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Disciplining qualitative research

Denzin, Norman K., Lincoln, Yvonna S., Giardina, Michael D.·2006·International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
DOI 10.1080/09518390600975990
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Qualitative research exists in a time of global uncertainty. Around the world, governments are attempting to regulate scientific inquiry by defining what counts as ‘good’ science. These regulatory activities raise fundamental, philosophical epistemological, political and pedagogical issues for scholarship and freedom of speech in the academy. This essay contests this methodological fundamentalism, and interrogates the politics of re‐emergent scientism, the place of qualitative research in mixed‐methods experimentalism, and the pragmatic criticisms of anti‐foundationalism. Furthermore, it outlines three models of scientifically based research (SBR), and discusses how each is operative within the current historical conjuncture. In the process, it advocates for a qualitative research paradigm that is committed to social justice and the promise of radical, progressive democracy.

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Authors
Denzin, N. K., Lincoln, Y. S., & Giardina, M. D.
Venue
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2006-11
Volume
19
Issue
6
Pages
769-782
ISSN
  • 0951-8398 (ISSN-L)
  • 1366-5898
DOI
10.1080/09518390600975990
OpenAlex
W1973122999
Cited by
289
References
50
FWCI
23.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
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closed

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