Mindful Qualitative Researcher

This book explores the ways in which mindfulness can enhance the role of the researcher in qualitative inquiry. Many qualitative method texts discuss honing self-reflexivity, developing awareness, or bracketing pre-existing knowledge. However, few texts provide a tool to learn how to exercise reflexivity, cultivate awareness, or identify biases. This book uses a tangible practice, mindfulness meditation, as a means to train and prepare researchers across disciplines to enter into the field. It is written with the novice researcher in mind, specifically those navigating a graduate program and being introduced to qualitative methods for the first time. Each chapter presents a qualitative method along with a mindfulness practice that stems from the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) philosophy and training. The reader is encouraged to complete a writing component, Mindful Memos, alongside the practice.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Exploring the Self by Learning to Listen
Chapter 3: Interviewing with a Beginner's Mind
Chapter 4: Sharing Loving-Kindness in Focus Groups
Chapter 5: Mindfully Walking into Participant Observation
Chapter 6: Noting to Deal with Data Management
Chapter 7: Exercising Open Awareness in Data Analysis
Chapter 8: Slowing Down to Begin Writing
Chapter 9: Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Laura L. Lemon, Laura L. L. Lemon
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.09.2024
• EAN: 9781071879139
• ISBN: 978-1-0-7187913-9
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Qualitative Research Methods
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; EDUCATION / Research, PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology, MEDICAL / Nursing / Research & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology, Social research & statistics, Psychological methodology, Social research and statistics, Research methods: general, Textbook, coursework