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Shifting analytic ontology: using I-poems in qualitative longitudinal research

Shifting analytic ontology: using I-poems in qualitative longitudinal research
Shifting analytic ontology: using I-poems in qualitative longitudinal research
In this article we highlight the way that different qualitative analytic methods implicitly place the interpretive analyst in different sorts of relationship to their interview subject and their data. The process of data analysis constructs an analytic mode of being in relation to the interviewee and their social reality. In particular, we illustrate this point through a detailed consideration of the analytic process involved in producing I-poems from qualitative longitudinal interview data (derived from Gilligan and colleagues' 'Listening Guide'), to explore change and continuity in a case study young person's sense of self over time. We contrast how we understood those changes and continuities through the different analytic angles provided by the gaze of thematic analysis and the voices identified through I-poems.
1468-7941
202-217
Edwards, R.
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Weller, S.
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Edwards, R.
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Weller, S.
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Edwards, R. and Weller, S. (2012) Shifting analytic ontology: using I-poems in qualitative longitudinal research. Qualitative Research, 12 (2), 202-217. (doi:10.1177/1468794111422040).

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In this article we highlight the way that different qualitative analytic methods implicitly place the interpretive analyst in different sorts of relationship to their interview subject and their data. The process of data analysis constructs an analytic mode of being in relation to the interviewee and their social reality. In particular, we illustrate this point through a detailed consideration of the analytic process involved in producing I-poems from qualitative longitudinal interview data (derived from Gilligan and colleagues' 'Listening Guide'), to explore change and continuity in a case study young person's sense of self over time. We contrast how we understood those changes and continuities through the different analytic angles provided by the gaze of thematic analysis and the voices identified through I-poems.

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Accepted/In Press date: April 2011
Published date: April 2012
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Local EPrints ID: 189227
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/189227
ISSN: 1468-7941
PURE UUID: f30a1fa9-e209-4c6c-80ba-d67cf0d172dd
ORCID for R. Edwards: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3512-9029
ORCID for S. Weller: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6839-876X

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Date deposited: 31 May 2011 11:24
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:52

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Author: S. Weller ORCID iD

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