Elizabeth Archer & Brendon Barnes 
Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences [EPUB ebook] 
Case Studies from South Africa

Social science researchers in the global South, and in South Africa particularly, utilise research methods in innovative ways in order to respond to contexts characterised by diversity, racial and political tensions, socioeconomic disparities and gender inequalities. These methods often remain undocumented – a gap that this book starts to address. Written by experts from various methodological fields, Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences is a comprehensive collation of original essays and cutting-edge research that demonstrates the variety of novel techniques and research methods available to researchers responding to these context-bound issues. It is particularly relevant for study and research in the fields of applied psychology, sociology, ethnography, biography and anthropology. In addition to their unique combination of conceptual and application issues, the chapters also include discussions on ethical considerations relevant to the method in similar global South contexts. Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences has much to offer to researchers, professionals and others involved in social science research both locally and internationally.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Tables and figures

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 Research as practice: Contextualising applied research in the South African context – Sherianne Kramer, Angelo Fynn and Sumaya Laher

Section 1 Quantitative methods

Chapter 2 Non-experimental research designs: Investigating the spatial distribution and social ecology of male homicide – Lu-Anne Swart, Sherianne Kramer, Kopano Ratele and Mohamed Seedat

Chapter 3 Longitudinal designs: The RANCH-SA study – Kate Cockcroft, Paul Goldschagg and Joseph Seabi

Chapter 4 Establishing factorial validity of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale: A cross-sectional design – Malose Makhubela and Solomon Mashegoane

Chapter 5 Using the WAIS-III to illustrate test norming strategies for valid cognitive assessment: A non-experimental design – Ann B. Shuttleworth-Edwards

Chapter 6 Quasi-experimental designs in applied behavioural health research – Brendon R. Barnes

Chapter 7 Experimental research: Randomised control trials to evaluate task-shifting interventions – Goodman Sibeko and Dan J. Stein

Chapter 8 Repeated-measures Factorial Design: Exploring working memory interactions in earworms – Thomas Geffen and Michael Pitman

Chapter 9 Q Methodology:  Patterns of subjectivity in academic misconduct – Gillian Finchilescu and Saloshni Muthal

Section 2 Qualitative methods

Chapter 10 Systematic case study research in clinical and counselling psychology – David J.A. Edwards

Chapter 11 Doing psychobiography: The case of Christiaan Barnard – Roelf van Niekerk, Tracey Prenter and Paul Fouché

Chapter 12 Narrative research in career counselling: The career construction interview – Jacobus G. Maree

Chapter 13 Interrogating grounded theory in meaning-making of voluntary medical adult male circumcision for HIV prevention – Lynlee Howard-Payne

Chapter 14 Feminist approaches: An exploration of women’s gendering experiences – Peace Kiguwa

Chapter 15 The power of critical discourse analysis: Investigating female-perpetrated sex abuse victim discourses – Sherianne Kramer

Chapter 16 Using ethnomethodology and conversation analysis to study racial social categories in radio talk – Kevin A. Whitehead

Chapter 17 Autoethnography: Locating the voice of the self in post-apartheid South Africa – Jeanette Schmid

Chapter 18 Genealogy in practice: Labour, discipline and power in the production of the South African mine worker – Brett Bowman, Ian Siemers and Kevin A. Whitehead

Section 3 Transparadigmatic methods

Chapter 19 Transformative mixed methods research in South Africa: Contributions to social justice – Brendon R. Barnes

Chapter 20 Design research: Developing effective feedback interventions for school-based monitoring – Elizabeth Archer

Chapter 21 Appreciative inquiry as transformative methodology: Case studies in health and wellness – Kathryn Nel and Saraswathie Govender

Chapter 22 Photovoice methodologies for social justice – Shose Kessi, Debbie Kaminer, Floretta Boonzaier and Despina Learmonth

Chapter 23 Action and community-based research: Improving local governance practices through the community scorecard – Diana Sanchez-Betancourt and Elmé Vivier

Chapter 24 Trends in social science research in Africa: Rigour, relevance and responsibility – Sumaya Laher, Angelo Fynn and Sherianne Kramer

Contributors

Index

Über den Autor

Sherianne Kramer is a Social Science researcher and lecturer at the Amsterdam University College and the Amsterdam Council on International Educational Exchange.