Last week I was one of some 190+ attendees at the Informing Public Policy conference: a two day event organized by NatCen and the LSE, and sponsored by SAGE. The conference looked back at the role of social research over the last 100 years, and importantly what impact it has had in contributing to social […]
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Dear Sir, Madam, May we please ask your attention for the new website of EDACwowe, the European Data Center for Work and Welfare (www.edacwowe.eu). EDACwowe is the META-DATA-SHELL for European research and policy making in the areas of work and welfare. EDACwowe gives INFORMATION on and DIRECT LINKS to comparative and national, quantitative and qualitative […]
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I’ve just been updating the subject specific book lists in the resources section of the site: General Introductions to Social Research General Introductions to Research Methods in Business Studies General Introductions to Research Methods in Education General Introductions to Research Methods in Psychology General Introductions to Research Methods in Health It would be great to […]
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Continue Reading“[O]ver-theorization is an ever present danger given that many social science disciplines, I believe, live in fear of being discovered, like the fabled emperor, without any clothes…” Silverman, D. (2001) Interpreting Qualitative Data (2nd edition), London: SAGE p. x.
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I just received the following invitation from Alex Cuncev, who has diligently been creating METHODSPACE. I was wondering whether you would be interested in posting a controversy topic on a blog or as a part of a discussion group? The site is due to open to the public next week and having interesting topics might […]
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Continue ReadingDaivd Silverman has kindly allowed me to re-post a blog entry he wrote for SAGE last year. Why Interview? David Silverman – Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK Instead of looking, listening and reading, the majority of contemporary qualitative researchers prefer to select a small group of individuals to interview or to place in focus […]
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Research is about learning. The difference between research and in general learning (like usual undergrad student curricular learning) is that research gives a promise of learning something novel or new (such that no one may have known prior to that ) and many may benefit as a result. Now if we look at Kolb’s learning […]
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Continue ReadingSeveral resources are available and on-going, particularly regarding Performative Social Science: Special Issue on Performative Social Science in the online qualitative journal, FQS Performative Social Science at the Centre for Qualitative Research, Bournemouth University Narrative Research + Performative Social Science website of Dr Kip Jones You can now join us on an email discussion list […]
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Dear All, since I am new in the Methodspace, I would like to briefly present myself before I move to the topic of this post. I am Adam Mrozowicki. I have just defended my PhD thesis on ‘Coping with social change. Life strategies of workers in Poland after the end of state socialism’, at the […]
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Continue ReadingA Masterclass with Robert Romanyshyn http://www.online.pacifica.edu/romanyshyn/ 14 & 15 April 2009 Centre for Qualitative Research Bournemouth University Some of the ideas that will be explored are: • The role of the ‘self’ in the research process • The differences in the art of interpretation in the two traditions • The role and place of unconscious […]
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Hi, if you have had a chance to look around methodspace.com, please tell us your thoughts. Is it well laid out? Is the content that most interests you easy to find and use? Are there any additional features or functions you would like to see added to the site? Do you think it will be […]
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Continue ReadingHello Berkay, Sarah, Dan and Methodspace community, Here’s a chance to introduce myself. Unfortunately and similarly to Berkay, I also managed to erase my previous blog… So here’s that attempt again… I am Alex and am one of the PhD student developers, very much a PhD student yet, as I am in the first year […]
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