¶ … Remembering the 1960s
Qualitative Research Design: Remembering the 1960s
…the qualitative researcher often is the instrument, relying on his or her skills to receive information in natural contexts and uncover its meaning by descriptive, exploratory, or explanatory procedures. (Sage Pub, 2012,-Page 345)
Produce & explain a research design.
The 1960s are a truly significant decade in modern world history. During this time, there was a prevalence of open-mindedness, expression, experimentation, cultural flourishing, and cultural struggles. It was a notable decade with respect to a plethora of categories such as politics, economics, foreign policy, international relations, music, film, art, literature, and more. The 1960s are also known as a decade of in depth cultural integration, especially in countries such as the United States of America. Whatever the cause, the 1960s are known as a decade with a prevalence for activism. It was a moment in history when many groups with diverse interests around the world effectively perform grassroots organization as a means to achieve their goals or objectives.
In the 21st century, there is an analogous resurgence for camaraderie and activism. The proliferation of information technologies and the significance of media in nearly every industry shows how, if in comparison to the 2010's, there are new qualities in additions to similarities between the mindset, perspectives, and experiences in the 1960s. It is nearly always valuable to study and learn from history.
The proposed research design serves to remember the 1960s. There is moderate to exceptional potential for such research to be applied and interpreted in several ways, as is indicative of qualitative research. If the research would actually be carried out, I would want to interpret the findings towards connections between the 1960s and the 2010s; perceive clear & direct evidence of the influence of the 1960s in modern lifestyle, perspective, action, etc.; as well as perceive the differences in American culture between now and then. The focal questions for this research are: How can we perceive the influence of the 1960s the evidence in modern life? In which ways are the 1960s most similar to the 2010s? How compatible are the values of the 1960s with the values of the 2010s?
I am interested in the 1960s because it is my favorite moment in modern history for many, many reasons. I would be interested to see a number of the positive manifestations and effects from the 1960s to be repeated in the 21st century, only having learned from the mistakes of that era and integrated the lessons from those mistakes into the 21st century versions of those endeavors.
The paper serves to explain and propose a qualitative research design for remember the 1960s in the 2010s. The paper also acknowledges the viability of a research design that utilizes the qualitative approach as part of a mixed methods and/or experimental research design. In addition to outlining the specific research design, the paper will moreover support the reasoning for the research and support the choice for a qualitative approach to the research design.
The basic structure to the proposed qualitative research design as a means to remember the 1960s consists of design narrative research. There would be elements of general narrative research in combination with elements from a specific form of narrative research, design narrative research. I select these forms of research primarily because this research is a sort of historical project. It very clearly depends on the act of remembering. Narrative research and design research lends themselves quite well as methods for such a research endeavor.
In addition to the stories that appear in people's ordinary conversations, narrative researchers study stories they solicit from others: oral stories obtained through interviews and written stories through requests. The study of stories and the "storying" process is undertaken by various academic disciplines including literary criticism, history, philosophy, organizational theory, and social science. Within social science, stories are studied by anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, and educators. (Polkinghorne, 2007,-Page 1)
Stories, by the definition asserted above, are implicit to the approach and perspective of methodology in qualitative social science research. Stories and qualitative research work well together. Part of the proposed research would certainly include gathering stories from those who were present and active during the 1960s. Narrative research is an established and respected technique in a variety of fields. These qualities add validity to the selection of narrative research as part of the proposed research design. Further support regarding the complementarity of narrative research and qualitative research design can be found in the following:
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