Producing Possible Hannahs: Theory and the Subject of Research

Authors

Eileen Honan, James Cook University Queensland
Michele Knobel, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Carolyn Baker, University of Queensland
Bronwyn Davies, James Cook University Queensland

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2000

Journal / Book Title

Qualitative inquiry

Abstract

This article presents and compares three analyses of qualitative data drawn from an ethnographic case study using distinctive theoretical approaches. The article shows the power of theoretical approaches to constitute the “subject” of a study and to constitute the character of the social world in which such a subject is situated. The three readings of the data produce different possible subjects located in differently constituted possible worlds. By putting theory at the center of analysis, the article shows how theoretical approaches radically influence what can be found in the data and how it can be found there.

DOI

10.1177/107780040000600102

MSU Digital Commons Citation

Honan, Eileen; Knobel, Michele; Baker, Carolyn; and Davies, Bronwyn, "Producing Possible Hannahs: Theory and the Subject of Research" (2000). Department of Teaching and Learning Scholarship and Creative Works. 108.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/teaching-learning-facpubs/108

Published Citation

Honan, E., Knobel, M., Baker, C., & Davies, B. (2000). Producing possible Hannahs: Theory and the subject of research. Qualitative inquiry, 6(1), 9-32.