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Qualitative Methoden am Scheideweg: jüngere Entwicklungen der interpretativen Sozialforschung

Qualitative methods at the crossroads: recent developments in interpretive social research
Métodos cualitativos en la encrucijada: desarrollos recientes en la investigación social interpretativa
[journal article]

Knoblauch, Hubert

Abstract

Betrachtet man die Entwicklung der qualitativen Methoden über einen längeren Zeitraum, wird deutlich, dass sie sich sehr erfolgreich ausgebreitet haben - und zwar in den verschiedensten Disziplinen; auch ein Prozess der Institutionalisierung ist kaum zu übersehen. Mit der Institutionalisierung einhe... view more

Betrachtet man die Entwicklung der qualitativen Methoden über einen längeren Zeitraum, wird deutlich, dass sie sich sehr erfolgreich ausgebreitet haben - und zwar in den verschiedensten Disziplinen; auch ein Prozess der Institutionalisierung ist kaum zu übersehen. Mit der Institutionalisierung einher geht auch eine zunehmende Tendenz zur Standardisierung. Diese Standardisierung steht in einem scharfen Gegensatz zu den ursprünglichen Leitideen der qualitativen Methoden, die sehr stark im interpretativen Paradigma der Sozialwissenschaften verankert sind. Dieser Widerspruch bildet einen Scheideweg in der weiteren Entwicklung der qualitativen Methoden, die gefordert sind, sich auf die sie konstituierende Rolle der Interpretation, die damit verbundene Subjektivität und die daraus folgende (methodologische) Kreativität zu besinnen.... view less


Looking at the development of qualitative methods in the long run one can see their successful dissemination across a variety of disciplines. As a consequence of this dissemination, qualitative methods have been institutionalized within the social sciences and beyond. This institutionalization led t... view more

Looking at the development of qualitative methods in the long run one can see their successful dissemination across a variety of disciplines. As a consequence of this dissemination, qualitative methods have been institutionalized within the social sciences and beyond. This institutionalization led to an increasing tendency to standardization. Standardization, however, stands in strong contrast to the original idées diréctrices of qualitative methods which have been based on the interpretive paradigm in the social sciences. This contrast constitutes the crossroads at which qualitative methods are required to focus on the role of interpretation, subjectivity, and methodological creativity which constitute their identity.... view less

Keywords
qualitative interview; subjectivity; social research; institutionalization; standardization (meth.); paradigm; methodological research; evaluation; research practice; qualitative method; creativity; research approach; interpretation

Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Research Design

Method
descriptive study; development of methods; basic research

Free Keywords
Sozialtheorie

Document language
German

Publication Year
2013

Page/Pages
13 p.

Journal
Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 14 (2013) 3

ISSN
1438-5627

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution


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