TY - JOUR
T1 - Review of A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research
AU - Kerrigan, Nathan
PY - 2013/8/7
Y1 - 2013/8/7
N2 - The pluralisation of social realities has meant that there is a need to study the growing
individualisation of ways of living against the backdrop of social environments. Such pluralisation
requires a new understanding of the empirical study of social phenomena. The
era of big narratives and grandiose theorisation is over. Local-, temporal-, and situationalpositioned
narratives and microtheorisation are now required to understand the processes,
practices, and meanings that govern social reality. Thus qualitative research, particularly
within psychology, was manufactured as a need to study the subjective and constructed
meanings to everyday experiences and practices as an essential tool.
AB - The pluralisation of social realities has meant that there is a need to study the growing
individualisation of ways of living against the backdrop of social environments. Such pluralisation
requires a new understanding of the empirical study of social phenomena. The
era of big narratives and grandiose theorisation is over. Local-, temporal-, and situationalpositioned
narratives and microtheorisation are now required to understand the processes,
practices, and meanings that govern social reality. Thus qualitative research, particularly
within psychology, was manufactured as a need to study the subjective and constructed
meanings to everyday experiences and practices as an essential tool.
U2 - 10.1080/14780887.2013.829725
DO - 10.1080/14780887.2013.829725
M3 - Book/Film/Article review
SN - 1478-0887
SN - 1478-0895
VL - 11
SP - 117
EP - 119
JO - Qualitative Research in Psychology
JF - Qualitative Research in Psychology
IS - 1
ER -