Doing Qualitative Research during the Covid-19 Pandemic of 2020

• Authors: Sedysheva Anna
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper I examine how the pandemic and quarantine of 2020 affected qualitative research. Employing personal narrative as a method, I show what disadvantages researchers may have met with whilst conducting their studies. The unprecedented circumstances of the restrictions and uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 crisis have had a dramatic impact on the public mental health of individuals, including academic researchers. Many online tools are very useful for qualitative researchers, but are not a substitute for face-to-face research. In this article I explain these issues more thoroughly and discuss the challenges that researchers have faced during the period of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Keywords

EN

pandemic; feminist research; mental health

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: ASK. Research and Methods
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 75-88

Contributors

author

Sedysheva Anna

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