Handbook of interpretive research methods in the social sciences / edited by Margarethe Kusenbach and Michaela Pfadenhauer

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kusenbach, Margarethe, editor.

Pfadenhauer, Michaela, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Honer, Anne, 1951-2012.

Qualitative research.

Social sciences--Research.

Social sciences.

Local Subjects:

Honer, Anne, 1951-2012.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (592 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

This comprehensive Handbook provides interdisciplinary coverage of qualitative inquiry and interpretive research methods in the social sciences. Margarethe Kusenbach and Michaela Pfadenhauer adopt an innovative approach by connecting research practice with conceptual principles and strong theoretical grounding.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Interpretive encounters: An Introduction to the handbook / Margarethe Kusenbach and Michaela Pfadenhauer

Part I: Contexts

2. Hidden figures? The role of women in early interpretive research in the United States and the German empire / Ursula Offenberger and Marion Keller

3. Symbolic interactionism as resistance to positivism: An interpretive theory of understanding meaning and meaning-making / Foroogh Mohammadi and Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott PART II FIELDS

4. The purpose and place of interpretive approaches in education research / Sofia Marques da Silva

5. Looking (back) to the future of interpretive criminology / Julien Grayer andStacey Hannem

6. Taking stock of interpretive scholarship in evidence-based public health / Lisa M. PfadenhauerandMichaela Coenen

7. Interpreting disability: Epistemological insights and methodological strategies / Jacqueline Low

8. How real are social constructions? Interpretive scholarship in disaster studies / Margarethe Kusenbach and Gabriela Christmann

9. Understanding interpretive research in communication / Jillian A. Tullis

10. Interpretation as intervention in science and technology studies: Revisiting methods as epistemic practices / Fredy Mora-Gámez, Andrea Schikowitz, and Sarah R. Davies

11. Women's, gender, and feminist studies in transnational perspective: What we can and cannot learn when using an interpretive lens / Olga Plakhotnik

12. What can interpretive research methods do for trans studies? Connecting subjectivity and materiality / Hayden J. Fulton and S.L. Crawley

Part III: Methods

13. Interpreting and theorizing research interviews / Kathryn Roulston and Melissa Freeman

14. Sociological biographical research in the interpretive tradition / Miriam Schäfer and Johannes Becker

15. Cultural narrative analysis as an interpretive research method / Donileen R. Loseke and Carley Geiss

16. Hermeneutics as a method of interpretation: Line by line to the reconstruction of meaning / Cornelia Reiter and Karin Sardadvar

17. How interpretive is grounded theory? / Elisabeth Scheibelhofer

18. Phenomenology as inspiration in interpretive ethnographic research / Margarethe Kusenbach and Dirk vom Lehn

19. Interpretive research with vignettes: An innovative method for situational analysis / Katharina Miko-Schefzig

20. Artifact analysis as an interpretive method / Ulrike Froschauer and Manfred Lueger

21. From qualitative visual analysis to social science films / Katharina Miko-Schefzig and Dennis Jancsary

22. Whose interpretations matter? Participatory research approaches / Hella von Unger

23. Autoethnography as an interpretive method: Reconnecting selves and society / Carol Rambo and Brittany Presson

24. Feeling knowing: The nature and purpose of arts-based research methods / Sophie Tamas

Part IV: Issues

25. The influence of new media technologies on contemporary interpretive research / Julie B. Wiest, Laura Robinson, and Katia Moles

26. Interpretive research methods and the issue of intersubjectivity in interactionism and affect theory / Natalia Ruiz-Junco and Javiera Garcia-Meneses

27. Interpretive research from a multispecies perspective / Leslie Irvine

28. What makes a great ethnography? Writing and the issue of quality in interpretive research / Michaela Pfadenhauer and Paul Eisewicht

29. Doing it right? Interpretive research in an era of research ethics review / Deborah K. van den Hoonaard

Part V: Exemplars

30. Dorothy smith: Making the ontological shift / Órla Meadhbh Murray

31. Reconstructive social research in the interpretive tradition: An interview with monika wohlrab-sahr / Monika Wohlrab-Sahr, Michaela Pfadenhauer, andSilke Steets

32. Reflections on urban ethnography: An interview with elijah anderson / Elijah Anderson, Patrice D. Collins, Vida Bajc, and Margarethe Kusenbach

33. Interpreting society from a spatial perspective: Martina löw's groundbreaking sociology of space / Séverine Marguin and Vivien Sommer

34. Interpretation, emotions, and intersectionality: Exploring and extending arlie hochschild's legacy / Anna Durnová and Julia Schmid

35. From the interpretation of culture to the culture of interpretation: Hans- georg soeffner's art of sociological hermeneutics / Thea D. Boldt

36. Living autoethnography with carolyn ellis: Honoring care and compassion in the academy / Carolyn Ellis, S. L. Crawley, and Margarethe Kusenbach.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-80392-639-2

1-03-538003-X

9781035380039

OCLC:

1570554584