Understanding families over time: research and policy
In: Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life
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In: Forum qualitative Sozialforschung: FQS = Forum: qualitative social research, Band 12, Heft 3
ISSN: 1438-5627
Dieser Artikel befasst sich mit "Timescapes: Changing Relationships and Identities Through the Lifecourse", der ersten und in dieser Weise einzigen Forschung in Großbritannien, die (gefördert durch das Economic and Social Research Council) als groß angelegte qualitative Längsschnittstudie konzipiert ist und durchgeführt wird. Die Studie ist verortet in dem Kontext spezifischer Debatten um Archivierung, Sekundär- und Reanalyse qualitativer Daten, und sie leistet wesentliche Beiträge zu all diesen Themenbereichen. Im Sinne einer Forschungs- und Archivierungspraxis kann sie als Modell für sehr große qualitative Längsschnittuntersuchungen dienen.
Die Studie besteht aus neun Teilprojekten, die an insgesamt fünf britischen Universitäten angesiedelt sind. Sieben empirische Projekte befassen sich mit Teilen der Lebenslaufs und bilden – auf unterschiedlichen Ebenen integriert – das Gesamt der Studie. Übergreifende Ziel ist die Untersuchung des Wandels von Beziehungen und Identität(en) im Lebenslauf. Kernstück des Längsschnittcharakters der Studie ist der Umgang mit Zeit bzw. die Frage, wie Kontinuität und Wandel über die Zeit so im Design realisiert werden, dass sie zentraler Fokus der analytischen Aufmerksamkeit und konzeptueller Kern der Forschungsarbeit sind. In unserem Fall hat dieses Anliegen auch Eingang bereits in den Titel der Studie erhalten: Ein "timescape" ist eine spezifische zeitliche Perspektive, die einen mikro-zeitlichen Weltausschnitt in den Vordergrund stellt und so – in unserem Fall – Einblick in die dynamische Entfaltung von Alltagsleben erlaubt. Zeitlichkeit, deren unterschiedliche Bedeutungen, die Art und Weise, wie verschiedene Zeiten ineinander verwoben sind und sich herausschälen, ist Kernstück unseres Forschungsinteresses, wobei drei große "timescapes" für uns besonders relevant sind, nämlich eine biografische, eine generationale und eine historische Zeitperspektive.
In dem Beitrag wird die konzeptuelle und empirische Basis des Projekts vorgestellt, dessen Beitrag zu einer Methodologie qualitative Längsschnittforschung diskutiert und das Archiv beschrieben, dass zur dauerhaften Datenhaltung und -pflege derzeit aufgebaut wird.
In: Young: Nordic journal of youth research, Band 17, Heft 4, S. 331-350
ISSN: 1741-3222
The concept of social capital has gained wide currency in recent years in sociology and related areas, including youth studies. Politicians and policy makers have eagerly taken it up, seeing building and enhancing social capital as a solution for difficult policy issues, and it has been at the core of Third Way politics. This article provides a general review of social capital, critically examining issues raised by the academic and political use of the concept related to its journey through several academic disciplines, and to its perceived value as a guide to policy. Selected examples of its use in studying the lives and experiences of young people are discussed, as is the extensive research undertaken by myself and colleagues in a five-year multi-project study of families and social capital, focusing on our work on young people.
In: Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life
Based on a large-scale qualitative longitudinal study of the life course conducted in the UK (Timescapes Study), this unique collection reveals close-up ₆ and in their own words ₆ the experiences of children and young people, parents, and older generations. The participants lives and times are explored through multiple accounts of their changing trajectories. Collectively, the contributions examine family and generational relationships in all their complexity as they change and develop. Tackling a diverse group of people from varied backgrounds and geographical locations, each individual chapter is concerned with particular stages of the life course, delivering policy-relevant findings to address individual and family lives over time. "Understanding Families Over Time" also has a methodological twist: change and continuity through biographical, historical and generational time are integral aspects of the overall study
In: The 'What is?' Research Methods Series
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on bloomsburycollections.com. What is Qualitative Interviewing? is an accessible and comprehensive 'what is' and 'how to' methods book. It is distinctive in emphasising the importance of good practice in understanding and undertaking qualitative interviews within the framework of a clear philosophical position. Rosalind Edwards and Janet Holland provide clear and succinct explanations of a range of philosophies and theories of how to know about the social world, and a thorough discussion of how to go about researching it using interviews. A series of short chapters explain and illustrate a range of interview types and practices. Drawing on their own and colleagues' experiences Holland and Edwards provide real research examples as informative illustrations of qualitative interviewing in practice, and the use of a range of creative interview tools. They discuss the use of new technologies as well as tackling enduring issues around asking and listening and power dynamics in research. Written in a clear and accessible style the book concludes with a useful annotated bibliography of key texts and journals in the field. What is Qualitative Interviewing? provides a vital resource for both new and experienced social science researchers across a range of disciplines.
In: Qualitative research, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 4-15
ISSN: 1741-3109
In: Qualitative research, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 16-34
ISSN: 1741-3109
We suggest here that the analysis, interpretation and representation of qualitative longitudinal (QL) data requires methodological innovation leading to new forms of representation that elude the usual temporality of writing research. To illustrate this argument, we outline a case history method-in-process developed to condense intensive volumes of biographical data generated over 12 years, and deal with the intersection of different timescapes through which individuals move (biographical, generational, historical). We describe changing strategies for managing, analysing and representing data employed by the Inventing Adulthoods team, examining our practice in the light of key methodological issues raised by qualitative longitudinal research (QLR) and making that reflexive and collective research practice explicit.