Questioning Qualitative Inquiry: Critical essays

Introduction Dentists, Dadaists or Discourse Analysts? On the Failings of Qualitative Inquiry Capturing Complexity? An Examination of a Common Rationale for Qualitative Research On Thick Description Interpreting Geertz The Critical Case of Analytic Induction Assessing the Radical Critique of Interviews - with Roger Gomm Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis Methods or Paradigms? The Dadaist Alternative "Postmodernist" Qualitative Research Is Qualitative Research Just Rhetoric? Validity Criteria for Qualitative Research Are They Possible or even Desirable?