Qualitative and Digital Research in Times of Crisis

Helen Kara has been an independent researcher since 1999 and specialises in creative research methods and ethics.Su-ming Khoo is Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Sociology at the National University of Ireland, Galway. She specialises in critical development studies, human rights, higher education and decolonial and transdisciplinary approaches.

• Introduction - Su-ming Khoo and Helen KaraPart 1: Reflexivity and ethics1. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should - Ali FitzGibbon2. Ethnography in crisis: methodology in the cracks - Zania Koppe3. Phenomenology of lived experience: multilayered approach and positionality - Bibek DahalPart 2: Arts-based approaches4. The arts of making-sense in uncertain times: arts-based research and autoethnography - Deborah Green, Amanda Levey, Bettina Evans,Wendy Lawson, and Kathrin Marks5. Practice-based research in times of crisis: weaving community together during lockdown - Gretchen Stolte and Lisa Oliver6. Communicating crisis research with comics: representation, process, and pedagogy - Gemma Sou and Sarah Marie HallPart 3: Digital methods7. Developing a Collaborative AutoNetnographic approach to researching doctoral students’ online experiences - Richard McGrath, Holly Bowen-Salter, Emma Milanese, and Phoebe Pearce8. The ethical implications of using digital traces: studying explainability and trust during a pandemic - Natasha Dwyer, Hector Miller-Bakewell, Tessa Darbyshire, Anirban Basu, and Steve Marsh9. The use of objects to enhance online social research interviews - Maged Zakher and Hoda Wassif10. Qualitative data re-use and secondary analysis: researching in and about a crisis - Anna Tarrant and Kahryn Hughes11. Researching older Vietnam- born migrants at a distance: the role of digital kinning - Hien Thi Nguyen, Loretta Baldassar, Raelene Wilding, and Lukasz KrzyzowskiPart 4: Recurring and longer-term crises12. A timed crisis: Australian education, migrant Asian teachers, and critical autoethnography - Aaron Teo13. Building relationships and praxis despite persistent obstacles - Maria Grazia Imperiale14. Managing ethical tensions when conducting research in fragile and conflict-affected contexts - Gbenga Akinlolu Shadare15. Beyond extraction: co-creating a decolonial and feminist research practice in post-conflict Guatemala - Aisling WalshConclusion - Helen Kara and Su-ming Khoo