SUBJECT
Title
Main Approaches to Qualitative Methods (Epistemology and Methodology)
Code
DPSY16-QLR-101
Type of instruction
practice
Level
Doctoral
Part of degree program
Credits
7
Recommended in
Semester 1-4
Typically offered in
Autumn/Spring semester
Course description
Qualitative methods generally feature:
- Interpretation of epistemological status of the observed reality;
- The relationship of the observed reality and the observer, understanding as a Wittgenstein's language game;
- Verify the results and reproducibility of the results (validity and reliability of qualitative research).
Denzin and Lincoln (2013), the moments of the qualitative research, so break up:
- traditional age: 1900-1950;
- modernist or "Golden Age”: 1950-1970;
- blurred genres: 1970-1986;
- the crisis of representation: 1986-1990;
- postmodern, experimental and new ethnographies: 1990-1995;
- postexperimental inquiry: 1995-2000;
- methodologically contested present: 2000-2010
- and a future that has already begun: 2010- emphasizing moral discourses and “sacred textualities”. In the qualitative psychological research in recent years the combined use of several methods and perspectives of the researchers are suggested.
Each age was characterized by one or more epistemological approaches and one or more methods and practice of interpretation.
Readings
- Denzin N K and Lincoln Y S (ed)(2011): Handbook of qualitative research. 4th edition. Sage, Thousan Oak.
- Willig C and Stainton-Rogers W (2013): The SAGE handbook of qualitative research in psychology. Sage, London.
- László J (2008): The science of stories. An introduction to narrative psychology. Routledge, New York.