A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research

David Silverman trained as a sociologist at the London School of Economics and the University of California, Los Angeles. He taught for 32 years at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he is now Emeritus Professor in the Sociology Department as well as Visiting Professor in the Business Schools, King’s College, London, Leeds University and University of Technology Sydney and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology. He is interested in conversation and discourse analysis and he has researched medical consultations, shelters for homeless people and HIV-test counselling.He is the author of Doing Qualitative Research (sixth edition, 2022) and A Very Short, Fairly Interesting, Reasonably Cheap Book about Qualitative Research (second edition, 2013c). He is the editor of Qualitative Research (fifth edition, 2021) and the Sage series Introducing Qualitative Methods. In recent years, he has offered short, hands-on workshops in qualitative research for universities in Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, and is one of the most-cited Sociology academics on Google Scholar.Now retired from full-time work, he aims to watch 100 days of county cricket a year. He also enjoys spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandsons as well as voluntary work in a residential home for older people where he chats and sings with residents.

• IntroductionPreface: Making a Space for This BookChapter 1: Innumerable Inscrutable Habits: Why Unremarkable Things MatterChapter 2: On Finding and Manufacturing Qualitative DataChapter 3: Instances or Sequences?Chapter 4: Applying Qualitative ResearchChapter 5: The Aesthetics of Qualitative Research: On Bullshit and TonsilsA Very Short Conclusion

David Silverman guides the reader along an enlightening pathway, exploring current issues relevant to studying the minutia of social life through naturalistic data.Sarah Seymour-SmithNottingham Trent University A very short suggestion: read it immediately and discover how qualitative research is best carried out!Lars StrannegardStockholm School of Economics