Journal ArticleDOI
The Naïve Researcher: Doing Social Research in Africa
TLDR
In this article, the authors discuss the practicalities of doing social research and discuss physical risk, visible or invisible, that can be encountered during fieldwork and highlights other conceptual issues that are necessary for postgraduate students as first-timers or naïve researchers to consider.Abstract:
This paper discusses the practicalities of doing social research. It draws on the author’s field experiences in four African countries during postgraduate training. It discusses physical risk, visible or invisible, that can be encountered during fieldwork and highlights other conceptual issues that are necessary for postgraduate students as first‐timers or ‘naive’ researchers to consider. The reason(s) for doing this is to demonstrate a reflexive stance, i.e. the relationship between the theory and practice of qualitative research. The discussion thus offers an insight into what new researchers are likely to face when undertaking fieldwork abroad and issues that can act as a deterrent to the researcher as ‘novice’ or ‘naive’.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques
TL;DR: Reading a book as this basics of qualitative research grounded theory procedures and techniques and other references can enrich your life quality.
Journal Article
The Sociology of Childhood
TL;DR: In this paper, Morss is an exception and raises some fundamental issues for consideration, which include refining the notion of the socially constructed child, a term that is used widely in much that written about the sociology of childhood.
Book
Performing Qualitative Cross-Cultural Research
TL;DR: Liamputtong as discussed by the authors provides an in-depth discussion on how to perform qualitative research in cross-cultural contexts with an emphasis on a more ethical, sensible and responsible approach.
Journal ArticleDOI
The ethics of social research
TL;DR: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study was conducted by the United States Public Health Service beginning in 1932 and lasted over four decades, and it was not until 1972, in large part prompted by exposure from the Vietnam War.
Journal ArticleDOI
The limitations of language: male participants, stoicism, and the qualitative research interview.
TL;DR: It is argued that investigators studying emotionally sensitive topics with men should look beyond the long interview to methods that incorporate other modes of emotional expression, namely, Photovoice, Photo Elicitation, and Visual Storytelling.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Basics of qualitative research : grounded theory procedures and techniques
Anselm L. Strauss,Juliet Corbin +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the uses of literature and open coding techniques for enhancing theoretical sensitivity of theoretical studies, and give guidelines for judging a grounded theory study.
Journal ArticleDOI
Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques
TL;DR: Reading a book as this basics of qualitative research grounded theory procedures and techniques and other references can enrich your life quality.
Book
Ethnography: Principles and Practice
Martyn Hammersley,Paul Atkinson +1 more
TL;DR: Features include the selection and sampling of cases, the problems of access, observation and interviewing, recording and filing data, and the process of data analysis.
Book
Interpreting Qualitative Data : Methods for Analysing Talk, Text and Interaction
TL;DR: This book has been substantially rewritten with the aim of greater clarity and a considerably expanded treatment of discourse analysis are provided in the new edition as discussed by the authors, which takes account of the growing interest in qualitative research outside sociology and anthropology from psychology to information systems, health promotion, management and many other disciplines.