WEBVTT Kind: captions; language: en-us NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 81% (HØY) 00:00:04.700 --> 00:00:12.300 Hi, welcome to this unit about qualitative methods. In this short video will introduce you some 00:00:12.300 --> 00:00:18.000 theoretical concepts and I will show you a couple of interesting qualitative methods that you can 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:20.200 use in your studies. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 68% (MEDIUM) 00:00:20.900 --> 00:00:29.500 Basic skill for a good qualitative researcher is the capability to observe. You can train this 00:00:29.500 --> 00:00:37.600 skill every day by taking the bus, the metro, and just observing what happens to people. You can 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:44.800 observe the proxemics, which is the distance that people take to each other. You can look at the 00:00:44.800 --> 00:00:48.650 posture when people are sitting or standing. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 89% (HØY) 00:00:48.650 --> 00:00:57.800 Another very important behavior to observe is the gaze of people. Try also to pay attention to the 00:00:57.800 --> 00:01:06.400 movements of the head. And finally, you will do observe how people communicate through gestures. You 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:14.500 can first try to familiarize yourself with single elements and then try to observe chain of events. 00:01:14.500 --> 00:01:19.000 On of the first thing we learn at school is that there are quantitative studies NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 78% (HØY) 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:24.600 and qualitative studies. Independently from the problem you want to study that you have to 00:01:24.600 --> 00:01:27.950 choose either one or the other. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 91% (HØY) 00:01:27.950 --> 00:01:37.200 The flute is that, we study the quality of human experience. While quantitative methods translate 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:46.000 this experience into numbers, the qualitative methods translate the experience into words. We often 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:54.150 do not pay enough attention to the place where we collect our data. The research situation is indeed 00:01:54.150 --> 00:01:58.449 a specific social contexts that put together NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 87% (HØY) 00:01:58.449 --> 00:02:06.800 the researcher, the participants, the instrument and the physical place. No space is neutral. Even a 00:02:06.800 --> 00:02:14.950 laboratory is actually concrete social setting filled with social suggestions. So as a researcher, 00:02:14.950 --> 00:02:23.700 we must learn to use the different feature of this space. A large part of qualitative research is 00:02:23.700 --> 00:02:28.550 based on verbal accounts, like questionnaires interviews scales. Of course NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 90% (HØY) 00:02:28.550 --> 00:02:34.100 language is the main form of organizing human experience, but is not the only one. So we must 00:02:34.100 --> 00:02:41.950 learn to work with different communication modalities. Qualitative research is about making visible 00:02:41.950 --> 00:02:48.400 the meaning and not all the meaning can be expressed verbally. For instance, when it comes to 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:55.500 sensitive and controversial topics, or when it's about capturing the experience and insight of 00:02:55.500 --> 00:02:58.649 marginalized group, including for instance people NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 70% (MEDIUM) 00:02:58.649 --> 00:03:06.300 with complex support needs. It's also problematic when you deal with people with different language 00:03:06.300 --> 00:03:08.000 skills. NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 85% (HØY) 00:03:08.600 --> 00:03:16.000 The second part of this unit you will be introduced to two different qualitative methods. They use 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:22.800 different channel of communication to have access to human experience. The first method is called 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:29.900 go along interview and is a special technique of interview that's happening while people are 00:03:29.900 --> 00:03:36.700 walking into meaningful spaces. The second technique is called body mapping and involves 00:03:36.700 --> 00:03:39.350 participants tracing a life-sized outliner NOTE Treffsikkerhet: 70% (MEDIUM) 00:03:39.350 --> 00:03:45.400 of thier body, and then completing the space with visual representation, symbols and words, related to 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:54.200 the experience under investigation. You will find online some readings and some videos that you are 00:03:54.200 --> 00:04:02.400 required to read and watch before our next encounter. Then you are required to come with some 00:04:02.400 --> 00:04:06.200 reflection that we will share during the lesson.