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Conference
Celebrating 40 Years of Qualitative Excellence – 2023 Annual Conference
Our 2023 conference theme, “Eyes, Ears, Senses, Oh My! Powering Up for the Future of Qual,” is about honing our skills for the next 40 years, which will undoubtedly be centered on a digital-first and tech-enabled world. Charlotte, North Carolina, is the perfect backdrop for this context, given it is one of the fastest-growing southern U.S. cities and caters to a wide variety of industries from banking, energy, and you guessed it—technology. […]
Business Matters
Let’s Talk About Side Hustles
Independent qualitative researchers can find themselves riding a financial roller coaster, as the economy ebbs and flows in an inconsistent pattern. Establishing a secondary source of revenue, one unrelated to qualitative research, can offer some stability. This article explores approaches qualitative researchers have taken, as well as key issues for consideration, and unexpected ways in which side hustles can benefit researchers, while keeping the lights on. […]
Toolbox
Ethical Dilemmas in Studying Family Consumption
Conducting ethnographic research with families poses unique ethical challenges. While we need to find common ground and connect with the people we’re learning from, too great a degree of entanglement can compromise our research. […]