What is the purpose of archiving of qualitative data and how others do it?

• Authors: Filipkowski P.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This article aims at providing base for discussion on building of Polish Archive of Qualitative Data. The author presents basic arguments for archiving and secondary analyses of qualitative data when collected. This is illustrated by Paul Thompson's case who is a predecessor of oral history, and researcher in social history, family, and a founder of exemplary archive of qualitative data in Great Britain. Then, he presents in detail two prominent European archives: the British one called 'Qualidata' and 'Deutches Gedaechtnis' (German Memory) in Germany. Both of them may be regarded as model cases in approaching to creation of the Polish archive. Finally, the author presents a catalogue of the most important European institutions dealing with archiving of qualitative data, including not only those with formal status of national archives but also some minor enterprises. He also refers to rich Polish traditions in qualitative research and to the first initiatives of archiving, until now non-academic in their character.

Keywords

EN

ARCHIVING OF QUALITATIVE DATA

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: ASK. Research and Methods
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 14
• Pages: 31-52
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Filipkowski P.

• P. Filipkowski, Szkola Nauk Spolecznych przy IFiS PAN, ul Nowy Swiat 72, 00-330 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

05PLAAAA0033810