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"Qualitative Sociology Review" publishes empirical, methodological, and theoretical articles applicable to all fields and specializations within sociology. Every submitted paper is blind reviewed and quality-controlled by two reviewers. The Editorial Staff and Consulting Editors strive to operate at a high level of scientific quality.
Nazwa główna: Qualitative Sociology Review
E-ISSN: 1733-8077
Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Format: Open Access (licencja CC BY-NC-ND)
Ukazuje się od: 2005 r.
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Ethical Processes and Dilemmas during Research with Youth on Cyber-Risk
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-07-31)In this article, we reflect on the ethical processes and dilemmas we encountered in almost a decade of qualitative research with teenagers about digital technologies and cyber-risk. Our research underscores both the ... -
Recording Solo: Managing Long-Distance Data Collection within Audio Diary Research with Healthcare Professionals
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-07-31)This paper explores the methodological and reflexive implications of using audio diaries in remote qualitative research with healthcare professionals. Drawing on a three-month study involving 18 participants who submitted ... -
Labor of Care and Contracts: A Study of Surrogacy after the Transnational Ban in India
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-07-31)Characterized by the interplay of care and contracts, surrogacy is an exclusive form of gendered work. The paper is based on a micro-level ethnographic study exploring the lived and embodied challenges of commercial ... -
The Sociality and Liminality of Bangkok’s Cannabis Cafés
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-07-31)In June 2022, Thailand became the first country in Asia to decriminalize cannabis, only to face opposition from conservative political forces that are now attempting to pass policies that will recriminalize its recreational ... -
Affective Governmentality in Food Delivery Platforms: A Study of Bolt Food Riga Push Notifications
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-04-30)The paper uses a governmentality perspective to discuss the issue of control in food delivery platforms through analysis of 4083 push notifications sent by the Bolt Food platform to its couriers in Riga from 2020 to 2023. ... -
The Biographical Experience of Being a Stay-at-Home Mother of a Large Family Versus Online Activity. A Case Study
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-04-30)The article presents the analysis of two cases of women reconstructed based on autobiographical narrative interviews. They are mothers of many children and are active online, having accounts on Instagram and creating ... -
Navigating Recognition: The Symbolic Struggles in the Biographies of Young Polish Internet Content Creators
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-04-30)This paper aims to examine the symbolic struggles embedded in the biographies of internet content creators. Pursuing a relatively new profession that lacks symbolic legitimization necessitates both explanatory and emotional ... -
Can You Make Money from Being Queer? Commodification of Queerness on Social Media as Biographical Experience
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-04-30)The article presents a case study of an autobiographical narrative interview with Adam—a young influencer who creates books-related content. Special attention is given to Adam’s relationship with his audience and how it ... -
Disruptive Masculinities? Male Workers Challenging Gender(ed) Norms in Technology Startup Organizations
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-04-30)The tech industry is one of the most influential and profitable sectors of the new economy, with startup organizations playing a significant role within it. Existing research highlights that these emerging companies remain ... -
Work, Identity, and Paradoxes. The Intertwining of New Technologies, Algorithm Logic, and Individual Experiences
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Passions, Travel, and Cultural Participation—Intergenerational Transmission of Middle-Class Lifestyles
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-01-31)The article addresses the intergenerational transmission of a middle-class lifestyle in Poland. The analysis demonstrates mechanisms through which cultural practices are inherited in the context of leisure activities. The ... -
Why Are There So Many Ways to Measure Pain? Epistemological and Professional Challenges in Medical Standardization
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-01-31)Pain is a profoundly subjective phenomenon, which remains largely impenetrable to the tools of biomedicine. How, then, do pain researchers—specifically, quantitative medical researchers whose work is predicated on transforming ... -
Sing A Song for Home: How Displaced Iranian Song-Writers in LA Conceive of Home and Homeland
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-01-31)We ask how being apart from home impacts the very definition of home. We conducted a content analysis of songs produced by Iranians who have left their first “home” in Iran and resettled in Los Angeles. Our findings suggest ... -
Aspirations and Networks of Italian Migrants to Bogota. A Typology
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2025-01-31)This paper aims to understand the individual and relational motives supporting migration from Italy to Bogota. Our concern is to achieve a nuanced understanding of how aspirations, on the one hand, and social networks, on ... -
Strengths and Limitations of an Online Qualitative Survey in Times of Social Crisis: Example of the COVID-19 Pandemic
; ; Męcfal, Sylwia
; (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-10-31)
The aim of the article is to argue that an online qualitative survey (OQS) is a useful research technique that is feasible to apply during a social crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic. An OQS has an unclear status in the ... -
The “Imperceptibly Narrowing Diamond” Generation—Adaptation Strategies of the Generation X Representatives Toward Their Old Age
Kramkowska, Emilia; (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-10-31)
Population aging is becoming one of society’s priority issues. An assumption is that it is beneficial (the benefits for the individual and society are shown in the text) for people currently of working age (representatives ... -
Game-Based Technique for Studying Identity Change in Disturbed Communities
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-10-31)Studying social identity change in non-standard contexts is always challenging. This article presents a new research technique that allows researchers to obtain rich and ethical data even in adverse and fragile conditions. ... -
Class Clash: Unpacking Conflicts of Class Affiliation in the Bodily Practices of Polish Men Under 35 Years with Working-Class Origins
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-10-31)The article examines conflicts of class affiliation in the bodily practices of young Polish men of working-class origin. The empirical basis of the analysis is individual in-depth interviews with biographical elements ... -
The Hegemonization and Counter-Hegemonization of Polish Copyright Discourses
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-07-31)This article explores the nature and structure of Polish discourses on copyright, specifically revealing to what extent social conflict over copyright is visible within these discourses and presenting the most important ... -
“Maintain Your Hope and Know That You Are Loved.” Mr. Anthony Albanese’s Discursive Construction of Collective Emotional Resilience
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-07-31)This paper employs Stephanie Paterson’s empathic policy analysis framework to explore the discursive construction of emotional resilience. The research conducted for the paper focuses on Australian Prime Minister Anthony ...