The SAGE handbook of qualitative research

A copy of the 6th edition of the SAGE Handbook of qualitative research (Denzin et al., 2024) arrived in my mailbox recently. And just like earlier editions, it is big and heavy! Divided into five parts, with 34 chapters, and spanning over 700 pages, the volume provides updated and new chapters. Parts include: Locating the … Continue reading The SAGE handbook of qualitative research

Leaps and bounds in writing practices

Writing down the bones: Freeing the writer within, by Natalie Goldberg, is a classic text that gets mentioned a lot in relation to free-writing. Goldberg’s book, first published in 1986, advocates an approach to writing that integrates writing in life. Presented as a series of short vignettes about writing, Goldberg writes in first-person, inviting readers … Continue reading Leaps and bounds in writing practices

Getting creative with interview methods

Although qualitative interviews are massively used in qualitative studies all over the world, there is enormous variation in how interviews are conducted, and by what mode. Qualitative researchers have been exceptionally creative in how they elicit verbal accounts from participants of research studies. For example, here are some of the numerous descriptors used in relation … Continue reading Getting creative with interview methods

Finding Me in We: Covid, Qualitative Inquiry, and the Necessity of Community

UGA QUAL LAB Speaker Series: Dr. Ginny Boss Join the UGA Qualitative Research Program for the UGA QUAL Lab Speaker Series Monday, April 24th, 12PM – 1PM Zoom link registration: https://bit.ly/UGAQL03 Presented by:  Dr. Ginny Boss, University of Georgia During this QUAL LAB, I will discuss a project I worked on titled “Co-Conspirators and Community Care: Toward … Continue reading Finding Me in We: Covid, Qualitative Inquiry, and the Necessity of Community

Postcard from The Qualitative Report Conference, 2023

This past week saw the 14th annual Qualitative Report conference hosted virtually. Well over 1000 people registered for the conference this year – with people attending from well over 100 universities and organizations all over the world. In addition to the United States, there were presenters and attendees from Lebanon, Australia, Greece, Turkey, Vietnam, India, … Continue reading Postcard from The Qualitative Report Conference, 2023

Exploring Possibilities and Realities: JanJanCoule, the Be-coming Qualitative Research Methodologist

Join the UGA Qualitative Research Program for the UGA QUAL Lab Speaker Series Monday, January 23rd 12PM – 1PM ESTZoom link registration: https://bit.ly/UGAQL02 Presented by: Dr. Janice B Fournillier, Georgia State University In this talk, I take on the role of Griot, a West African traditional personality.  I adopt this stance because it resonates with my … Continue reading Exploring Possibilities and Realities: JanJanCoule, the Be-coming Qualitative Research Methodologist

Learning from a legendary interviewer: Barbara Walters

Broadcast journalist and interviewer, Barbara Walters, passed away at the age of 93 this past week. Walters conducted political and personality interviews for over 50 years and created the popular talk show, “The View”, which she anchored until the age of 84 (Stanley, 2022), at which time she retired in 2014. Although broadcast journalists’ interviews … Continue reading Learning from a legendary interviewer: Barbara Walters

Centering Indigenous Epistemologies in Research

In Protecting the promise: Indigenous education between mothers and their children (2021) Timothy San Pedro examines the idea of how Native families are recentering Indigenous knowledge in everyday ways that resist the damages wrought by settler colonialism. This collection of stories re-storied by the author and participants calls on readers to think deeply about the … Continue reading Centering Indigenous Epistemologies in Research

The “f” word and qualitative inquiry

I’ve been reading Pip Williams’ novel, The Dictionary of Lost Words (2022). Situated around the turn of the 20th century in Oxford, UK, Williams’ novel explores the experiences of the middle-class protagonist, Esme. Esme contributes to the development of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in a patriarchal and classist society in which … Continue reading The “f” word and qualitative inquiry