Qualitative Sociology Review: Ostatnio dodane
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Biographical Work of Parents of Children with Non-Normative Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-01-31)This paper aims to reconstruct the biographical work (Corbin and Strauss) undertaken by parents of non-normative people. The initiating event of biographical work is the disclosure of a non-normative sexual orientation ... -
The Conceptual Metaphor as an Ethical Kaleidoscope in Field Research
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-01-31)Attention to metaphor as a tool for cognition and action has already been called by the classic work by Georg Lakoff and Mark Johnson—Metaphors We Live By (1980). However, some four decades after this publication’s first ... -
Researching Vulnerable Groups: Definitions, Controversies, Dilemmas, and the Researcher’s Personal Entanglement
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-01-31)The article aims to describe vulnerable groups in the context of qualitative research in social science with special attention to ethical and methodological dilemmas. This is a theoretical study, which does not aspire to ... -
Ethical and Methodological Dilemmas in Qualitative Research Conducted among Vulnerable Groups—Guest Editors’ Introduction
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The Experience of Conversation and Relation with a Well-Being Chabot: Between Proximity and Remoteness
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-10-31)The article concerns the users’ experiences of interacting with well-being chatbots. The text shows how chatbots can act as virtual companions and, to some extent, therapists for people in their daily reality. It also ... -
Migration and Integration of Foreign Priests. Aspirations, Religiosity, and Tensions in the Narratives of Foreign Priests in Italy
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-10-31)This paper aims to understand the individual factors sustaining the migratory flow of Catholic priests to Italy. Priests’ migration cannot be seen as the mere result of lack of vocations and shortage of priests in the host ... -
Between Sport and Leisure: Competitive Senior Ballroom Dancing as Serious Leisure
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-10-31)The article examines the motivations, attitudes, and practices of senior ballroom dancing (dancers over 30 years of age). The paper is based on qualitative research (interviews and participant observation) conducted in one ... -
“I was ashamed, and now I am proud as I finally know how to let go.” How Female Polers Perceive, Experience, and Give Meanings to Their Bodies—An Ethnographic Case Study
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-10-31)Although the popularity of recreational pole dancing continues to gain momentum, its prevailing association with the erotic sphere and resulting stereotypes shape it as a borderline activity. Notably, the way pole dancing ... -
Ethnography of Horse Racing Gamblers’ Lives. Constructing Biographical Narratives in the Process of Interviewing
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-10-31)In this paper, we analyze the narrative strategies employed by horse racing gamblers in the context of their interactions within interviews. The empirical base consisted of 20 semi-structured interviews conducted with ... -
Awareness Context and Social Recognition: Reconsidering a Case Study of “Dialogue” between Different Ethnic Persons in Japan
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-08-04)This study incorporates Honneth’s social recognition into awareness context theory by reconsidering a case study of the dialogue between Zainichi Korean and Japanese people in Japan. It revitalizes the theoretical significance ... -
Caught in a Matrix of Factors: A Pilot Study of Female Retirees Receiving Below-Minimum Pension Payments
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-08-04)Pension systems based on an insurance model were originally designed for male breadwinners who worked under permanent contracts without career breaks. Since their inception, women’s participation in the workforce has ... -
Coping with Stigma: Experiences and Responses of Former Youth in Care
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-08-04)This paper examines social stigma in relation to child welfare involvement. Drawing on interviews with twenty former youth in care, the paper highlights the participants’ experiences with stigma and their adaptive responses. ... -
Language at Stake in International Research Collaboration—Methodical Reflections on a Multi-Sited, Rapid Ethnographic Study
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-08-04)This article has been retracted at the authors' request (October 02, 2023) due to a lack of permission to use parts of the empirical material presented. Thus, in the best interests of science and publication standards, the ... -
Gundur, R. V. 2022. Trying to Make It. The Enterprises, Gangs, and People of the American Drug Trade. Ithaca, London: Cornell University Press
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Joslyn, Jacqueline. 2022. Conceptualizing and Modeling Relational Processes in Sociology: Introducing Disjointed Fluidity. Bingley: Emerald Publishing
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Petre, Caitlin. 2021. All the News That’s Fit to Click: How Metrics Are Transforming the Work of Journalists. Princeton, Oxford: Princeton University Press
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Flick, Uwe. 2020. Introducing Research Methodology: Thinking Your Way through Your Research Project. 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publishing
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“What Would You Do If You Were to Win the Lottery?” A Qualitative Tool for Overcoming Agency-Structure Issues in Migration Research
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-04-30)This paper proposes a quasi-standardized hypothetical interview-guide question and demonstrates its applicability in addressing participants’ general life aspirations, and, in particular, the embedded migration aspirations. ... -
Entering Iranian Homes: Privacy Borders and Hospitality in Iranian Movies
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-04-30)The architecture of homes in Iran has changed significantly over the past four decades since the 1979 Iranian revolution. We ask how these architectural changes shift neighborhood relationships and how they transform the ... -
The Australian Mainstream Media’s Portrayal of Youth Climate Activism and Dissent
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-04-30)The March 2019 School Strikes 4 Climate, predominantly organized by young students, garnered widespread and polarizing media coverage. We aimed to identify how Australian mainstream print news media portrays youth involvement ...
