Dan: You might find the following JCMC article relevant: Carlson, S., and Anderson, B. (2007). What are data? The many kinds of data and their implications for data re-use. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12(2), article 15. <http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue2/carlson.html>http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue2/carlson.html Some of the other contributions to that issue of JCMC also relate to (qualitative) data sharing and collaboration. Nick Jankowski --------------------------------------------- Visiting Fellow Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Cruquiusweg 31 1019 AT Amsterdam, NL nickjan@xs4all.nl <http://www.virtualknowledgestudio.nl/wiki/index.php/Main/HomePage>VKS e-Research Wiki <http://www.routledge.com/books/E-Research-isbn9780415990288>e-Research: Transformation in Scholarly Practice ----------------------------------------------- At 19:29 15-6-2009, Dan Perkel wrote:

[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

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