Friendship as Method

In this article, the author discusses friendship as a method of qualitative inquiry. After defining friendship and positing it as a kind of fieldwork, the methodological foundations of friendship as method are established. Next, it is proposed that friendship as method involves researching with the...

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Published inQualitative inquiry Vol. 9; no. 5; pp. 729 - 749
Main Author Tillmann-Healy, Lisa M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thousand Oaks, CA SAGE Publications 01.10.2003
Sage
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Ethnography
Field work
Fieldwork
Friendship
Friendships
History, theory and methodology
Methodology
Methods
Qualitative analysis
Qualitative Methods
Qualitative research
Research methods
Research workers
Researcher Subject Relations
Sociology
qualitative methods
ethnography
friendship
Qualitative method
Friendship
Ethnography
Researcher subject relation
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Summary:In this article, the author discusses friendship as a method of qualitative inquiry. After defining friendship and positing it as a kind of fieldwork, the methodological foundations of friendship as method are established. Next, it is proposed that friendship as method involves researching with the practices, at the pace, in the natural contexts, and with an ethic of friendship. Finally, the author describes this method's strengths and considerations for both researcher and participants.
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ISSN:1077-8004
1552-7565
DOI:10.1177/1077800403254894