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Written in Johnny Saldaña’s elegant and accessible style, Thinking Qualitatively: Methods of Mind boldly pursues the challenge of teaching students not just how to collect and analyze data, but how to actively think about them. Each chapter presents one “method of mind” (thinking analytically, realistically, symbolically, ethically, multidisciplinarily, artistically, summarily, interpretively, and narratively), together with applications, a vignette or story related to the thinking modality, points to remember, and exercises. Designed to help researchers “rise above the data,” the book explores how qualitative research designs, data collection, data analyses, and write-ups can be enriched through over 60 different lenses, filters, and angles on social life. Venturing into more evocative and multidimensional ways to examine the complex patterns of daily living, the book reveals how the researcher’s mind thinks heuristically to transcend the descriptive and develop “highdeep” insights about the human condition.
Thinking Symbolically
Thinking Symbolically
Learning Objectives and Summary
- Your mind will reflect on ways to condense and consolidate information.
- Your mind will transcend from realistic to symbolic modes of thought.
This chapter explores deeper thinking by reflecting on representational modes for social life. These methods of mind consist of
- Thinking Symbolically
- Thinking Conceptually
- Thinking Abstractly
- Thinking Capsulely
- Thinking Metaphorically
- Thinking Phenomenologically
The purpose of this chapter is not to discuss the multifaceted details of symbolic representation or their utilization in, for example, semiotics, but to heighten your awareness of their possible applications for qualitative inquiry.
Thinking Symbolically
Symbols and their related variants (concepts, metaphors, etc.) are human constructions and condensed attributions of specific associations, memories, and meanings. They consolidate various properties into a single representative entity. The function of a symbol can range from practical utility ...
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