The Weekly Qualitative Report

ISSN 1945-2853

Volume 2, Number 19

May 11, 2009

URL: http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/WQR/wqr2_19.html

The Qualitative Report Article of the Week

Reflections on the Local and the Global in Psychology: Innovation, Liberation and Testimonio

Terri M. Bakker
University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa

The Weekly Review

A Book Review of Laura Ellingson's Engaging Crystallization in Qualitative Research: An Introduction

Ronald J. Cugno and Kathy Thomas
Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA

Qualitative Research Resource of the Week

Association pour la recherche qualitative (ARQ) is comprised of professors and teachers, students, professionals and professionals from all walks of life who share the same objective: the development and recognition of qualitative research. ARQ is a forum for discussion and reflection on the challenges to scientific research in all disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. It offers a series of trainings and workshops and publishes La revue Recherches qualitatives, an online journal that promotes and supports the development and understanding of qualitative research and methodologies it uses.

NSU Announces New Online Graduate

Qualitative Research Certificate Program

The NSU Graduate Qualitative Research Certificate Program consists of eight three-credit hour online courses designed to prepare academics, professional research consultants, and graduate students to understand a variety of qualitative research approaches and to conduct qualitative research studies. Applications for fall 2009 courses are now being accepted.

New Calls for Conference Papers, Proposals, and Abstracts and Training Opportunities

• 2nd International Workshop Computer-Aided Qualitative Research 2009 - Call for Participation
• Re-thinking Community in Contemporary Anthropology: Annual Conference of the Association for Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa/New Zealand - Call for Papers

New and Notable Qualitative Research Articles

• Allen-Collinson, J. (2009) Intimate intrusions revisited: A case of intimate partner abuse and violations of the territories of the self. Qualitative Sociology Review, 5(1), 50-69. Full Text
• Allen-Collinson, J., & Hockey, J. (2008). Autoethnography as valid methodology? A Study of disrupted identity narratives. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 3(6), 209-217. Abstract
• Brown, D., Jennings, G., & Leledaki, A. (2008). The changing charismatic status of the performing male body in Asian martial arts films. Sport in Society, 11(2), 174-194. Abstract
• Hockey, J., & Allen-Collinson, J. (2009). The sensorium at work: The sensory phenomenology of the working body. The Sociological Review, 57(2), 217-239. Abstract
• Phoenix , C., & Sparkes, A. C. (2008). Athletic bodies and aging in context: The narrative construction of experienced and anticipated selves in time. Journal of Aging Studies, 22, 211-221. Abstract

Qualitative Research Employment Openings

• Account Planner (Integer Group)
• Account Planner/Junior Account Planner (Geoff Howe Marketing Communications)
• Associate Manager, Custom Research (Fusion Staffing)
• Associate Researcher (University of California)
• Director of Research (MTV Network)
• Leadership Associate (University of Washington)
• Market Research Manager, Consumer Goods (Reeve & Associates)
• Research Analyst (Wikimedia Foundation)
• Senior Qualitative Research Director (Nunwood)
• Senior Research Associate (All State)

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