Building on the definition offered by Aspers and Corte, I argue that qualitative research is not
qualitative simply because it encodes for the ability “to get closer” to the phenomenon being …

In this study I explore Canadian women's use of midwifery to examine whether their choice
represents a resistance to the medicalization of pregnancy/childbirth. Through my analysis …

This article addresses potential effects on reflexivity of researcher's social position (eg
gender, age, race, immigration status, sexual orientation), personal experiences, and …

As the use of qualitative inquiry increases within the field of social work, researchers must
consider the issue of establishing rigor in qualitative research. This article presents research …

Disabled people are routinely assumed to lack the capabilities and capacities to embody
and experience sexuality and desire, as well as the agency to love and be loved by others …

Trans Kids is a trenchant ethnographic and interview-based study of the first generation of
families affirming and facilitating gender nonconformity in children. Earlier generations of …

In Fixing Families, Jennifer Reich takes us inside Child Protective Services for an in-depth
look at the entire organization. Following families from the beginning of a case to its …

Explores the experiences of homeschooling mothers Mothers who homeschool their
children constantly face judgmental questions about their choices, and yet the …

This paper details the author's experiments with accessing the visceral realm in research on
the food-based social movement, Slow Food (SF).“Visceral” is defined as the bodily realm …

Can we ever fully prepare ourselves for the fieldwork moments in which our pre-conceived
interests, ideas, and questions meet the complex realities of our subjects' lives? In “The …