Hi Dan, A very interesting and potentially significant area of inquiry. A couple of directions you might think about are processes of sharing data between researchers and directly involved communities in a community informatics (in this instance, participatory action research) context. The overall objective here is that communities be equal partners with researchers in the process of defining research objectives, identifying research methods, collecting data, analysis and then drawing conclusions/recommendations etc. This was the (intended) structure of the CRACIN (Canadian Research Alliance for Community Innovation and Networking) project and several of the papers http://www3.fis.utoronto.ca/iprp/cracin/ allude to this process. There will be at least one and possibly more papers dealing directly with this (and CRACIN's successes and failures in this area) in the upcoming book bringing together the results from CRACIN. Also, from a community informatics perspective you might like to take a look at the work of Ann Bishop and Chip Bruce from the GSLIS-Community Informatics Initiative at the U. of Illinois Urbana-Champagne and their work on "Community Inquiry". A very interesting paper on this will be out in the next issue of the Journal of Community Informatics http://ci-journal.net which should be out by early in July which I think directly responds to your area of interest. Best, MBG Michael Gurstein, Ph.D. Director: Centre for Community Informatics Research, Development and Training Vancouver, CANADA http://www.communityinformatics.net CA tel. +1-604-602-0624 -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Dan Perkel Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 10:29 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Data sharing and collaboration in qualitative research [Apologies for cross posting] Hello, I am trying to track down any journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, and technical reports that address issues concerning the sharing of material/data generated by qualitative research, including participant observation, interviews, document analysis, oral history data, or other. By "sharing" this could refer to either of the sharing of material in small research teams, on larger distributed teams, or even with the public. In terms of kinds or articles, I am definitely interested in any perspectives on the topic (either enthusiastic or critical). However, I am especially interested in trying to track down any case studies that report on the sharing of qualitative data in any of the manners listed above. These could either be reports on one's own experiences or empirical studies of others' experiences. Thus far, most of the material I have found has been on the topic of creating archives for long-term re-use and secondary analysis of qualitative data. For those interested in this topic as well, below I have included some of starting points that have been helpful: Hammersley, Martyn. 1997. Qualitative Data Archiving: Some Reflections on its Prospects and Problems. Sociology 31, no. 1 (February 1): 131-142. Parry, Odette, and Natasha S. Mauthner. 2004. Whose Data are They Anyway?: Practical, Legal and Ethical Issues in Archiving Qualitative Research Data. Sociology 38, no. 1 (February 1): 139-152. Mauthner, Natasha S., Odette Parry, and Kathryn Backett-Milburn. 1998. The Data are Out there, or are They? Implications for Archiving and Revisiting Qualitative Data. Sociology 32, no. 4 (November 1): 733-745. Moore, Niamh. 2007. (Re)Using Qualitative Data? Sociological Research Online 12, no. 3 (May 30). Corti, Louise, and Paul Thompson. 2004. Secondary analysis of archived data. In Qualitative research practice, ed. Clive Searle. London; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE. Corti, Louise, Annette Day, and Gill Backhouse. 2000. Confidentiality and Informed Consent: Issues for Consideration in the Preservation of and Provision of Access to Qualitative Data Archives. Forum: Qualitative Social Research 1, no. 3. http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1024/2207. Corti, Louise, and Gill Backhouse. 2005. Acquiring Qualitative Data for Secondary Analysis. Forum: Qualitative Social Research 6, no. 2. http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/459/980. Eberle, Thomas S., and Manfred Max Bergman. 2005. Introduction. Forum: Qualitative Social Research 6, no. 2. http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/453/966. Belgrave, Linda Liska, and Keruleth J. Smith. 1995. Negotiated Validity in Collaborative Ethnography. Qualitative Inquiry 1, no. 1 (March 1): 69-86. Thank you very much for your time and help. Dan --------------------------------- Dan Perkel PhD Candidate School of Information, Berkeley Center for New Media UC Berkeley dperkel@ischool.berkeley.edu _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/