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Call for Abstracts
Social Work Day, Wednesday, May 18, 2011
International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, Illinois, USA
Join colleagues from all over the world
for the first-ever international conference on qualitative social work.
Theme
On the Shoulders of Giants:
Qualitative Research
& Social Work’s Intellectual History
Topics:
We are seeking research that has one or more of the following characteristics:
Emancipatory: based on values of social justice & seeks to bring about social change
Phenomenological: seeks to understand research participants’ points of view
Shows immersion: based upon in-depth interviews, observations, and/or document analysis
Researcher reflexivity: Shows how researchers’ personal and professional experience may influence
research processes & how research processes may influence researchers
Ecological: takes into account the influences of multiple influences on research participants
Flexible methods: grounded theory, analytic induction, deductive qualitative analysis, life histories,
narrative analysis, multiple methods, and others
Historical: Discusses social work’s intellectual history and its relevance for today
Innovative: uses participatory action research, performance ethnography, poetry, art, music, songs,
photovoice, adaptation of interventions to new populations, change process research, logic models, task
analysis, among others
Practical outcomes: descriptive research, assessments, interventions, process & outcome evaluations,
performances, model development, theory testing & development, & more
Abstracts due on January 15, 2011
Submission Guidelines at: http://www.icqi.org/participation.html
Cheap Accommodations! Free registration if registered for main conference!
Contact Jane Gilgun, Convener, Social Work Day, at jgilgun@umn.edu