Partial List of Session and Paper Topics

The topics for the 4th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry include, but are not confined to: Autoethnography & Performance Studies, Decolonizing Truth, Democratic Methodologies, Evidence and Social Policy, Human Rights, Indigenous Law, Justice as Healing, Standards for Qualitative Inquiry, Forms and Varieties of Justice, Participatory Action Research, Politics of Evidence, Research as Resistance, Restorative Justice, Social Justice, Community Ethics, visual sociology, hypertext explorations, visual ethnography.

Half-day (morning and afternoon) pre-conference, professional workshops will be held on May 15. The Congress will also consist of keynote, plenary, spotlight, featured, regular and poster sessions. There will be an opening reception and barbecue, and a closing old-fashioned Midwest cook-out.

We invite your submission of paper, poster and session proposals. Submissions will be accepted online only from October 1 until December 1 2007. Conference and workshop registration will begin December 1, 2007. To learn more about the Fourth International Congress and how to participate, please email info@icqi.org.

Pre-Conference Language Events

On May 14 there will be at least Three pre-conference language events: for Spanish, Japanese, Turkish-speaking scholars, and a pre-conference event for Technology in Qualitative Research. Delegates need to check our website for developments with these special events.

A Call for Qualitative Nurse Researchers

During our QI2007 conference in May, I was struck with the number of nurses I met. I was pleased to see so many of us engaged in qualitative research. It occurred to me that we might have a critical mass of nurses who would like to gather for a Pre-conference event just as the Spanish-speaking group and the Japanese group met this past spring. In order to determine a level of interest, please respond to me, carrols@umich.edu (Carrol Smith, PhD, RN), with your vote to hold a pre-conference workshop and any ideas you may have about what to include in the workshop. I am willing to work on coordinating the workshop, but I will need your ideas, assistance, and readiness to participate. Next year’s conference, QI2008, will be held from May 14-May 18 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. That means that a special pre-conference event for nurses would take place on Wednesday, May 14. Please consider these dates when you reply to me.

Technology in Qualitative Research (TQR)

Qualitative researchers with an interest in the technologies of qualitative research are invited to participate in the first-ever Technology in Qualitative Research Pre-Conference day at QI2008.  A keynote speaker, papers, and a technology showcase are among the planned activities.  Novices and experienced users are welcome. Please check the ADITQR call for proposals for more information.