KWALON - Volume 27, Issue 3, 2022

Abstract Methods for qualitative remote research The restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic brought together researchers from the Netherlands and India in the research project EQUIMOB to assess effects of the pandemic on social life. This paper describes the opportunities and limitations of methods for conducting remote research, and in additional papers we will discuss two examples of qualitative remote rese Read More

Abstract Ethnograpic research in your ‘own setting’. Two opportunistic studies of stigmatization in the Netherlands. In this article, the authors discuss their own experiences with doing opportunistic ethnography: doing participant observations in a familiar setting in which you are already an ordinary participant. On the one hand, they elaborate on the advantages, such as skipping the time-consuming and uncertain challenge Read More

Abstract Ethics of participatory action research Participatory action research, (extreme) citizen science, living labs or other forms of research with patients or citizen participation continues to grow in popularity. While these research approaches embrace inclusiveness, social justice, and co-ownership, they are not necessarily “ethical”. Ethical issues regularly arise in everyday practice, surrounding partnership, collaboration Read More