CRIM 321 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Critical Race Theory, Symbolic Interactionism, Queer Theory
19 May 2020
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Qualitative approach to knowledge building provides unique set of interrelated paradigms w/ which to garner knowledge about social reality. Paradigms - socially constructed approaches to knowledge building. Not real, but should be considered useful/not useful lenses for pursuing research problems & questions you might want to address in own research. There are multiple qualitative paradigms that at core share some basic assumptions about knowledge-building process as a whole. Primary approaches classified under 3 paradigmatic umbrella categories. Positivism - has evolved from philosophy that usually supports quantitative research. Positivists - seek out causal explanations, often phrasing questions as hypotheses. Quantitative - can be used by qualitative researchers as well, esp when they want to test out theories they have generated from qualitatively driven research. Interpretive strand - focuses on subjective experience, small-scale interactions, understanding. Critical approaches - include postmodernism, post-structuralism, feminism, critical race theory, queer theory. Similarly values experience, understanding, subjectivity, but also critiques these categories.
