The influence of ethnomethodology on qualitative research methods

Reflexive Attention ◽

Micro Analysis

This chapter considers the influence of ethnomethodology on qualitative research methodology, one of the main areas of mainstream social science where it has had an impact. The reception of Cicourel’s (1964) book Method and Measurement in Sociology is discussed, and also how conversation analysis shaped the work of many discourse analysts and some ethnographers. Cicourel’s argument is outlined: that sociology needs to be re-founded methodologically on an empirical theory that respects the complex and contingent character of human action and communication, along lines suggested by ethnomethodology. His early work encouraged the rise of qualitative research and reflexive attention to the processes by which data are produced; though these developments often tended to go in directions that were at odds with his conception of rigorous analysis. Later, conversation analysis encouraged the use of electronic recordings and transcriptions as data, raised doubts about the traditional uses of interviews, and encouraged the micro-analysis of patterns of social interaction. Furthermore, like Cicourel’s work, it facilitated the spread of social constructionism. It is argued that these effects have been beneficial in many respects but more negative in others.

Resilient Research in the Field: Insights and Lessons From Adapting Qualitative Research Projects During the COVID-19 Pandemic

International Journal of Qualitative Methods ◽

10.1177/16094069211016106 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 20 ◽

pp. 160940692110161

Author(s):

Syahirah Abdul Rahman ◽

Lauren Tuckerman ◽

Tim Vorley ◽

Cristian Gherhes

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Social Interaction ◽

Research Methods ◽

Research Process ◽

Research Projects ◽

Social Distancing ◽

Face To Face ◽

Building Resilience ◽

Digital Methods

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has seen the implementation of unprecedented social distancing measures, restricting social interaction and with it the possibility for conducting face-to-face qualitative research. This paper provides lessons from a series of qualitative research projects that were adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure their continuation and completion. By reflecting on our experiences and discussing the opportunities and challenges presented by crises to the use of a number of qualitative research methods, we provide a series of insights and lessons for proactively building resilience into the qualitative research process. We show that reflexivity, responsiveness, adaptability, and flexibility ensured continuity in the research projects and highlighted distinct advantages to using digital methods, providing lessons beyond the COVID-19 context. The paper concludes with reflections on research resilience and adaptation during crises.

Guest editorial: a new dawn for qualitative service research

Journal of Services Marketing ◽

10.1108/jsm-11-2019-0443 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 1-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lars Witell ◽

Maria Holmlund ◽

Anders Gustafsson

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Research Methods ◽

Research Methodology ◽

Service Research ◽

Special Issue ◽

Content Type ◽

Key Characteristics ◽

Qualitative Research Methodology

Purpose The purpose of this study is to highlight the role of qualitative research in service research. This study discusses what qualitative research is, what role it has in service research and what interest, rigor, relevance and richness mean for qualitative service research. Design/methodology/approach This study examines the most common qualitative research methods and discusses interest, rigor, relevance and richness as key characteristics of qualitative research. The manuscripts in the special issue are introduced and categorized based on their contributions to service research. Findings The findings suggest that the amount of research using qualitative research methods has remained stable over the last 30 years. An increased focus on transparency and traceability is important for improving the perceived rigor of qualitative service research. Originality/value This special issue is the first issue that is explicitly devoted to the qualitative research methodology in service research. In particular, the issue seeks to contribute to a better use and application of qualitative research methodology.

The ride-along: a journey in qualitative research

Qualitative Research Journal ◽

10.1108/qrj-d-18-00038 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 121-131 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marc C.A. Wegerif

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Social Science ◽

Research Design ◽

Food Systems ◽

Social Science Research ◽

Science Research ◽

Research Experience ◽

Content Type ◽

Design And Practice

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show why and how the “ride-along” can add great value to qualitative research. Design/methodology/approach The paper is primarily based on ethnographic research into food systems that the author carried out in Tanzania and draws on other research experience and existing literature on the “go-along” and “walk-along”. Findings Transport choices are made in all social science research and therefore deserve greater attention in research design. Transport will influence how the researcher is perceived and what they will experience and find. The ride-along, when done well, minimises the risks and adds value to qualitative research. Practical implications Researchers need to be reflexive about transport choices and give them greater consideration in research design and practice. The examples from field experience and the considerations identified in this paper will assist researchers and their supervisors in this process. Originality/value Despite the ubiquity of mobility in social science research, there is surprisingly little literature on the subject, especially related to the use of different modes of transport. The originality is in elaborating the importance of the ride-along and the value is in the clearly identified lessons for qualitative research methodology teaching and practice.

