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The wide range of approaches to data analysis in qualitative research can seem daunting even for experienced researchers. This handbook is the first to provide a state-of-the art overview of the whole field of QDA; from general analytic strategies used in qualitative research, to approaches specific to particular types of qualitative data, including talk, text, sounds, images and virtual data. The handbook includes chapters on traditional analytic strategies such as grounded theory, content analysis, hermeneutics, phenomenology and narrative analysis, as well as coverage of newer trends like mixed methods, reanalysis and meta-analysis. Practical aspects such as sampling, transcription, working collaboratively, writing and implementation are given close attention, as are theory and theorization, reflexivity, and ethics. Written by a team of experts in qualitative research from around the world, this handbook is an essential compendium for all qualitative researchers and students across the social sciences.
Writing and/as Analysis or Performing the World1
Writing and/as Analysis or Performing the World1
Once upon a time, the Lone Ethnographer rode off into
the subset in search of his ‘native.’ After undergoing a
series of trials, he encountered the object of his quest in
a distant land. There he underwent his rite of passage by
enduring the ultimate ordeal of ‘fieldwork.’ After collecting
‘the data,’ the Lone Ethnographer returned home and wrote a ‘true’ account of ‘the culture.’ (Rosaldo, 1989: 30)
I have been working to change the way I speak and write. (Hooks, 1990: 146)
Writing is not an innocent practice, it is a form of pedagogy, a way of making the world visible. Writing is simultaneously a method of discovery, a method of interpretation, and a method ...
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