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- Title
The Methods and Meanings of Collaborative Team Research.
- Authors
Houston, Serin D.; Hyndman, Jennifer; McLean, James; Jamal, Arif
- Abstract
Team research enables the collection of multiple, sometimes conflicting, stories of migration, family, and belonging. Using common qualitative methods within a team research context can stretch these research techniques in productive and instructive ways and proffer new insight and meaning. Therefore, the authors suggest that team research offers an important avenue for both extending qualitative methods and expanding interpretative lenses. To illustrate these points, the authors draw upon their study of the settlement and migration patterns of East African Shia Ismaili Muslims in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and discuss their experiences with focus group effects, the simultaneous household interview strategy, and postinterview dialogues. The article highlights how these three techniques and effects enacted in the team research context helped the authors explicitly locate contradictions, ambiguities, and paradoxes within the narratives of first- and second-generation Ismailis.
- Subjects
EMIGRATION &; immigration; FAMILY research; SOCIAL work research; EVALUATION research (Social action programs); QUALITATIVE research; RESEARCH teams
- Publication
Qualitative Inquiry, 2010, Vol 16, Issue 4, p285
- ISSN
1077-8004
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1077800409346411