1st Edition

Temporality in Qualitative Inquiry Theories, Methods and Practices

    214 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    214 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Temporality in Qualitative Inquiry explores the relationship between time and qualitative research and unpacks some of the conceptual, methodological, practical, and pragmatic areas of qualitative inquiry related to time and temporality.

    This book advances the understanding and re-evaluation of research practice by examining the passage of time, temporal feeling, and conceptualising of time/temporality in research practice with participants. It provides theoretical and practical insights into how to navigate the concepts of time and temporality in qualitative inquiry. With authors from across the globe and from an array of social sciences including cultural studies, education, health, management and business, psychology, sociology, and sport and exercise, the book explores theoretical, methodological, and practical discussions of time and temporality in order to unpack and elicit meaning and understanding.

    The editors champion the call for the existence of slow and quick qualitative methodologies and methods. As such, this book is suitable for graduate students and researchers interested in qualitative inquiry, and in disciplines such as education, health research, management, psychology, sociology, and communication studies.

    Chapter 2 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license at https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003083504-3

    Introduction: Of Time and Qualitative Research

    Julie Gore, Bryan C. Clift, Sheree Bekker, Ioannis Costas Batlle, Stefanie Gustafsson, and Jenny Hatchard

    Chapter 1. The Ebbs and Flows of Qualitative Research: Time, Change and the Slow Wheel of Interpretation

    Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke

    Chapter 2. Investigating Waiting: Interdisciplinary Thoughts on Researching Elongated Temporalities in Healthcare Settings

    Kelechi Anucha, Lisa Baraitser, Stephanie Davies, Michael J. Flexer, and Deborah Robinson

    Chapter 3. Timelines and Transitions: Understanding Transgender & Non-Binary People’s Participation in Everyday Sport and Physical Exercise Through a Temporal Lens

    Abby Barras, Hannah Frith, Nigel Jarvis, and Rodrigo Lucena

    Chapter 4. What Would a Rhythmanalysis Of a Qualitative Researcher’s Life Look Like?

    Jennifer Leigh

    Chapter 5. Time as a Conceptual-Methodical Device: Putting Time to Work in Gendered Sporting Moments, Memories, and "Experiences"

    Bryan C. Clift, Stephanie Merchant, and Jessica Francombe-Webb

    Chapter 6. Rhythmanalysis as a Method to Account for Time in Qualitative Research

    Nicole Brown and Corinne Morgan

    Chapter 7. Visualizing Pasts, Futures and the Present: How Can Creative Research Methods Enable Reflection, Reflexivity and Imagination?

    Dawn Mannay

    Chapter 8. Radically Slow? Reflections on Time, Temporality, and Pace in Engaged Scholarship

    Will Mason with Unity Gym Project

    Chapter 9. Trust and Relationships in Qualitative Research: A Critical Reflection on How We Can Value Time

    Ioannis Costas Batlle and Sam Carr

    Chapter 10. The Use of Rapid Qualitative Research in Time-Sensitive Contexts: Challenges and Opportunities

    Cecilia Vindrola-Padros and Ginger A. Johnson

    Biography

    Bryan C. Clift is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the Department for Health at the University of Bath, UK, and Director of the Centre for Qualitative Research.

    Julie Gore is Reader in Organizational Psychology in the School of Management at the University of Bath, UK, and Director of the Centre for Qualitative Research.

    Stefanie Gustafsson is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the School of Management, University of Bath, UK.

    Sheree Bekker is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Department for Health at the University of Bath, UK, and Co-Director of the Centre for Qualitative Research.

    Ioannis Costas Batlle is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the Department of Education at the University of Bath, UK, and Co-Director of the Centre for Qualitative Research.

    Jenny Hatchard is Research Fellow in Public Health at the University of Bristol, UK.