Lost in Translation? Openness, Reflexivity and Pragmatism as Guiding Principles for Cross-Language Qualitative Research
In increasingly globalised and linguistically diverse societies, cross-language constellations in qualitative research are becoming more probable and necessary. Based on experiences we gained during our research in foreign language settings, we reflect on three guiding principles of qualitative rese...
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| description | In increasingly globalised and linguistically diverse societies, cross-language constellations in qualitative research are becoming more probable and necessary. Based on experiences we gained during our research in foreign language settings, we reflect on three guiding principles of qualitative research—openness, reflexivity and pragmatism—and how they are applied when dealing with the manifold challenges of linguistic understanding. Taking up ongoing discussions about this issue, we provide an account of a reflexive methodology aware of its preconditions and limitations. We argue in favour of a confident approach towards language difficulties and point out that qualitative research has always demanded the chosen methods to be flexible enough to adjust to challenges in the field. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-36a72f951cde40c5b80b33edbe8d44012022-12-21T20:01:28ZdeuFQSForum: Qualitative Social Research1438-56272021-09-0122310.17169/fqs-22.3.3722Lost in Translation? Openness, Reflexivity and Pragmatism as Guiding Principles for Cross-Language Qualitative ResearchFranz Erhard0Nadine Jukschat1Kornelia Sammet2Universität SiegenHochschule Zittau/GörlitzDeutsches JugendinstitutIn increasingly globalised and linguistically diverse societies, cross-language constellations in qualitative research are becoming more probable and necessary. Based on experiences we gained during our research in foreign language settings, we reflect on three guiding principles of qualitative research—openness, reflexivity and pragmatism—and how they are applied when dealing with the manifold challenges of linguistic understanding. Taking up ongoing discussions about this issue, we provide an account of a reflexive methodology aware of its preconditions and limitations. We argue in favour of a confident approach towards language difficulties and point out that qualitative research has always demanded the chosen methods to be flexible enough to adjust to challenges in the field.https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/3722cross-language researchforeign languagestranslationgap of understandingopennessreflexivity |
| spellingShingle | Franz Erhard Nadine Jukschat Kornelia Sammet Lost in Translation? Openness, Reflexivity and Pragmatism as Guiding Principles for Cross-Language Qualitative Research Forum: Qualitative Social Research cross-language research foreign languages translation gap of understanding openness reflexivity |
| title | Lost in Translation? Openness, Reflexivity and Pragmatism as Guiding Principles for Cross-Language Qualitative Research |
| title_full | Lost in Translation? Openness, Reflexivity and Pragmatism as Guiding Principles for Cross-Language Qualitative Research |
| title_fullStr | Lost in Translation? Openness, Reflexivity and Pragmatism as Guiding Principles for Cross-Language Qualitative Research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lost in Translation? Openness, Reflexivity and Pragmatism as Guiding Principles for Cross-Language Qualitative Research |
| title_short | Lost in Translation? Openness, Reflexivity and Pragmatism as Guiding Principles for Cross-Language Qualitative Research |
| title_sort | lost in translation openness reflexivity and pragmatism as guiding principles for cross language qualitative research |
| topic | cross-language research foreign languages translation gap of understanding openness reflexivity |
| url | https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/3722 |
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