期刊名称：Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research
印刷版ISSN：1438-5627
出版年度：2021
卷号：22
期号：3
DOI：10.17169/fqs-22.3.3722
语种：English
出版社：Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research
摘要：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.
关键词：cross-language research;foreign languages;translation;gap of understanding;openness;reflexivity;pragmatism
