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Letters home and postcards from the edge: meaning and relationship in a large scale survey
Author/Creator
Taylor, Ann Clare Thorington
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Education & Arts, School of Humanities and Social Science
Description
The qualitative analysis of open ended data collected as part of a large scale quantitative research project raises issues about the gendering of methodology and the nature of the relationship between researchers and the researched. While feminist critics have argued that quantitative research is impersonal and post-structuralist critics are concerned with heightened surveillance, this analysis of women's spontaneous writing from the Australian Longitudinal Women's Health Project suggests the possibility of a trusting relationship which despite or even because of its distant and confidential nature, may be for some women a source of emotional support, a feeling of belonging and feedback about their life progress. As such, the project itself may be a source of 'social support' and health benefit, despite its quantitative nature and normalising effect.
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The TASA & SAANZ Joint Conference 2007. TASA & SAANZ Joint Conference Proceedings: Public Sociologies: Lessons and Trans-Tasman Comparisons (Auckland, New Zealand 4-7 December, 2007)
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http://www.tasa.org.au/conferences/conferencepapers07/pages/refereed_papers.htm
Date
2007
Publisher
University of Auckland
Keyword(s)
quantitative research;  methodology;  qualitative analysis;  open ended data collection
Resource Type
conference paper
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/44682
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ISBN:9782868691145
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