1st Edition

Interpretation in Qualitative Research Key Concepts in Qualitative Methods

Edited By Karin Murris, Mirka Koro Copyright 2026
128 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

128 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

128 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Interpretation in Qualitative Research: Key Concepts in Qualitative Research is an edited collection that makes a methodological contribution to the conceptual connections around/with/for/to interpretation, and it offers contemporary concept provocations to the  literature on interpretation. Written for advanced undergraduate and early postgraduate students, as well as researchers... Read more

Introduction: Situating Interpretation in Conceptual Spaces
Karin Murris and Mirka Koro

1. Activism
Tamara Shefer

2. Architecture
Randall Bird

3. Collective Biography
Mnemo ZIN, Susanne Gannon, and Outi Ylitapio-Mäntylä

4. Community of Philosophical Enquiry
Joanna Haynes, Karin Murris, and Rose-Anne Reynolds

5. Criticality
Vivienne Bozalek and Karen Malone

6. Deconstruction
Teresa K. Aslanian

7. Diffraction
Vivienne Bozalek and Michalinos Zembylas

8. Diffractive Analysis
Katie Strom and Shakhnoza Kayumova

9. Digitalization
Christina MacRae, Ruth Boycott-Garnett and Ruth Churchill-Dower

10. History
Svend Brinkmann

11. Languages
Barbara Dennis, Alycia Elfreich, and Darcy Furlong

12. Legitimacy
Julianne Cheek

13. Mountain
Abhik Chakraborty

14. Multimodality
Denise Newfield and Sarah Crinall
    
15. Multispecies
Tuure Tammi and Pauliina Rautio

16. (No) Method
Walter Omar Kohan

17. Performance
Annette Arlander and Pilvi Lumia Porkola

18. Politics
Juha Suoranta

19. Posts
Mirka Koro and Ananí  M.Vasquez

20. Voice
Abigail Hackett and Michael Gallagher

21. Wriggling with Data
Teija Löytönen and Henrika Ylirisku

Biography

Karin Murris is Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Oulu, Finland, and Professor Emerita of Pedagogy and Philosophy at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Mirka Koro is Professor of Qualitative Research at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, USA.