Fostering Social Justice Through Qualitative Inquiry: A Methodological Guide

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Editors
Contributors
Chapter 1: Contextualizing Qualitative Research for Social Justice
	The Evolution of Social Justice Research
		What Is (Post)Positivism?
		The Interpretive Turn
	Enacting a Social Justice Research Agenda
	References
Chapter 2: Snapshot Chapters
	‘The Point is to Change it’: Marxism/Class Analysis
		Application of Historical Materialism to Social Justice
		Applications of Historical Materialism in My Work
		Reflection Questions
		Notes
		Recommendations for Further Reading
		References
	‘This Is What a Feminist Researcher Looks Like’: Enacting Feminist Theories and Politics for Social Justice
		Feminist Theories
		Intersectional Theory
		Applications of a Feminist Theory in My Own Work: Research with Young, Divorced Women
		Application of Feminist Theory to Social Justice
		Reflection Questions
		Notes
		Recommendations for Further Reading
		References
	Inquiry for Justice: Critical Race Theory and Qualitative Research
		Application of CRT to Social Justice
			Racism is Normal and Permanent
			Whiteness as Property & Interest Convergence
			Race is a Social Construct
			Differential Racialization
			Intersectionality and Anti-essentialism
			Counterstories
		Influences on My Work: CRT & CRT Scholarship
		Reflection Questions
		Recommendations for Further Reading
		References
	LGBT and Queer Theories: Sexuality and Gender as Emancipatory Activism
		LGBT & Queer Theory
		Application of LGBT Theory to Social Justice
		Applications of LGBT Theory in My Own Work
		Application of Queer Theory to Social Justice
		Applications of Queer Theory in My Own Work
		Conclusion
		Reflection Questions
		Recommendations for Further Reading
		References
	Poised against Ableism: Critical Disability Theory (CDT), Justice, and Verbing to Disablement
		Application of CDT to Social Justice
			Tracing Histories
			Interrogating Binaries
			Theoretical Departures: Verbing Disability to Entangled Disablement
		Applications of CDT in My Own Work: Care Settings
		Reflection Questions
		Notes
		Recommendations for Further Reading
		References
	Decolonization
		Application of Decolonization to Social Justice
		Applications of Decolonization to My Own Work
		Conclusion
		Reflection Questions
		Recommendations for Further Reading
		References
	Post-Structural Thought: Leaks and the Incontinence of Meaning
		Application of Post-structural Theory to Social Justice
		Applications of Post-structural Theory in My Own Work
		Reflection Questions
		Recommendations for Further Reading
		References
	Posthumanism and Social Justice Research: Skating to Freedom
		Application of Posthumanism to Social Justice
		Applications of Posthumanism in My Own Work
		Reflection Questions
		Note
		Recommendations for Further Reading
		References
Chapter 3: Common Features of Qualitative Inquiry
	Initial Design Considerations
		Problem Statements and Reviewing the Literature
		Purpose Statements and Research Questions
	Researcher Subjectivity and Reflexivity
	Common Methodologies
		Grounded Theory
		Phenomenology
		Case Study
		Ethnography
		Autoethnography
		Expressive Inquiry
		Historic Inquiry
		Participatory Action Research
		Collective Memory Work
		Digital Methods
	Posthuman Qualitative Inquiry
	Beginning Interactions with Participants
		Targeting Data Sources
		Ethical Considerations
	Data Gathering Decisions
		Interviewing
		Structured Interviews
		Semistructured Interviews
		Focus Groups
		Unstructured Interviews
		Participant Observation
		Document Acquisition
	Forms of Data Analysis
	Building Authenticity
	Writing for Social Justice: Implications for Representation
	Moving Forward
	References
Chapter 4: Leaning into the Ambiguity of Liberation: Phenomenology for Social Justice
	Historical and Disciplinary Roots
	Strategies of Data Collection and Data Analysis
		Bridling and Bracketing Researcher Assumptions
		Entering the Phenomenological Field
		Data Sources in Phenomenology
		Deepening the Analysis of Phenomenological Data
		Managing the Depth of Phenomenological Data
		Trustworthiness in Phenomenological Research
	Phenomenological Considerations Related to Social Justice: Making Social Justice Happen
	Reflection Questions
	Note
	Recommendations for Future Reading
	References
Chapter 5: Discovering Grounded Theories for Social Justice
	Historical and Disciplinary Roots
	Strategies of Data Collection
		To Review or Not to Review?
		Interviews
		Other Methods of Data Collection
	Data Analysis
		Initial Coding
		Intermediate Coding
		Advanced Coding
	Ongoing Methods
		Memo Writing
		Constant Comparison
		Theoretical Sampling and Saturation
	Member-Checks
	Grounded Theory Research and Social Justice
		Reflexivity as the Researcher
		Participants and Stakeholders
		Data Collection and Analysis
		Dissemination
	Conclusions
	Reflection Questions
	Recommendations for Further Reading
	References
Chapter 6: One Day on Earth : Featuring Social Justice in Case Study Research
	Historical and Disciplinary Roots and Routes
	Doing Qualitative Case Study Research: Strategies of Data Collection
		Designing a Case Study
	Between the Concrete and the Concept: Data Analysis in Case Study Research
	Case Study Research to Change the World: One Day on Earth
	Case Study Research and Social Justice Inquiry
	Conclusions: The Not-So-Mysterious Case of Case Study Research?
