Using fiction to reveal truth: challenges of using vignettes to understand participant experiences within qualitative research
Titelübersetzung:Zum Verständnis der Erfahrungen von Forschungsteilnehmenden in qualitativen Forschungsprojekten
Autor/in:
Rizvi, Sana
Quelle: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 20 (2019) 1, 18 S
Inhalt: Vignettes are increasingly used within qualitative studies to research difficult topics, requiring ethical mindfulness and sensitivity from researchers. In this article, I examine the methodological issues of incorporating vignettes within qualitative research, specifically my research exploring South Asian maternal experiences of supporting their children with special education needs and disability (SEND). I present participants with seven vignettes concerning the roles of religion, culture, gender and immigrant history. By presenting the participants' responses, I explore the applicability of two ensuing methodological concerns: 1. Are authentic representations useful and straightforward measure of vignette's effectiveness? 2. Do reduced socially desired responses reflect the effectiveness of a vignette? I consider these questions in detail, as well as how addressing the first issue affected my commitment to the second issue. I conclude that vignettes can be a rich point of reference from which participants can exercise agency and actively construct their own understanding of the issues presented in the vignettes.
Quelle: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 20 (2019) 1, 37 S
Inhalt: Despite the social normalisation and moral de-problematisation of separation and divorce, they are usually anything but normal or unproblematic events for those affected. The events have to be ordered, the separation needs to be legitimised and one's own identity requires rehabilitation; this can result in striking narrative dynamics in qualitative interviews dealing with separation. Previous research has revealed the connection between the form, content, and function of separation talk as well as social differentiation: role, gender, and socio-structural factors. To the functional analyses of the narratives, of 46 interviews (23 ex-couples) in our study "Couples after separation", we add, as a further and superordinate differentiation, the category of social milieu. We exemplify our argument that separation talk varies depending on this dimension by exploring the contrasting individualised and traditional milieus. They differ in a fundamental way in their relationship models and corresponding separation legitimations, and in their plausibility strategies and in their conception of what constitutes a desirable identity. Beyond the concrete subject of separation and separation talk, we also touch on two important aspects of qualitative research: the differentiation of milieus and the relationship between performance and representation in interviews.
We strike, therefore we are? A twitter analysis of feminist identity in the context of #DayWithoutAWoman
Titelübersetzung:Wir streiken, also sind wir? Eine Twitter-Analyse feministischer Identität im Rahmen von #DayWithoutAWoman
Autor/in:
Lommel, Lillan Sally; Schreier, Margrit; Fruchtmann, Jakob
Quelle: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 20 (2019) 2, 33 S
Inhalt: In this article, we explore the collective identity of feminist activists as expressed on Twitter in the context of "Day Without A Woman". We conceptualize collective feminist identity by drawing upon literature on identity, feminism, and social movements. We expected to find a politically-defined group boundary around supporters of "Day Without A Woman". Using the online tool Netlytic, we collected tweets posted from accounts in Washington D.C., New York City, and Los Angeles. In a preliminary step, we performed a word count analysis and coded frequent words within the collected tweets into categories of meaning. Based on these categories, we drew a sub-sample of tweets, which we scrutinized in-depth using discourse analysis. Through this qualitative analysis, we show that the group boundary of the supporters of "Day Without A Woman" is defined by the common denominator of their negative relation to Donald TRUMP. While the supporters stress the relevance of feminist claims, barriers to identifying as a feminist seem to persist, as reflected in those whom we call "flexi-feminists". The boundary between supporters and non-supporters of "Day Without A Woman" hence seems to broaden from a line to a space which can be occupied without complete group entry. In this space and beyond, supporters express feminist identity through an "us" versus "him" logic.
Schlagwörter:Diskursanalyse; criticism; soziale Bewegung; social movement; twitter; analysis; Twitter; collective identity; USA; Feminismus; Präsidentschaftswahl; Kritik; presidential election; kollektive Identität; feminism; Analyse; United States of America; discourse analysis; contemporary feminism
SSOAR Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Anselm Strauss, Adele Clarke und die feministische Gretchenfrage: zum Verhältnis von Grounded-Theory-Methodologie und Situationsanalyse
Titelübersetzung:Anselm Strauss, Adele Clarke and the feminist Gretchen question: on the relationship between grounded theory methodology and situational analysis
Autor/in:
Offenberger, Ursula
Quelle: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 20 (2019) 2, 22 S
Inhalt: Neuere Studien zu Prozessen der Wissenskonstruktion in der qualitativen
Forschung zeigen, dass sich Leitorientierungen in der Praxis empirischer Sozialforschung in Europa und Nord-Amerika unterscheiden. Demzufolge sind nordamerikanische Orientierungen von einer spezifischen Lesart des Pragmatismus geprägt, bei der die Nähe zwischen Forschung und gesellschaftspolitischer Intervention betont wird. Vor diesem Hintergrund analysiere ich aktuelle US-amerikanische Debatten zum Generationenwechsel im Feld der Grounded-Theory-Methodologie (GTM) als Kontroverse um die "feministische Gretchenfrage", die besonders prononciert im Entwurf der Situationsanalyse von Adele CLARKE zum Ausdruck kommt. Ich zeige Implikationen für situationsanalytische Vorgehensweisen auf, beleuchte deren Verhältnis zur GTM und identifiziere abschließend synchrone und diachrone Geflechte, in denen sich die Situationsanalyse weiter methodologisch verorten lässt.
SSOAR Kategorie:Forschungsarten der Sozialforschung, Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Developing Researcherhood: Identity Tensions and Identity Work of Women Academics Reflecting on their Researcher Identity
Titelübersetzung:Researcherhood entwickeln: Identitätsarbeit von Akademikerinnen bei der Reflexion ihrer Forschungstätigkeit
Autor/in:
Barnard, Antoni
Quelle: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 20 (2019) 3
Inhalt: In this article, I explore the researcher identity of senior women academics in a South African institution of higher education. The aim was to uncover the identity tensions they experience in relation to being a researcher and to understand how they respond to and resolve these tensions. Three focus groups, based on the socioanalytic method of social dream drawing, provided the data. Data were analyzed through hermeneutic phenomenological reflection. Identity theory was applied as a conceptual framework to guide my interpretation of the data. Through their collective reflection on being researchers, the women became cognizant of identity tensions and their engagement with these reflected intrapersonal processing akin to identity work. In the findings, I highlight purposeful, collective identity work as a resource that enabled these women to re-construct self-defeating gendered conflicts in their researcherhood. By uncovering their identity tensions and related emotions, a sense of researcher self-efficacy emerged. They consequently reframed research success as meaningful self-expression and knowledge dissemination. I propose that collective identity work is a valuable endeavor for women researchers because it facilitates role identity development and a collective voice in responding to the demanding and constantly changing academic work context.
Schlagwörter:Arbeitsidentität; Identität als Forscherin; Identitätsarbeit; Identitätstheorie; Reflexivität; Researcherhood; Social Dream Drawing; hermeneutic phenomenology; hermeneutische Phänomenologie; identity theory; identity work; reflexivity; researcher identity; researcherhood; social dream drawing; socioanalytic research; sozioanalytische Forschung; work identity
SSOAR Kategorie:Forschungsarten der Sozialforschung, Forschung, Forschungsorganisation