investigación cualitativa. Los resultados apuntan a la posibilidad de utilizar el análisis del discurso en el análisis del espacio geográfico (sus límites y posibilidades) al tiempo que reiteran la necesidad de reflexionar sobre cómo las metodologías de análisis demandan apropiaciones más consistentes en el uso de los estudios académicosPalabras clave: investigación cualitativa, análisis del discurso, territorio, geografía de la sexualidad. 

scholarly journals Sensemaking in Clinical Qualitative Research

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Chenail ◽  
Paul Maione
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Qualitative Studies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Conceptual Tool ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
First Time ◽  
Clinical Populations

When therapists research clinical populations or situations from a qualitative research perspective, their task is different from when researchers conduct their own clinical qualitative studies. With researchers, the study at hand may be their first time "in the field." For researchers in this situation it is easier to use qualitative methods such as grounded theory (Glaser & Strauss, 1967) because there is a "tabula rasa" quality to this initial foray into the "unknown" as a theory from observations is constructed anew. In the case of the therapists-as-qualitative-researchers, clinicians already have made some sort of sense of "the other" by virtue of their previous experiences or exposures with the population or situation in question. Instead of constructing theories like their researcher colleagues, researching clinicians must face their previous constructions (i.e., sensemaking from experience), create methods which allow for deconstruction (i.e., sensemaking challenged), and then work towards building reconstructions (i.e., sensemaking remade) (Dervin, 1992; Duffy, 1995; Shields & Dervin, 1993; Weick, 1995). In this manner, the confidence that therapist-researchers have in their observations can be both rigorously challenged and bolstered. We present ways of undertaking this triadic approach to inquiry and sensemaking along with a conceptual tool from the presenters' work, "The Y of the How," will be offered as one way this approach to clinical research can be accomplished.

scholarly journals Standardized discourse recording model: methodological proposal for the systematization of interviews in qualitative research

2008 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-83
Author(s):  
Zeina Hassen Mustafa ◽  
Dirce Guilhem ◽  
Elioenai Dornelles Alves
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
The Way

Qualitative research is considered an innovative way of apprehending reality. There is still a need to improve the methods used in conducting interviews and in the way in which dense complex discourses are systematized and analyzed. Considering the technical and operational difficulties that qualitative methods tend to create, a methodological proposal called Standardized Discourse Recording Model is being proposed with the aim of finding a structural logic that systematizes the construction of interviews. To demonstrate the use of this technique, the discourse recording of three people who were interviewed in a project in which this methodology was applied is presented as examples. One can observe the unfolding of its three operational phases - script elaboration, material for the discourse recording, and construction of the text from the interviews - and conclude that this process creates a standardized model of constructing the interviews, which makes the register and the analysis of the data easier.

scholarly journals Additional Suggestions for Breaking Barriers Against Qualitative Research in I-O

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 732-735
Author(s):  
David M. Fisher ◽  
Anupama Narayan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Organizational Psychology ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Potential Value ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Industrial Organizational Psychology ◽  
The Way

In their focal article, Pratt and Bonaccio (2016) describe the potential value that qualitative research can bring to the field of industrial–organizational psychology (I-O) and also highlight several challenges (and myths) that must be overcome for this value to be fully realized. We agree with these authors, particularly with regard to the barriers that appear to stand in the way of fully integrating qualitative approaches with the science and practice of our field. Our purpose in this commentary is to build on the ideas of Pratt and Bonaccio by expanding the discussion of barriers against qualitative research. It is our view that further highlighting such barriers will illuminate several paths forward toward the increased adoption of qualitative methods, ideas, and approaches. More specifically, we focus on the following three barriers: (a) categorical thinking, (b) the uncertainty of that which is unknown, and (c) an overemphasis on generalizability in psychological research. We discuss each of these in turn below.

Using Qualitative Methods in a Quantitative Survey Research Agenda

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kinsey Gimbel ◽  
Jocelyn Newsome
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Quantitative Survey ◽  
Or Methodology ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies

This article suggests how qualitative methods can be useful in a quantitative survey research agenda and highlights the boundaries that must be considered to make such methods meet scientific standards. It first explains what qualitative research is and how it differs from quantitative research, then discusses four phases of the survey research process in which qualitative methods can be used with traditional survey research methods to both improve a survey’s design or methodology and better understand and illustrate survey findings. It also reviews three primary qualitative methodologies for structuring and implementing qualitative research: focus groups, in-depth interviews, and cognitive interviews. The article concludes with specific guidance on best practices for conducting qualitative research, from developing a comprehensive research plan to reporting the results of the survey, as well as ethical issues that should be considered.