Interaksionisme Simbolik Ritual Meron di Indonesia dan Relevansinya dalam al Quran

FIKRAH ◽

10.21043/fikrah.v8i1.7216 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 137

Author(s):

Ahmad Atabik

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Social Interaction ◽

Symbolic Interactionism ◽

Human Action ◽

Cultural Traditions ◽

Religious Symbol ◽

Ethnographic Approach

This paper examines the cultural traditions of meron in Pati Indonesia. A tradition that is interpreted with respect to the prophet by bringing a cone made from large rengginang. The method used is qualitative research with an ethnographic approach that aims to find out the meaning of each meron symbol. The theory used is Herbert Blumer's symbolic interactionism that narrates three assumptions of symbols, namely meaning as the basis of human action, meaning created from social interaction and meaning modified through reader interpretation. The results of this paper are that the meron tradition has relevance to the teachings of Islam as a form of da'wah. Rengginang as a symbol of gratitude and togetherness, a mosque as a religious symbol and the arrangement of rengginang is a symbol of the levels of Iman, Islam and Ihsan. The relevance of meron to the verses of the Quran, as in the study of QS. al-Baqarah: 260. Rengginang made from rice is hinted at in QS. al-Baqarah: 261 and QS. Al-Fath: 29. While the mosque symbol is strengthened in the QS. At-Taubah: 18-19.

Grumpy Old Ethnographers: A Review of David Silverman ’s A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research

The Qualitative Report ◽

10.46743/2160-3715/2013.1488 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Rachel Fang

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Conversation Analysis ◽

Research Methods ◽

Qualitative Inquiry ◽

Stated Goal ◽

The Subject

Renowned scholar of qualitative research methods David Silverman delivers an indictment of contemporary qualitative research methods. The book is meant to be an introduction (or “pre - textbook”) to the subject of qualitative research and definitely not a “how - to” manual. In evaluating contemporary qualitative research methods, Silverman’s book primarily focuses on ethnography and conversation analysis. Intentionally personal and biased, Silverman’s plainly - stated goal for this book is to “debunk the accepted understandings” of qualitative research and elicit an interest in the arguments within the field of qualitative inquiry , and he succeeds on both accounts.

THE ATTITUDE OF OMANI RESEARCHERS TOWARDS THE USE OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS IN HUMAN STUDIES، KNOWLEDGE AND USE

International Journal of Humanities and Educational Research ◽

10.47832/2757-5403.5-3.15 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 03 (05) ◽

pp. 166-180

Author(s):

Asma Salim Mohammed AL-HASHMI

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Research Methods ◽

Research Methodology ◽

Qualitative Approach ◽

Human Studies ◽

Strong Tendency ◽

Sultanate Of Oman ◽

Level Of Knowledge

The study aimed to measure researchers' attitudes in the humanities, educational and psychological sciences in the Sultanate of Oman and the degree of their knowledge and use of the qualitative research methodology. The application of a survey scale (the questionnaire) to answer the study's questions was designed by the researcher and judged by the specialists. It was applied to the available sample (144) researchers and researchers from a community of unknown numbers (according to the National Center for Statistics in the Sultanate of Oman) inside and outside the Sultanate. The study found a weakness in the level of knowledge and use of this approach and a strong tendency towards the desire to use due to the presence of an applied defect and fear of experience and application of the tools of the qualitative approach. Keywords: Omani Researchers, Qualitative Research, The Attitude.

From Fire Escapes to Qualitative Data: Pedagogical Urging, Embodied Research, and Narrative Medicine’s Ear of the Heart

10.1093/med/9780199360192.003.0012 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Edgar Rivera Colón

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Social Interaction ◽

Research Methods ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Narrative Medicine ◽

The Social ◽

The World ◽

Social Observation ◽

Embodied Research

The author begins with a lyrical and evocative description of a cilantro-green fire escape from which he observed the neighborhood of his childhood, explaining that the work of the ethnographer is rooted in experiences of observation and experience. Drawing upon these tools of social interaction, training in qualitative research methods can help students to discover and reframe their already practiced skills in the social observation and interpretation with which they, and all of us, traverse the world. The embodied and reflexive nature of this practice is emphasized, with attention to the observer’s own social positionality and identity. Citing William Stringfellow’s proposal that “listening…is a primitive act of love,” the author proposes that qualitative research and narrative medicine both offer frameworks for such listening, with implications of political and social liberation.

