Mai 30, 2023, 12:00 am,
Matthias Leger,
Allgemein.
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 theoretical concepts from practice theory are investigated in the context of an empirical project dealing with mobility practices. In addition to basic questions of ontology, I draw from prominent figures of thought, referring in particular to the work of Theodore SCHATZKI. Following on from the idea of practice theory as a flat ontology, with his concept of sites, SCHATZKI offers promising parallels to Adele CLARKE's situation. On this basis, further concepts such as the plenum of practices, chains of activity and Elizabeth SHOVE's three elements model are critically examined. I will show that such a theory/methods package is both possible and promising when it comes to empirical research, as it captures empirical complexity while also providing analytical tools and a theoretical vocabulary.
situational analysis; social practice theory; theory/methods package; theorizing; ontology; automobility
Quelle: https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/4044
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Mai 30, 2023, 12:00 am,
Susanne Vogl, Eva-Maria Schmidt, Olaf Kapella,
Allgemein.
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 children might challenge underlying assumptions. Particular demands are placed on research design and researchers when researching children, owing to their different needs and abilities. Although children are involved in a growing number of research projects, methodological considerations around their inclusion have been rarely explicated.
In a European study on digital devices in the lives of children, we planned and conducted focus groups with preschool (5-6 years of age) and primary school children (8-10 years of age). In this contribution, we share our initial rationales and methodologically reflect on our experiences in order to derive recommendations for conducting focus groups with young children. We concentrate on the setting, formal structure of the schedule, moderator behavior, group dynamic and age differences, skills, and ethical implications. We conclude by outlining strengths and weaknesses of employing focus groups with young children.
Quelle: https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/3971
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Mai 30, 2023, 12:00 am,
Carrie Friese,
Allgemein.
In this paper, I reflect upon the methodological implications of digitization and digital methods for situational analysis. I carefully read Noortje MARRES's argument for and development of what she called situational analytics. I ask how her proposal would be incorporated within a situational analysis project of digitization and funerals. I develop a provisional research design, as a kind of thought experiment, weaving my reflections on situational analysis and digital methods through an autoethnographic account of mourning in the enforced digital of the COVID-19 pandemic. I conclude with the argument that such digital methods are necessary for situational analysis to reckon with, and yet also pose a risk of erasing the embodied and affective elements of a situation. I contend that the poiesis of ethnographic research—where mediated and embodied interactions qua situations are experienced and written into language, and writing forms a necessary but always also impossible task—remains rooted in bodies and affects that are always also elements in situational analysis. We cannot lose track of those elements that also defy the digitized elements of any given situation.
Quelle: https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/4078
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Mai 29, 2023, 2:37 pm,
Sofia Zettermark,
Allgemein.
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Mai 29, 2023, 12:55 pm,
Eleni Philippou,
Allgemein.
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Mai 29, 2023, 10:34 am,
Sarah-Michelle Nienhaus,
Allgemein.
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Mai 28, 2023, 12:00 am,
Karla Wazinski, Anna Wanka, Maya Kylén, Björn Slaug, Steven M. Schmidt,
Allgemein.
In our article we focus on potentials and challenges that arise in the use of situational analysis for reflexive-relational transition research. We discuss how transitions can be mapped as transformation processes in the life course and mapping can function as reflective tool in research projects. We explore mapping transitions not only as static situations, but also in their complex processuality. To do this, we discuss transition and reflexive maps inspired by CLARKE's situational analysis, and thereby the challenge of mapping processes.
We start by discussing a mapping strategy inspired by situational analysis for the study of transitions, and proceed with an innovation of maps based on a research project. The aim is to trace the processes of change and to be able to analyze and map the connections between different dimensions and actors in these events. We reflect on various mapping strategies developed in the project to analyze spatial-material and temporal-processual aspects, their potentials, and limitations as well as the research process.
Mapping processes remains challenging and important for future research. Combining situational analysis and life course research opens up possibilities for researchers to better conceptualize the processuality of situations and to test different mapping procedures for this purpose.
We start by discussing a mapping strategy inspired by situational analysis for the study of transitions, and proceed with an innovation of maps based on a research project. The aim is to trace the processes of change and to be able to analyze and map the connections between different dimensions and actors in these events. We reflect on various mapping strategies developed in the project to analyze spatial-material and temporal-processual aspects, their potentials, and limitations as well as the research process.
Mapping processuality remains challenging and important for future research. Combining situational analysis and life course research opens up possibilities for researchers to better conceptualize the processuality of situations and to test different mapping procedures for this purpose.
situational analysis; transition research; relationality; reflexivity; practice theories, mapping
Quelle: https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/4088
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Mai 28, 2023, 12:00 am,
Nicoletta Eunicke, Jana Mikats, Claudia Glotz,
Allgemein.
We discuss situational analysis as an auspicious method for researchers in childhood studies due to its critical-reflexive approach towards power relations, marginalization, and relationalities of collective action—which are topical issues within childhood studies. Especially the position of "implicated actors" (CLARKE & MONTINI, 1993, p.45), a key concept of social worlds/arenas theory, seems conducive towards research about children. However, we also raise concerns about potentially re-marginalizing children in and through research when it is assumed that, as implicated actors, they are not involved in social worlds/arenas and therefore also not involved in social action. We discuss the methodological potentials and pitfalls of social worlds/arenas maps and the use of the concept of implicated actors to analyze children and childhood. We draw from empirical projects and central conceptual debates within childhood studies and focus on three theses: With social worlds/arenas maps 1. researchers are at risk of rendering children invisible; 2. researchers cannot (yet) capture the intragenerational relations of children (as implicated actors); 3. researchers cannot fully account for a relational understanding of children and childhood. Based on these considerations, we suggest how to enable and reconsider the analysis of children and childhood with social worlds/arenas maps using situational analysis.
Quelle: https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/4089
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Mai 25, 2023, 10:40 am,
Monica Katiboğlu,
Allgemein.
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Mai 24, 2023, 2:22 pm,
Blätter-Redaktion,
Allgemein.
America first, China second, Europe third: Die US-Wahl und der Ukrainekrieg
Blätter-Redaktion
24. Mai 2023 - 14:22
Bild:
US-Präsident Joe Biden in Valhalla, New York, 10.5.2023 (IMAGO / ZUMA Wire / Ron Adar)
Seit dem 25. April wissen wir, dass der neue Kandidat der US-Demokraten für die Wahl 2024 auch der alte ist, nämlich der amtierende US-Präsident Joe Biden. Noch ist dagegen nicht ausgemacht, wer sein Herausforderer sein wird.
Quelle: https://www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2023/juni/america-first-china-second-europe-third-die-us-wahl-und-der-ukrainekrieg
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