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Qualitative Research: Reflective Blog (Interpretivist Perspective (What…
Qualitative Research: Reflective Blog
Interpretivist Perspective
What does this mean?
Humans social beings
Socially constituted
opposes positivism of natural science; not everything can be explained by science
Understanding that people's experiences and opinions are shaped by their personal experience, family and friends opinions
Helps shape us and teaches us how we behave and what is acceptable
i.e. friends experiences and opinions shape our own; we're influential
Focussing on social context
Why is this important?
immediate physical and social setting in which people live or in which something happens
Understanding social context helps us understand peoples behaviour and actions
Methodological Naturalism
What does this achieve?
More open minded approach to understanding why people do what they do
strategy for studying the world
scientific approach to the natural world
Interacting to generate data
Why is this appropriate and useful?
Read the behaviour and body language
encourage further discussion; flow of conversation reveals more
Increase rapport and gain more information
Intersubjectivity
The researcher becomes part of the story
Discussion opens up the conversation
Generate information by discussion
Reflexivity
What does this achieve?
Allows us to identify our own stance on a topic
Makes us understand where other people are coming from
Receptive to new views on topics; learn new ways to think about things as well as realising that what we think isn't the only opinion
What does this mean?
Think about your positionality
listen to other peoples experiences and opinions