Abstract
Qualitative research has come a long way since its origins in anthropology well over a century ago (Loftus & Rothwell, 2010). Numerous influences have shaped the development of qualitative research, which has flourished and branched off in many different directions such as grounded theory, narrative inquiry, the many approaches shaped by phenomenology, critical inquiry, and action research. There was a long period in which qualitative research had to justify its existence as a valid form of inquiry in many disciplines, the so-called “paradigm wars”. Qualitative researchers were challenged because what they were doing did not seem to be rigorous or methodical in the same way that quantitative researchers claimed for their projects.
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Loftus, S., AM, J.H., Trede, F. (2011). Researching Living Practices. In: Higgs, J., Titchen, A., Horsfall, D., Bridges, D. (eds) Creative Spaces for Qualitative Researching. Practice, Education, Work and Society, vol 5. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-761-5_1
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