Vital Researcher Conversations

Pivoting Past Impasses in Qualitative Research

Bibliographic Data

ID9020964
AuthorsSteen Halling (Seattle University, Seattle, WA, USA, corresponding author), Erica Lilleleht (0000-0001-8520-5811, Seattle University, Seattle, WA, USA), Kevin C Krycka (Seattle University, Seattle, WA, USA), George Sayre (0000-0001-9378-5019, Veteran’s Administration of Puget Sound Health Care, Seattle, WA, USA)
Year2017
Volume60
Issue6
Pages889-907
Publication date2017-07-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022167817722020
OpenAlexW2741661443
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited25

In this article, we address the vital, yet largely ignored role conversations among researchers play in furthering qualitative research projects. We identify conversations as vital when they foster creativity and afford the researchers an opportunity for clearer focus. Through a close examination of four distinctly different qualitative research experiences, we show how these conversations open and deepen reflective relationships among the researchers and with the phenomenon being studied, both of which lead to a reformulation of the research process. Finally, we suggest that these kinds of conversations emerge out of relational contexts that honor personal meaning, care, openness, and even vulnerability among researchers

Creativity · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Honor · Meaning (existential · Openness to experience · Phenomenon · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Art Therapy and Mental Health · Computer Science · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology

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