ABSTRACT

This focused collection of original articles addresses the global dynamics of qualitative inquiry and the contextual dimensions within which such inquiry takes place. Contributions from many of the world's leading qualitative researchers in communications, education, sociology, and related disciplines focus on the changing landscape of social media, human rights, the Global South, and decolonizing methodologies, and guide the field toward a more engaged, global perspective. Chapters were developed from plenary sessions of the Eighth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (2012).

chapter |18 pages

Introduction

Global Dimensions of Qualitative Inquiry

part I|55 pages

Theory

chapter Chapter 3|19 pages

Remix Cultures, Remix Methods

Reframing Qualitative Inquiry for Social Media Contexts

part II|51 pages

Praxis

chapter Chapter 4|18 pages

The Role of Indigenous Languages and Focus Groups in Qualitative Inquiry

Experiences from the Global South

chapter Chapter 5|12 pages

On a Bead and a Prayer

The Importance of (Re)membering African Womanhood in the Diaspora 1

chapter Chapter 6|19 pages

Border Crossing

Bridging Empirical Practices with De/colonizing Epistemologies

part III|75 pages

Method

chapter Chapter 8|24 pages

Beyond the Autoethnography versus Ironist Debates

Using Charles Sanders Peirce and Cornel West to Envision an Alternative Inquiry Practice

chapter Chapter 9|13 pages

Navigating the Terrain of Social Justice

Multiple Voices in Mixed Methods Research

chapter |15 pages

Coda Are You Serious?

Playing, Performing, and Producing an Academic Self