Writing Across Boundaries: reflections on the place of writing in doctoral research training for social scientists

Learning and Teaching ◽

10.3167/latiss.2010.030105 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 69-91 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Bob Simpson ◽

Robin Humphrey

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Social Science ◽

Research Methods ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

Research Training ◽

Science Writing ◽

Considerable Effort ◽

Social Scientists ◽

Doctoral Research

In the training of doctoral researchers in the use of qualitative research methods, considerable effort goes into preparation for fieldwork and the collection of data. Rather less attention, however, goes into what happens when they have collected their data and begin to make sense of it. In particular, relatively little attention has been paid to the ways in which doctoral researchers might be supported as they begin to write using qualitative data. In this article we report on an inter-disciplinary project that set out to develop research training for qualitative researchers who had completed their fieldwork and were about to embark on writing their theses. An important issue in the delivery of this training was the question of boundaries - disciplinary, academic, technological and personal - and how these might be productively negotiated in the quest for good social science writing.

SOCIAL INTERACTIONS IN THE ASSYRIA FISHING POND

Dinasti International Journal of Education Management And Social Science ◽

10.31933/dijemss.v1i1.33 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 19-27

Author(s):

M Syukurman

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Social Interaction ◽

Social Interactions ◽

Research Methods ◽

Data Sources ◽

Supportive Relationships ◽

Descriptive Data ◽

The Creation

The purpose of this research was to describe the siocial interactions that occur in the Assyria fishing pond. This research done by qualitative research methods, which resulted in descriptive data. Therefore the key instruments was the researcher. The data sources were owners of ponds, pool guards, and anglers. Based on the results of data analysis, it was found: the form of social interaction that has been on the fishing pond of the Assyria family is associative social interactions and social interactions dissociative. Relationships that occur mutually supportive relationships, no disputes, converge in one fishing culture by not releasing their respective cultures. Competence and contraversi are still happening, but do not break the surface. The benefits that can be learned from the fishing of Assyria with the occurrence of soial interactions was the creation of patience, training optimism, and enjoying enjoyment, which can only be felt by anglers, how beautiful fishing. The lesson and wisdom that can be taken is that there was the philosophical business by having a high patience and attitude.

’n Diskoers oor eskatologie en promissioterapie by vroue na die verlies van ’n eggenoot

In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi ◽

10.4102/ids.v45i1.9 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

Author(s):

A. De Beer ◽

J-A. Van den Berg

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Social Constructionism ◽

Practical Theology ◽

Narrative Approach ◽

Participatory Action ◽

Therapeutic Dialogue ◽

Hermeneutic Approach ◽

Point Of Departure ◽

Epistemological Point

A discourse on eschatology and promissiotherapy with women after the loss of a husbandThe central metaphor “discourse” is used in this research because it links with the narrative approach. This discourse is founded in practical theology and researched from postmodernity as paradigm and social constructionism as epistemological point of departure. The research is placed within the narrative hermeneutic approach and principles underlying participatory action research, as part of qualitative research methodology,are portrayed. The discourse is informed by using mechanisms of the narrative approach. Women, affected by the loss of a husband, constructed their stories during the pastoral therapeutic dialogue and their discourses on heaven are portrayed in verbatim conversations. The prospect of eschatology and promissiotherapy, to understand and interpret the experience of mourning and to facilitate hope and consolation, is explored.The concept eschatology emphasises the Christian aspect and deals with the actual and not just the ultimate. Promissiotherapy deals with the promises that are concerned with the beginning and the end or, in other words, the eschatology. The prospect of eschatology and promissiotherapy, to understand and interpret the experience of mourning and to facilitate hope and consolation, is explored. In this discussion the women’s portrayal of life hereafter and the role it can play to offer hope and consolation are illustrated.