Short Articles about Qualitative Research

Et après le meltdown?, by Vaughan Flood
Vaughan Flood considers the impact on qual of markets in disarray and plunging house prices (November 2008)

Therapy or training?, by Stephanie McCann
AQR’s Moderating Skills Workshop goes from strength to strength. This time round we offer three very different perspectives on the course. This perspective is jointly written by Stephanie McCann and Becki Harrison of Acumen Fieldwork. (November 2008)

QMIP Conference debut, by Sheila Keegan
The first Qualitative Methods in Psychology (QMiP) conference was held at Leeds University at the beginning of September. It was quite a milestone. Psychology, even in my undergraduate days in the ’70s, was struggling to decide whether it was an art or a science. It is still struggling. (November 2008)

Getting up close to DEs, by Rina Igual
Rina Igual offers a very personal view of why ethnography is so useful when researching in the Philippines – and beyond (November 2008)

Therapy or training?, by Lorraine Jones
AQR’s Moderating Skills Workshop goes from strength to strength. This time round we offer three very different perspectives on the course, this one from Lorraine Jones of PHD North. (November 2008)

Better safe than sorry, by Gareth Roberts
Ah nostalgia! It seems only yesterday that one couldn’t move in a railway carriage or in a bar without tripping over a laptop containing state secrets or slipping on a discarded disc containing the name, address and banking details of every UK child benefit claimant. (November 2008)

Therapy or training?, by Becki Harrison
AQR’s Moderating Skills Workshop goes from strength to strength. This time round we offer three very different perspectives on the course. This perspective is jointly written by Stephanie McCann and Becki Harrison of Acumen Fieldwork. (November 2008)

Therapy or training?, by Andrew Murphy
AQR’s Moderating Skills Workshop goes from strength to strength. This time round we offer three very different perspectives on the course. This perspective comes from Andrew Murphy of Metro (Associated Newspapers). (November 2008)

Millefeuilles in the dark, by Ailean Mills
International work can seem so BlackBerry sophisticated, says Ailean Mills. But watch out, because appearances can be deceptive (November 2008)