2005-05-05: The First International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry

Dates: May 5-7, 2005 (May 5 is a workshop day)
Location: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Organizing Body: International Institute of Qualitative Research

Conference URL: http://www.c4qi.org/qi2005/index.html (archive)

The theme of the First International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry was “Qualitative Inquiry in a Time of Global Uncertainty.” The purpose of the conference was to address the implications of the recent attempts by federal governments and their agencies to define what is ‘good science’, and what constitutes ‘good scholarship’ and to discuss issues relevant to qualitative research methods.

Session topics included:

• Autoethnography & Performance Studies
• Critical Ethnography as Performance
• Critical Pedagogy
• Critical Race Theory & Moral Activism
• Cultural Policy
• Democratic Methodologies
• Developments in Participatory Action Research
• Discourse Analysis
• Ethnicity & Race
• Feminist Qualitative Research in the new Century
• Global Ethnography
• Human Rights
• Human Subject Research
• Indigenous Policy Studies
• New Media & Information Technology
• Participatory Action Inquiry
• Social Policy Formation
• Video, Dance & Performance Technologies
• Working with Multi-cultural Populations

Digital Girls Brandi Bell and Kim Hershorn each presented papers at this conference.

Brandi’s paper was entitled “The ethics of researching weblogs: Public or private spaces?” See Brandi’s abstract

Kim’s paper was entitled “Learning through arts-based action research: Creative approaches to destructive dynamics in our schools and in our world.” See Kim’s abstract