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Volume 4, Number 52 - December 26, 2011
http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/WQR/wqr4_52.html

Ronald J. Chenail
Editor-in-Chief
Laura Patron, Managing Editor | Adam Rosenthal, TQR Community Coordinator

ISSN 1945-2853

TQR Article of the Week

Participatory and Action-Oriented Dissertations: The Challenges and Importance of Community-Engaged Graduate Research
Emily van der Meulen
Ryerson University

Qualitative Research in the News

The International Journal of Qualitative Methods Publishes Volume 10 Number 4

Left Coast Publishes Patricia Leavy's Essentials of Transdisciplinary Research: Using Problem-Centered Methodologies

2012 Market Research Trends and Predictions Issued by Sentient Decision Science

NewQual Diaries (Part 2 of 5)

Reflections on Writing a Digital Ethnography

Year in Review: Best QualBlog Posts of 2011

Describing Qualitative Research

Lessons Learned from a Volunteer-Researcher

Podcast Style Research Interviews

On the Importance of a Good Logger in Qualitative Research

Christmas 2011

NSU Online Graduate QR Certificate Open for 2012 Admissions

Winter 2012 admission for the Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research, a six course, 18 credit hour online program that prepares its graduates to understand and conduct qualitative research, is now open. In January we will offer

  • QRGP 6301 Qualitative Data Collection
  • QRGP 6302 Qualitative Data Analysis I
  • QRGP 6304 Appraising Qualitative Research

Certificate courses are available as a non-credit option at a reduced cost. Registration for single courses is also available.

For more information please email Ron Chenail at ron@nova.edu or visit our home page.

New TQR How-To Series

Conducting Qualitative Data Analysis: Qualitative Data Analysis as a Metaphoric Process
Ronald J. Chenail
Nova Southeastern University

Qualitative Research Resource of the Week

University of Melbourne International Qualitative Research Collaborationhas a number of researchers within various faculties and schools committed to qualitative research. In this collaboration are websites that deal with research information ranging from social identities to program evaluation.

The Qualitative Report Third Annual Conference: Online Registration Is Now Open

The Qualitative Report Third Annual Conference Registration and Payment Form is now online.

TQR conference attendees must register by December 28, 2011.

Registration will not be available at the conference.

Complete and updated Presentation Summaries, At-A-Glance Schedule, and Schedule for Breakout Sessions can now be found online.

Hotel and Conference Site information is also now available.

For more information, please visit the new conference web site or contact us at tqr@nova.edu.

New Calls for Conferences and Journals, Training Opportunities, and Funding

The 14th "CAQD", the MAXQDA User Conference - Call for Posters (Deadline: February 2, 2012)

CFP: Media Ethnography - The Challenges of Breaking Disciplinary Boundaries - Call for Abstracts (Deadline: February 3, 2012)

Event Management Special Issue: "Investigating the Role of Event Management in South American Communities" - Call for Papers (Deadline: March 1, 2012)

Second Contemporary Ethnography Across the Disciplines (CEAD) hui - Call for Papers (Deadline: May 18, 2012)

Previously Announced Open Calls and Conferences

New and Notable Qualitative Research Articles: Ethnographic Research

Ghodsee, K. (2011). Research, collaboration, and intelligence: When governments take an interest in feminist ethnography. Feminist Formations, 23(2), 164-189. Abstract

Kaplan, M. (2011). Lonely drinking fountains and comforting coolers: Paradoxes of Water Value and Ironies of Water Use. Cultural Anthropology, 26(4), 514-541. Abstract

Liu, S. (2011). Lawyers, state officials and significant others: symbiotic exchange in the Chinese legal services market. The China Quarterly, 206 276-293. Abstract

Tyler, M. (2011). Tainted love: From dirty work to abject labour in Soho's sex shops. Human Relations, 64(11), 1477-1500. Abstract

Wolf-Meyer, M. (2011). Natural hegemonies: Sleep and the rhythms of American capitalism. Current Anthropology, 52(6), 876-895. Abstract

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Senior Associate, Research and Evaluation (Leading Financial Services Firm)

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