Fig. 1: Changing understandings of research methods. | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Fig. 1: Changing understandings of research methods.

From: Negotiating the ethical-political dimensions of research methods: a key competency in mixed methods, inter- and transdisciplinary, and co-production research

Fig. 1

A It illustrates the view that different research methods each provide their own ‘puzzle pieces,’ which can all be fitted together to provide a clearer picture of reality. B It adds complexity to this view, by highlighting the presence of different methodological traditions with differing and sometimes incommensurable assumptions. C It adds further complexity still by suggesting that these differing traditions do not simply describe different realities but also inevitably participate in and help to create the realities they describe. Illustration by Elsa Wikander/Azote.

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