Modes of Thinking for Qualitative Data Analysis

This book offers a creative and comparative account of the conceptual and philosophical underpinnings of six prominent analytical movements used by interdisciplinary qualitative researchers: Categorical Thinking, Narrative Thinking, Dialectical Thinking, Poetic Thinking, Diffractive Thinking, and Decolonial Thinking

Melissa Freeman is Professor of Qualitative Research Methodologies in the Mary Frances Early College of Education at The University of Georgia (UGA), USA

1. Introduction 2. Modes of Thinking 3. Categorical Thinking 4. Narrative Thinking 5. Dialectical Thinking 6. Poetic Thinking 7. Diffractive Thinking 8. Decolonial Thinking