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Title: | Carspecken's critical methodology - A theoretical assessment | Contributor(s): | Holmes, Colin (author); Smyth, Wendy (author) | Publication Date: | 2011 | DOI: | 10.5172/mra.2011.5.2.146 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20912 | Abstract: | This paper builds on the authors' earlier introduction to Carspecken's highly theorized 'critical qualitative research' methodology, also referred to as 'critical ethnography', and reviews its diverse theoretical origins. In particular, it briefly reviews the contribution of philosophical pragmatism, critical social theory, phenomenology, and the expressivism of J. G. Herder. It goes on to describe and assess the extent to which Carspecken successfully integrates these in order to create a coherent theoretical foundation for research, and outlines the virtues and weaknesses that characterise his methodology. Through an appeal to pragmatic philosophy, Carspecken sets aside the host of theoretical problems raised by his eclecticism, and for researchers similarly unmoved by theoretical anomalies and contradictions, his methodology offers a potentially productive, flexible approach to critical ethnographic research. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, 5(2), p. 146-154 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1834-0814 1834-0806 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920210 Nursing | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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