Volume 8, No. 3, Art. 12 – September 2007

Review:

Ralf Bohnsack, Aglaja Przyborski & Burkhart Schäffer (Eds.) (2006). Das Gruppendiskussionsverfahren in der Forschungspraxis [Group Discussions in Research Practice]

Daniela Jauk (Austria)

Abstract: This anthology by BOHNSACK, PRZYBORSKI and SCHÄFFER promises insights into concrete models of group discussions in specific fields of research (such as infancy, adolescence, and actual applications in organizational and social contexts). It also offers a wide range of methodological reflections. Most of all, it encourages readers to take a closer look at the practice of reconstructive research by presenting parts of original transcripts and their interpretations. However, the book only considers German researchers working in the tradition of the co-editor Ralf BOHNSACK’s documentary methodology, which—lacking broader historical contextualization—sometimes leaves an aftertaste of self-referentiality. The fact that the book focuses mainly on research in progress may be the reason for the excellent explanation and meta-theoretical background of the methodology, but those who expect more content to accompany the form may be left ungratified by some authors’ contributions.

Key words: methodology, reconstructive social research/methodology, group discussion, documentary methodology, focus groups, research practice

This contribution is only available as a full text in the German language. German text

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