PowerPoint slides from the Braun, Clarke & Hayfield 
   Qualitative Methods Online Teaching & Learning 
   Resources Collaboration (QMOTLRC)
    Topic overview
    oThis is the second of two lectures – each divided into three parts - exploring 
    the values, characteristics, and theoretical and philosophical foundations of 
    qualitative research.
    oThe aim of this second lecture is to provide further grounding in the 
    foundations of qualitative research - introducing some of the concepts and 
    terminology that define qualitative research.
    oThis lecture explores some of defining characteristics of qualitative research 
    and how qualitative research differs from quantitative research.
    oThis lecture also builds on the discussion of different orientations to qualitative 
    research in the first lecture by considering experiential and critical qualitative 
    ‘camps’.
    oFinally this lecture explores the key concepts of subjectivity and reflexivity and 
    the ontological and epistemological foundations of qualitative research.
    oThere are some opportunities to pause the recording and reflect on your 
    knowledge and understanding of qualitative research.
   Lecture overview
   oPart 1: Key characteristics of qualitative research
   oPart 2: Experiential and critical qualitive research
   oPart 3: Key (theoretical and philosophical) concepts in 
    qualitative research
   Pause for reflection 1
   • If you have listened to Foundations of Qualitative Research 
    1, pause the recording and make a note of your 
    understanding of –
    •  An empathic orientation to meaning
    •  A suspicious orientation to meaning
   Experiential vs. 
   critical qualitative
   • In Foundations of Qualitative Research 1, we discussed different 
    orientations to meaning (empathic vs. suspicious) and different 
    views of language (reflective vs. active).
   • These broadly map onto two qualitative research ‘camps’ – 
    experiential and critical.
   • Others argue there are different qualitative research paradigms –  
    positivist, interpretative, post-structuralist and radical is a 
    common mapping (see Grant & Giddings, 2002).
   • Whether experiential (interpretative) and critical (post-
    structuralist) are camps or paradigms, the important ‘take away’ 
    is that qualitative research is not ‘one thing’.
        See Braun & Clarke (2013), Reicher (2000)