Rethinking, Reinventing and Reflecting Qualitative Research in Times of Covid-19: the Case of Migration Studies
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methodology, migration, health, COVID-19, digitalizationAbstract
The objective of this article is to show how qualitatively oriented researchers redesigned their analytical instruments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to analyse migration issues. To identify the profiles, methods, and adaptations, we used the “rapid methodology” to apply a questionnaire during June 2020 in which 70 social researchers from various disciplines participated. The findings reveal that the crisis is an opportunity to rethink the ways of doing qualitative research, reinvent the techniques and instruments through which we construct information, and reflect on our research work. We suggest that the three R’s are part of a creative process that can develop at any point in qualitative research on migration issues, but that the pandemic has been a key moment to reflect about this.
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