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CALL FOR PAPERS

The deadline for submission of abstracts is Feb. 28, 2007.

 Using Qualitative Research: The Relevance and Applicability of 'Micro' Methods

Given the important structural themes to be discussed in the Glasgow Conference, the Qualitative Research Network calls for papers which show how qualitative methodologies can be relevant to the changing societies in which we live.

Inter alia this may include:

·        micro methods which can be used to address policy issues

·        fruitful ways of combining qualitative and quantitative methods

·        qualitative research designs developed in conjunction with particular social groups, managements or governments

·        theoretical and methodological papers that address the micro/macro polarity and the place of social context in qualitative research

Please note that we specifically are NOT looking for simple research reports but are calling for papers that focus on methods, methodologies and practices with a relevance to all qualitative researchers.

·        Abstracts will  be accepted through completion of the online submission www.esa8thconference.com

 In order to facilitate an appropriate choice of network, the online submission form has a drop down box that contains the titles of all the networks that will run in Glasgow. When the submit button on the online abstract submission form is activated abstracts will be submitted simultaneously to the Conference Organiser based in Glasgow and  to the Qualitative Methods RN coordinator. Decisions on acceptance of abstracts by RN coordinators will be given by 15^th April 2007.

 The Qualitative Methods RN is organising seven sessions at the Glasgow conference (following a highly successful mid-term in Cardiff University in Sept. 2006). In addition, at Glasgow,  RN Board Member David Silverman will give a semi-plenary at the conference entitled: 'Putting society together: What qualitative research can and cannot say about identities and social institutions'.

 RN Conference Organizers: Shalva Weil msshalva@mscc.huji.ac.il

Cardiff Mid-Term 2006
Our successful third mid-term conference, "Advances in Qualitative Research Practice", took place at Cardiff University Sept. 4-6, 2006. It was attended by 80 participants. Details on the programme, location, and papers can be found at the following web site: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/qualiti/ESA/index.html

Key note speakers at the conference were:

Prof. Paul Atkinson, Cardiff University: "Rescuing Ethnography"

Dr. Sara Delamont, Cardiff University: “Through the Lebanon Gate: Arguments against Auto-ethnography”

Dr Tim Rapley, Centre for Health Services Research, University of Newcastle: "The interview: before and after"

Professor Clive Seale, Brunel University: "Comparative keyword analysis of archived internet text: an alternative to
qualitative interviews"

Professor Emeritus David Silverman, Goldsmiths College (London University), and King's College (London University):
"Innumerable inscrutable habits: remarks on eyeing the unremarkable"

 A report on the conference can be found here.

A conference on “Ethnographies of Artistic Work” was organized by  board member Marie Buscatto, and co-sponsored by our RN. It took place in Paris 21-22 September 2006.

The Qualitative Methods Board 2005-2007
Shalva Weil-President (Israel); E-mail: msshalva@mscc.huji.ac.il.
Anne Ryen- Vice-President (Norway) E-mail: Anne.Ryen@hia.no.
Hubert Knoblauch- (Past President ,Germany); E-mail: Hubert.Knoblauch@TU-Berlin.DE.

New Issue of FQS
Two of our Board members- Hubert Knoblauch and Christoph Maeder- together with our RN member Uwe Flick, edited a magnificent volume on qualitative research in Europe, to which many of our Research Network and Board members have contributed. (http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-e/inhalt3-05-e.htm)

Mid-Terms
The last mid-term took place in Berlin in Sept. 2004. Two reports were published on the conference: Margarethe Kusenbach, "News for the Old World: Report of a Conference on Qualitative Social Research in Europe", Qualitative Sociology, Vol. 28, NO. 1 Spring 2005: 117-121; Shalva Weil, "Qualitative Methods Research Network Conference 'The State of the Art of Qualtitative Research in Europe', in Berlin", ESA Bulletin Issue no. 20, Summer 2005, p.8 .

Newsletter
Our RN puts out a newsletter for members from time to time. If anyone would like to be added to the mailing list or would like to join our RN, please contact: msshalva@mscc.huji.ac.il