Overview

This edited volume is a systematic collection of research initiatives in the qualitative research paradigm. It showcases how researchers in Malaysia, who are often expected to acquiesce to mainstream ways of designing, conducting and disseminating research, rise above methodological hegemony to carve out a different but meaningful path in order to represent the voice of the voiceless. In this book, accounts of paradigmatic shifts, applications of philosophical rigour and attention to values-laden inquiry demonstrate how qualitative research can be successfully conducted and reported, revealing insights which profoundly re-shape research design and address ethical sensitivities in social research. The conclusions drawn from the chapters form the rallying cry of qualitative researchers who acknowledge that it is their responsibility to enlighten those who are gatekeepers to the national research agenda, about the strength and legitimacy of the qualitative research paradigm. From a global standpoint, this book functions as a foil to show how in a context not systematically underpinned by critical dialogues of Western philosophy nor the ideology of research paradigms, significant considerations positioned within Eastern concepts of knowledge production can still thrive. The integration of both Eastern and Western perspectives at the crossroads of Asian-based qualitative research offers important lessons that are useful for supervisory, teaching and learning purposes. This volume will be relevant to qualitative research methodology educators and researchers from across the Sciences and Humanities as well as practitioners in any industry that involves human thought and behaviour.

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Author:   Su Li Chong (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9781032716794

ISBN 10:   1032716797
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   11 March 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Lists of figures List of tables List of contributors Acknowledgements Foreword Preface SECTION 1: Forwarding Qualitative Design 1. Malaysia’s knowledge journey: National Epistemological Moulding (NEM) and social research Su Li Chong 2. Unfolding stories: Narratives of women with breast-cancer Wan Hasliza Wan Mamat 3. Media diary method: Navigating the untold world of young Malaysians’ use of media for identity formation Haryati Abdul Karim 4. Venturing out of “the norm”: Challenges with flexibility and subjectivity of qualitative research design Kalvina A/P Chelladorai Wen Yea Hwong 5. Between the ‘flying rocks’: How narratives of a rural Sarawak community’s collective anger shifted an impact study’s methodological design Haslina Hashim Noor’ain Aini Linda Alfarero Lumayag 6. Seeing anew: Transitioning from positivism to interpretivism Jeffrey K. L. Yee SECTION 2: Making use of rigour 7. Reconciling personal beliefs with the realities of grant applications: an early career qualitative researcher’s narrative Jia Wei Lim 8. Qualitative research & publications in Malaysia: Some patterns and perspectives Su Li Chong Dahlia Janan 9. Bewitched, bothered and bewildered: Life as a qualitative researcher in a positivist jungle Balvinder Kaur Kler SECTION 3: Anchoring in philosophy and axiology 10. Qualitative methodology to examine decision-making processes trans men utilise in becoming men Vizla Kumaresan 11. Dealing with sensitive and distressing data: A perspective from online sexism discourse researchers Wan Nur Asyura Wan Adnan 12. Lessons learned on sensitivity and ethics through interviewing repeat students Chan Choong Foong 13. Overcoming challenges and sensitivities surrounding sexual health topic Siti Hazariah Abdul Hamid 14. Treading carefully in murky waters: Sensitivities and sensibilities in research on ethnicity and race in Malaysia Mitshel Lino Index

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Su Li Chong is Senior Lecturer at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia. She is Head of UTP’s University Social Responsibility (Education Pillar). She is also President of Qualitative Research Association of Malaysia (QRAM). She obtained an MPhil and a PhD in Education from University of Cambridge, UK. Her research interests are in literacy and language education.

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