Abstract
This chapter aims to introduce issues that arise because qualitative research typically involves interpersonal relationships, interpretations, and experiences. I discuss three issues of which qualitative researchers need to be aware: (1) the more formal ethical issues raised by qualitative research projects; (2) the power relations of qualitative research; and (3) objectivity, subjectivity, and intersubjectivity. Rather than advocating simple for dealing with these issues, the chapter proposes that researchers be 'critically reflexive'.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Qualitative research methods in human geography |
| Editors | Iain Hay |
| Place of Publication | South Melbourne, Vic. |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 19-29 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Edition | 2nd |
| ISBN (Print) | 019555079X |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |