Qualitative Research Cafe

A taste of interpretive and critical approaches to research.

Archive for November 19th, 2007


Photovoice

Lots of good examples of photovoice are available on the web. Here is a link to two photovoice projects that explore the experience of women living in poverty in central Canada.

And, one based on research about health issues for non-gay African American men who have sex with men. This project was on display at the San Francisco Public Library in December 2007.

Poetry and representation

This article by Suzanne Baff resulted from a qualitative research course she took with me. Originally, this research was represented entirely in poetry, but to be published the journal required some prose be written around the poetry to orient the reader.

Realism, Naturalism and Dead Dudes

Another approach used in interpretive research is poetic transcription (Baff uses this technique but also uses poetry rather than prose as well). Corrine Glesne illustrates forms of poetic transcription in That Rare Feeling. This excerpt illustrates two forms of poetic transcription she discusses.

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