Reclaiming Impact in Qualitative Research

Abstract: In both academic and practitioner literature, the term "impact" is conceptualized broadly. Yet the application of impact is construed much more narrowly, in association with (uni)-directional relationships between variables and methodological frameworks oriented towards a positivist approach. Such a conceptualization is problematic, particularly in the context of initiatives that have a goal of internal, individual transformation. Thus, I suggest reconceptualizing impact to acknowledge human agency and explore change more holistically. I argue for a reclaiming of impact by the post-positivist qualitative research community, given the potential of qualitative methodologies to elucidate dialogic understandings of impact and the intersubjective context through which transformation emerges. https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/3826

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Reclaiming Impact in Qualitative Research ; volume:23 ; number:2 ; day:30 ; month:05 ; year:2022 ; Forum qualitative Sozialforschung ; 23, Heft 2 (30.05.2022)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Ross, Karen

Further information

• DOI: 10.17169/fqs-22.2.3826
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022060502245813179832
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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