Like dying and death, serious illnesses are catastrophes that befall human lives and relationships and radically call into question the tacit assumption that „things will go on like this for ever.“ As terrible as these catastrophes may be—not only fo…
This article explores our experiences with negotiating tensions when conducting research. As three female researchers in various stages of our academic careers, we describe our own reflexive accounts of the research process as we negotiated our roles a…
It does not suffice to treat scandals only as supra-individual discourses on the macro level of social communication. Rather we have to develop concrete methodical principles for the description of the practice of doing scandal in certain media. In t…
Transnational social spaces, as they are increasingly researched in various fields of scientific inquiry and specifically in the area of transnational migration, constitute a complex field of research. This complexity raises, apart from theoretical que…
The experiences of women with eating disorders and the meanings drawn from these experiences are largely hidden from health care professionals and thus are poorly represented in clinical and academic discourse. This study examined interpersonal relatio…
Quelle: http://www.eurozine.com/journals/blatter/issue/2012-07-30.html
Communal engagement and co-operation in the field of education has become increasing important in the last few years. The goal is to expand the local educational landscapes by improving the quality of the educational programs. Therefore responsibilitie…
In this article, we investigate the subjective significance of smell and taste for the elderly throughout the course of their lives. In a qualitative experiment 14 elderly people in four groups received selected smell and taste samples and were request…
Semi-structured interviews using interview schedules are quite common today in qualitative research. They are usually done in the form of face-to-face interviews. However, for some research questions, or under specific circumstances, telephone intervie…
Quelle: http://www.eurozine.com/journals/letraslibres/issue/2012-07-27.html
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