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Curr. 2021 § 5 (1) 5: Students understand the logic of the qualitative research paradigm. They know the most common qualitative methods and can apply them to answer a sociological research question. They will be able to analyze qualitative data in a methodologically controlled manner and present the results clearly in the form of a research report. Overall, they are able to create a qualitative research design and independently carry out the entire research process from the research question to the results report. 

The seminar focuses on intersectional qualitative research approaches. The term intersectionality encompasses the idea of multidimensional and multilayered social structures and stratifications in which an individual is positioned. The focus on just one category (e.g. gender, age or ethnic origin) creates an invisible hierarchy of privileges and disadvantages between people who are labeled with the same identity category. The concept of intersectionality has become very widespread in the social sciences, although the concept entails major methodological challenges.

The seminar begins with an examination of the conceptual and methodological foundations, challenges and possibilities of an intersectional qualitative research design. Building on this, research questions will be formulated in small groups and concrete research designs will be developed and implemented (including data collection and analysis and writing up the results).

Reading of mandatory literature, practical exercises, presentations and discussions.

Attendance and active participation, presentation and research report

• Cuádraz, G. H., & Uttal, L. (1999). Intersectionality and In-depth Interviews: Methodological Strategies for Analyzing Race, Class, and Gender. Race, Gender & Class, 6(3), 156–186. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41674900
• Esposito, Jennifer and Evans-Winters, Venus (2022) Introduction to Intersectional Qualitative Research, SAGE.
• Labelle, Alexie (2020) Bringing epistemology into intersectional methodology, European Journal of Politics and Gender, Vol. 3, No. 3, 409-236.
• Misra, Joya; Curington, Celeste Vaughan and Green, Venus Mary (2021) Methods of intersectional research, Sociological Spectrum, Vol. 41, No. 1, 9-28.
• Windsong, Elena Ariel (2018) Incorporating intersectionality into research design: an example using qualitative interviews, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 21:2, 135-147, DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2016.1268361

successful completion of compulsory module 3