Part 3 Over the last two weeks I’ve been writing about some of the key principles lying beneath qualitative research. A lot of people think that qualitative health research (QHR) is just about asking people about how they feel, and writing lengthy research papers that are ‘simply talking trivialities in high sounding language’ (Cheek 1998). But that’s because qualitative health research is often misunderstood, badly taught, and confusing for practitioners reared on the red meat of clinical trials. (There is an important ‘other’ reason, but we can’t get to that just yet). In the first in the series (here), I explained a bit of the history of QHR, and in last week’s post (here) I … [Read more...] about Qualitative health research 101
CPN Digest #71
Something for the weekend: Fitness gurus and ‘muscular Christianity’: how Victorian Britain anticipated today’s keep fit crazeTheorizing work in the contemporary platform economyHealth and health care in Europe: between inequalities and new opportunities conferenceTowards the creative university: Five forms of creativity and beyondInterdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research and practiceContracting with students: Re‐thinking Higher Education as invitation to treatEducational leadership: Producing docile bodies? A Foucauldian perspective on Higher Education2020 International Health Conference Gymnastic robotsThe phenomenological heart of teaching and learningPrecarious employment, … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #71
Qualitative health research 101
Part 2 - Criticality Last week I offered an all too brief potted history of qualitative health research (QHR), in the hope that what follows makes more sense.There are a lot of misconceptions about QHR. Hopefully these blogposts will help clarify some core principles, and inspire people to see how incredibly powerful and useful good quality QHR can be. Now you could say the first principle I want to tackle today’s is so important that it almost defines the difference between what is true qualitative health research and what is a pale imitation. And that is criticality. More than any other principle, good QHR has always been critical. It has challenged convention; held a mirror held … [Read more...] about Qualitative health research 101
