Interpretive Phenomenology

Ethnography

Critical Discourse Studies

Research focus

Participants’ experiences and interpretations of a phenomenon

Cultural patterns of behaviour and the influence of context on behaviour

Power, ideology, and domination as manifested in discourses as a social practice.

Unique feature/s

Participants lived experiences. Emphasizes small sample sizes and multi-level interpretations

Prolonged fieldwork and sustained relationships

Text as discourse material, problem-solving oriented, emphasizes interdisciplinarity and context of language use

Privilege data source/s

Person-centered semi-structured interviews

Long hours of participant observations

Documentary sources and textual materials