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Voice, Representation, Relationships: Report of the Open Qualitative Research Working Group

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    • Publisher Information:
      University of Cambridge Working Group on Open Qualitative Research 2023-01-03T10:30:39Z 2023-01-03T10:30:39Z 2022 2022-12-20T09:40:13Z
    • Abstract:
      There is strong support for the open research agenda among qualitative researchers. This report broadly defines qualitative research as the exploration of communities’ and individuals’ perspectives and lived experiences and how people meaningfully construct and negotiate social worlds in specific contexts. Such research typically involves natural-language descriptions, rather than numerical measurements. However, University advocates of open research and funders’ open research policies tend to frame key tenets and desired outcomes in terms of the priorities, methodological approaches and quality markers of STEMM fields and the quantitative social sciences. Qualitative research is heterogeneous, and STEMM-oriented open-data policies can be at odds with qualitative researchers’ values. Instead of building trust and transparency into the research process, such policies can undermine or inhibit collaboration and engagement that are crucial for ongoing qualitative work. Nevertheless, many qualitative researchers – and we as a working group – feel that open research presents huge opportunities for innovation in our fields and, therefore, hope to make discussions about open research at Cambridge University more inclusive of qualitative researchers’ viewpoints. This report includes a number of concrete recommendations that respond to the dialogic, emergent, abundant and relational aspects of qualitative research by proposing context-specific guidelines, infrastructures and training resources.
    • Subject Terms:
      open data; open research; qualitative research; Report
    • Availability:
      Open access content. Open access content
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    • Note:
      application/pdf
      English
    • Other Numbers:
      HS1 oai:www.repository.cam.ac.uk:1810/344820
      10.17863/CAM.91979
      1488664821
    • Contributing Source:
      UNIV OF CAMBRIDGE
      From OAIster®, provided by the OCLC Cooperative.
    • Accession Number:
      edsoai.on1488664821
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