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).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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
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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