Understanding Qualitative Inquiry (QI)

Understanding Qualitative Inquiry (QI) unfolds in five sections. To understand qualitative inquiry today, you need to know its origins. Section 1 includes four chapters, opening with the editor's own account of the evolution of qualitative inquiry over the past five decades. The other chapters explore teaching qualitative research and the philosophical foundations that support it, one of the most powerful forces shaping the field today is technology. The chapters of Section 2, "e;The Digital Revolution"e;, include a comprehensive overview of AI, a deep reflection about listening and slowing down, and a review of data and the digital age. One important shift in qualitative inquiry over the decades has been shifting roles of the self. Section 3 deals with the reflective self; as researchers, we can spend days and months designing and doing a study, but what goes out to the larger community is what others see or hear. Section 4, "e;Telling the Story"e;, provides examples of different ways to convey information. A final chapter includes speculations, thoughts, and ideas about the future.