Abstract
This case study addresses how participant observation sessions and semi-structured interviews were combined in a PhD study concluded in 2011. Its principles can be applied to other mixed-qualitative methods research projects. It considers the advantages of the methods used as well as how the methodological, theoretical and practical challenges that the methods presented were managed during the research. Specifically, the case illuminates the advantages and challenges of using these qualitative methods to produce accounts of everyday thought and practice that are both plausible (rather than valid/accurate), that is, credible to gay men and the academic community, and transferable (rather than replicable), that is, could be heard in similar post-industrial cities with growing gay cultures or ‘scenes’.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Sage Research Methods in Action Case Studies |
| Editors | Publications Sage |
| Place of Publication | London/Thousand Oaks (CA) |
| Publisher | Sage |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 1 Oct 2014 |