	Reflection Questions
	Notes
	Recommendations for Further Reading
	References
Chapter 7: Ethnographic Research for Social Justice: A Critical Engagement with Homelessness in a Public Park
	Historical and Disciplinary Roots
	Strategies of Data Collection
		Gaining Access to the Field
		Gaining Access to the Hillside
		Collecting Ethnographic Data
			Participant Observation
			Ethnographic Interviews
			Semistructured Interviews
			Photography
	Strategies of Data Analysis
		Field Notes
		Ethnographic Data Transformation
		Discourse Analysis
	Considerations Related to Social Justice
		Placing the Critical in Ethnography
		Researcher Positionality
		Other Social Justice Implications
	Reflection Questions
	Notes
	Recommendations for Further Reading
	References
Chapter 8: Writing Ourselves Back into the Story: Using Autoethnography to Advance Social Justice
	What Is Autoethnography?
	Becoming an Autoethnographer: Variations, Data Generation and Data Analysis
	The Personal Is Political: Autoethnography Is a Social Justice Method
	Conclusion
	Reflection Questions
	Notes
	Recommendations for Further Reading
	References
Chapter 9: Evocative Inquiry: Saving the World, One Story at a Time
	Prologue
	The Move toward Being Moved
	Historical and Disciplinary Roots: The Origins of Evocative Inquiry
	Variations of Evocative Inquiry
		Autoethnography
		Performance Text
		Poetry
		Visual Arts
	Data Collection Strategies
		Reflexive, Dyadic Interviews
		Interactive Interviews
		Focus Group Interviews
		Elicitation Methods
	The Benefits and Challenges of Autoethnographic Interviews
	Strategies of Data Analysis and Representation
		The Journey to “Between Diagnosis and Death”
		The Journey to “Awakenings”
		The Journey to “Shaking up the Family Tree”
	Evocative Inquiry and the Move toward Change
	Reflection Questions
	Note
	Recommendations for Further Reading
	References
Chapter 10: Moving Forward, Looking Back: Historical Inquiry for Social Justice
	Cosmetic Surgery
	Historical and Disciplinary Roots
		Why History?
	History of Historical Thinking
	Employing Historical Thinking
		Historical Significance
		Evidence
		Continuity and Change
		Cause and Consequence
		Historical Perspectives
		Ethical Dimensions
	Variations (Narrative Inquiry, Oral History, Genealogy/Archaeology)
		Narrative Inquiry
		Oral History
		Genealogy and Archaeology
	Data Collection Strategies
		Medical Discourse on Abortion in Canada
		Constructions of Femininity
	Strategies of Data Analysis and Examples
		Medical Discourse on Abortion in Canada
		Constructions of Femininity
	Considerations Related to Social Justice
	Reflection Questions
	Notes
	Recommendations for Further Reading
	References
Chapter 11: Participatory Action Research: Democratizing Knowledge for Social Justice
	What Is PAR?
	Historical and Disciplinary Roots
	Methodological Variation
		Engaged Acclimatization
		Appreciative Inquiry
		Indigenous Methodologies
		Community-based Participatory Research
	Data Collection Strategies
	Strategies of Data Analysis
	Considerations Related to Social Justice
		Distribution of Research Benefits/Resources
		Democratization of Knowledge
		Politics of Participation
		Questioning Dominant Ideologies
		Research Ethics
	Conclusion
	Reflection Questions
	Recommendations for Further Reading
	References
Chapter 12: Resurrecting Recollections: Collective Memory Work for Dismantling Discourses of Power
	What Is CMW?
	The History and Roots of CMW
	Simultaneous Data Generation & Data Analysis
		Variations
	Collective Memory Work as Social Justice
	Conclusion
	Reflection Questions
	Note
	Recommendations for Further Reading
	References
Chapter 13: Digital Methods for Social Justice
	What Is Digital Inquiry?
	History and Roots
	Methodological Variation
		Important Considerations for All Digitally-Mediated Inquiry
			How We Use Technology and Who Designed It?
			Techno-Sociality
			Knowing Your Research Space
	Data Collection Strategies
		Selective Search and Application Programming Interface (API)-Based Software Data Collection
			Scraping
		Digital Ethnography
		One Scholar’s Process
			Observation and Listening
			Systematic Thread Capture
	Data Analysis
		One Scholar’s Process for Digital Data
	Social Justice and Ethical Considerations
		Are the Data Public or Private?
		Do I Owe an Ethics of Care to the Users I Study?
	Conclusion
	Discussion Questions
	Notes
	Recommendations for Further Reading
		On the Influence of Technologies and Importance for Research
		On Digital Methods
	References
Chapter 14: “Just Give It Up”: Embracing the Immanence of Post Qualitative Inquiry
	Introduction
	Historical and Disciplinary Roots
		Image of Thought, Onto-Epistemology, and Concept
	Methodological Variations
	Method of Data Collection and Analysis Frequently Employed
		From Design to Style
		The Appearance of Data
		Creative Enactment of Difference and Non-Applicable Concepts
		Non-Representation and the “New”
	Unique Considerations for Theory and Social Justice
	Reflection Questions
	Notes
	Recommendations for Further Reading
	References
Chapter 15: The Future of Social Justice: Paradigm Proliferation
	Embrace Deep Interdisciplinarity
	Engage in Risky Reflexivity and Radical Research
	Create Evocative Texts That Enact an Ethical Experience
	Develop Communities of Friendly/Critical Participants
	Link Social Justice Research to Critical Pedagogy
	Conclusion
	References
Index