RSS 1.0Qualitative Sociology Review 2020 Volume XVI Issue 2
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Active Interview Tactics Revisited: A Multigenerational Perspective
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-04-30)William (Billy) Shaffir taught about what it means to be a true empiricist, a sociologist committed to naturalistic observation as the most incisive method in our scientific toolbox. His inspiration still resonates, two ... -
Piecing Together the Meaning of “Dirty Work”
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-04-30)I reflect upon Dr. William Shaffir’s influence on my approach to ethnographic research and my study of homeless shelter workers. Dr. Shaffir introduced me to his own brand of the craft of qualitative field work, but also ... -
Feigning Incompetence in the Field
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-04-30)A basic feature of professions is specialized competence. Indeed, expertise grants professions and their members privileged, prestigious, and protected statuses. Members of professions thus face interactional pressure to ... -
Agnostic Interactionism and Sensitizing Concepts in the 21st Century: Developing Shaffirian Theory-Work in Ethnographic Research
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-04-30)In this paper, we reflect upon our experiences taking a graduate qualitative methodology course with Dr. William (Billy) Shaffir. We highlight Billy’s approach to ethnographic research and his declaration to “just do it.” ... -
The Gift of a Vocation: Learning, Writing, and Teaching Sociology
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-04-30)To write a sociological festschrift for a scholar necessarily means looking at a chain of influence instead of one person. In this essay, I honor William Shaffir, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at McMaster University, who ... -
Journeying into Academia via Immersion into Qualitative Research: Professor Shaffir as a Master Guide
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-04-30)The choice of a work career is one of the most important events in a person’s life course and typically involves secondary socialization and identification with role models. This paper is concerned with the crucial role ... -
The Virtue of Patience
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-04-30)Shaffir (1998:63) writes, “We must learn to reclaim the virtue of patience. When we enhance the pace of doing research, it is often at the expense of acquiring a deep appreciation of the research problem.” This paper engages ... -
The Hughesian Legacy: William Shaffir—A Principal Interpreter of the Chicago School Diaspora in Canada
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-04-30)In this paper, I discuss the invaluable role played by William Shaffir, my mentor and doctoral supervisor, who shaped my approach to interpretive fieldwork and deepened my understanding of symbolic interactionist theory. ... -
Editorial. A Festschrift for William Shaffir: Guest Editors’ Introduction
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020-04-30)