Close-to-Practice Qualitative Research Methods

2019 ◽  
pp. 407-428
Author(s):  
Sarah Yardley ◽  
Karen Mattick ◽  
Tim Dornan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Real World ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Unexpected Findings ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies ◽  
Why Questions ◽  
The Impact

Expertise is inherently linked to the context in which experts work. Qualitative methods are used to provide answers to “how” and “why” questions and to disentangle the impact of different interactions occurring in complex and uncertain situations. Such approaches are critical in order to understand context and be open to unexpected findings, and to truly understand how expert judgment works in the real world. This chapter considers how and why qualitative methods make important and distinct contributions to understanding expertise development in professional work. The application of qualitative methodologies to the study of expertise provides researchers with tools to explore and explain contextualized and social practices. Close-to-practice qualitative methodologies are described, highlighting the different research questions these approaches can answer and explaining why the methodologies are well suited to exploring the messiness and complexity of expertise.

Verifying rigor: analyzing qualitative research in international marketing

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nitish Singh ◽  
Mamoun Benmamoun ◽  
Elizabeth Meyr ◽  
Ramazan Hamza Arikan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
International Marketing ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Qualitative Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past

PurposeThere has been a growing call regarding broad criteria for assessing qualitative methods' reliability and validity in international marketing (IM) research. In response, this study synthesizes the past literature to present an overarching, yet adaptable, trustworthiness verification framework for assessing the rigor of various qualitative methods used in IM.Design/methodology/approachThe paper draws on qualitative research from various disciplines. It uses content analysis to examine how trustworthiness is conceptualized in qualitative studies in International Marketing Review (IMR) from 2005 to 2019.FindingsThe analysis reveals that strategies to ensure rigor and trustworthiness of qualitative research in IMR are partially applied. There remain gaps in implementing quality criteria across the trustworthiness dimensions of credibility, transferability, dependability, conformability and ethics.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper highlights the importance of incorporating strategies for assessing the quality of qualitative research in IM research. Since the analysis only focused on IMR, future research should explore and test the framework in other IM and business journals to reach a broader consensus in assessing qualitative studies' rigor.Originality/valueIM researchers have yet to develop a consensus regarding broad criteria for assessing qualitative methods' reliability and validity. This paper is an attempt to fill this gap.

Systematic literature review of halal food consumption-qualitative research era 1990-2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 687-707
Author(s):  
Saira Naeem ◽  
Rana Muhammad Ayyub ◽  
Irfan Ishaq ◽  
Sobia Sadiq ◽  
Tahir Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Qualitative Studies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Halal Food ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies

Purpose In view of increasing demand of halal foods and to properly address the needs of various types of consumers, the literary inquiries have sprung in this area since start of twenty-first century. However, the number of papers published in reputed journals is still pegged to the lowest ebb. This paper aims to systematically review all qualitative research papers, published in reputed journals, and to give specific directions to future researchers to move on and explore some other required areas. Design/methodology/approach The Campbell collaboration systematic literature review technique was adopted as methodology to screen out relevant studies. A total of 11 qualitative studies qualified the set criteria which have used various qualitative methodologies like interviews, focus groups, observations and netnography. The qualitative data were analyzed through nVivo software by adopting Spiggle’s steps of data analysis. Findings In these selected qualitative studies, around 24 main themes were extracted in total, out of which four themes were repeatedly discussed in most of these studies. Likewise, the details of geographical location of authors, type of methodology used, religious affiliation of respondents, type of journals, most prolific journals and citations of each paper were worked out and given in the form of result tables. Based on the importance of this fastest-growing global food market, it has been concluded that the qualitative research inquiries are still in infancy in this area, and more papers need to be published in reputed journals. Research limitations/implications As per set criteria, only papers published in quality journals were included in this review; therefore, the main limitation of this review is that it has not included other qualitative papers published elsewhere. Practical implications The future researchers can use the results of this study in setting direction of their research in the area of halal food consumption. These results can be used by academicians to know about the extent of research conducted in this area, whereas marketers can make prudent policies based on these explored areas. Originality/value It is claimed to be the first systematic literature review on halal food consumption.

scholarly journals Choice Points: Creating Clinical Qualitative Research Studies

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Maione
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Special Significance ◽  
Therapeutic Work ◽  
Qualitative Methodologies ◽  
Research Studies

Today, more psychotherapists are seeing the utility of studying their own and others' therapeutic work. With the growing popularity and acceptance of qualitative methods, the research process takes on special significance for the clinician/researcher. Using qualitative methodologies, therapists can conduct studies that are immediately relevant to their therapeutic work. In this paper, I discuss eight decisions or "choice points" clinician/researchers face when conducting clinical qualitative research studies. The choices I discuss are not all inclusive, yet they are representative of the choices most clinical qualitative projects required.

The Practice of Designing Qualitative Research on Educational Leadership: Notes for Emerging Scholars and Practitioner-Scholars

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Knapp
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Qualitative Inquiry ◽  
Qualitative Studies ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
The Way

This article addresses a gap in methodological writing, concerning typical practice in designing qualitative inquiry, especially in research on educational leadership. The article focuses on how qualitative research designs are actually developed and explores implications for scholars’ work, especially for new scholars and for methods teachers. Working from methodological literature across multiple traditions, combined with the author’s experience designing qualitative studies and guiding emerging scholars and practitioner-scholars, the article describes alternative ways to develop viable designs, noting essential considerations and trade-offs along the way. While noting differences by tradition, the article emphasizes common patterns and implications shared by multiple traditions.

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