Open AccessDoing Qualitative Research during the Covid-19 Pandemic of 2020
Author(s) -
Anna Sedysheva
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ask research and methods
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2544-0799
pISSN - 1234-9224
DOI - 10.18061/ask.v29i1.0005
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , face (sociological concept) , qualitative research , narrative , mental health , public relations , quarantine , psychology , political science , sociology , medicine , social science , virology , psychiatry , linguistics , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pathology , philosophy
In this paper I examine how the pandemic and quarantine of 2020 affected qualitative research. Employing personal narrative as a method, I show what disadvantages researchers may have met with whilst conducting their studies. The unprecedented circumstances of the restrictions and uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 crisis have had a dramatic impact on the public mental health of individuals, including academic researchers. Many online tools are very useful for qualitative researchers, but are not a substitute for face-to-face research. In this article I explain these issues more thoroughly and discuss the challenges that researchers have faced during the period of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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