Editorial: Qualitative Research and Intercultural Communication

• Main Authors: Matthias Otten, Jens Allwood, Maria Assumpta Aneas, Dominic Busch, David M. Hoffman, Michele Schweisfurth
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: FQS 2009-01-01
• Series: Forum: Qualitative Social Research
• Subjects: intercultural communication; qualitative cultural research; intercultural research; cross-cultural comparison; ethnocentrism; migration; education; media
• Online Access: http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1248
• ISSN: 1438-5627

This article introduces to the thematic scope and the articles of this special issue and it explains some important terminological distinctions of the intercultural research field. The overall aim of this issue is to explore the manifold ways to apply and to reflect upon qualitative research methods in the context of intercultural communication. This implies both a discussion of genuine characteristics of intercultural qualitative research as well as attempts to identify common features and linkages of this special area with more general interpretative research traditions under the "umbrella" of qualitative social research. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0901342