Can't Code What the Community Can't See

A Case of the Erasure of Heteronormative Harassment

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ID2385883
AuthorsJerry Lee Rosiek (0000-0001-6834-7287, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA), Julia Heffernan (University of Oregon, Eugene, USA), Julia I Heffernan
Year2014
Volume20
Issue6
Pages726-733
Publication date2014-07-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1077800414530255
OpenAlexW1990331868
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited9

This essay examines the limits of allegedly atheoretical approaches to qualitative research that rely on the coding of qualitative data. The authors focus specifically on the challenge of analyzing socially produced silences. The use of coding techniques for analyzing data is found to be inadequate for documenting the social erasure of a middle school student who does not conform to local gender norms. The article argues that the interpretation of socially produced silences requires the use of theories that explain the source and effects of these silences. This utility is illustrated through the application of feminist and queer poststructuralist theory to the analysis of the experience of the aforementioned student

Coding (social sciences · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Interpretation (philosophy · Qualitative research · Queer · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology

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