When researching migration regimes at the micro level, qualitative methods are usually applied to analyze individual experiences of immigrants with different regime actors. In doing so, researchers face the challenge of drawing conclusions from these i…
In this paper, I reflect on various ethical, practical and methodological challenges encountered in the field during my anthropological inquiry into the legacies of the Bosnian genocide at home and abroad. I focus on the importance of the researcher’s …
How does the use of electronic or digital media influence the production of data in qualitative interviews and observations? While methodological reflections have focused primarily on qualitative research in digital fields, we broaden the perspective t…
In this article, we introduce our special issue on the topic of „Social Worlds, Arenas, and Situational Analyses.“ We start by giving short introductions of situational analysis and of social worlds/arenas theory. By addressing both the commonalities b…
LICHTMAN’s 4th edition of „Qualitative Research in Education: A User’s Guide“ is a timely and clearly-written text that both new and experienced researchers will find useful. Although the title and many of the examples in the text relate to education, …
In this article, I propose a mosaic mode of qualitative analysis that is focused on how social order and regulations are established in a society. In this way researchers can analyze society as a whole and reconstruct how people govern and are governed…
Digitalization and sustainability are two transformation dynamics both corresponding and contradicting each other. I will examine their relationship in this article. While digital technologies hold considerable potential for sustainable change (energy …
In this paper, we explore urban cultural politics and policy-making in Austria through the conceptual lens of the arena. In relation to this, we apply the methodological toolbox of Adele CLARKE’s situational analysis. With a focus on the dynamics of cu…
One of the central innovations of situational analysis is the methodological concept of theory/methods packages. In this article, I argue in favor of such a theory/methods package based on social practice theory and situational analysis. Central theore…
The assessments of adults are important in the study of the interests and needs of children, but children themselves should also be viewed as competent informants. Social research methodologies have typically been developed for use with adults, and chi…
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