Review of “Qualitative Literacy: A Guide to Evaluating Ethnographic and Interview Research” Small, M. L., & Calarco, J. M. (2022). Qualitative Literacy: A Guide to Evaluating Ethnographic and Interview Research. University of California Press. 230 pages | ISBN: 9780520390669

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Alejandro Ciordia Morandeira
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Núria Targarona Rifà
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0189-3640

"Qualitative Literacy" by Mario Luis Small and Jessica McCrory Calarco offers a novel and compelling guide for assessing the quality of qualitative research based on ethnographic observations and in-depth interviews. Avoiding the hackneyed transposition of evaluation criteria from other methodologies, the authors propose five indicators of research quality in qualitative fieldwork: cognitive empathy, heterogeneity, palpability, follow-up, and self-awareness. Each of these criteria, convincingly developed through illuminating examples from previous research, is not only relevant for beginners but also encourages methodological reflection among those already literate in the field.

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Methodology, Qualitative research techniques, Fieldwork, Ethnography, Participant observation, In-depth interview

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Ciordia Morandeira, Alejandro; Targarona Rifà, Núria. “Review of ‘Qualitative Literacy: A Guide to Evaluating Ethnographic and Interview Research’: Small, M. L., & Calarco, J. M. (2022). Qualitative Literacy: A Guide to Evaluating Ethnographic and Interview Research. University of California Press. 230 pages | ISBN: 9780520390669”. Perifèria: revista de recerca i formació en antropologia, 2023, vol.VOL 28, no. 2, pp. 240-5, doi:10.5565/rev/periferia.929.
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