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= Introduction to the manual = | = Introduction to the manual = | ||
Over the past few years there has been a growing interest in the value of qualitative social research in the South. While there is a growing recognition of the potential inherent in rigorous and good quality qualitative approaches to research, the know-how pertaining to the why and how has not been as widely disseminated as it could be. This manual is a small attempt at redressing this imbalance and to aid greater collaboration amongst qualitative researchers. It provides a wide range of materials that might be of use in intensive training programmes, allowing a critical engagement with key issues as well as the development of basic research skills. | |||
Our | The manual is an outcome of a research partnership ([http://recoup.educ.cam.ac.uk/ RECOUP]) involving institutions of the South and the North. Our partnership not only demanded a range of research skills, both quantitative and qualitative in nature, but it also brought together people from varied disciplines, where it became crucial to foster a shared understanding, not only of how to do research, but also around what we meant by research itself. This manual presents a snapshot of how we developed a programme that enabled all of us to engage in a useful dialogue (and indeed practice various skills) about qualitative research. It formed the backbone of workshops that were organised in India, Kenya, Ghana and Pakistan, and then again in India. What is presented here might seem straightforward: but the reality is far from this. Each workshop helped us evolve this manual in different ways and it has changed considerably from the original – we hope for the better. The spirit of dialogue, experimentation and a belief in the value of qualitative research that we developed during the process of refining the manual underpins our desire to share this work. We do not believe the process is over now that the manual is on the web: we hope everyone who reads and uses this material will tell us how it went, and engage with us and other users to adapt and improve it. | ||
= Who can use this manual? = | = Who can use this manual? = | ||
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= Open Educational Resources and Creative Commons = | = Open Educational Resources and Creative Commons = | ||
This is `open access' work | This is an `open access' work: an Open Educational Resource or Open CourseWare. We explicitly allow using and re-using the materials for non-commercial purposes, and if the materials are useful and are used, that will give us a great deal of pleasure. | ||
As an open educational resource, the materials are licensed under a Creative Commons By-NC-SA license, allowing you to reuse the materials provided that you do not make commercial use | |||
and share any derived materials under the same license. The license also asks that you acknowledge this manual as the source (so that other people can easily find it) and let us know how you have developed the ideas. (The license text [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ is available on the Creative Commons site], and further details can be found on [[RECOUP:Copyrights]].) | |||
Moreover, beyond the text of the manual, this wiki itself is a community resource. We welcome and encourage contributions, comments, amendments, translations: This is your resource. Read the [[Community]] page to find out more. | |||
= Reading and downloading = | = Reading and downloading = | ||
