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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>FYI – please distribute widely!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Ruth <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Krzysztof Konecki
[mailto:krzysztof.konecki@gmail.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> 06 April 2010 23:28<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Info about Midterm of ESA Network 20, Qualitative Methods,
Bayreuth, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#99001D'>ESA Midterm Conference </span><span
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font-weight:normal'>- <a
href="http://www.soz.uni-bayreuth.de/en/conferences/ESAmidterm2010/index.html"
target="_blank">http://www.soz.uni-bayreuth.de/en/conferences/ESAmidterm2010/index.html</a>
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<h1 align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:15.0pt;color:#99001D'>Innovating Qualitative Research:<br>
Challenges and Opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h3 align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt'>New Directions in Religion, Technology, Migration and
Beyond<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><span
style='color:gray'>European Sociological Association</span></strong><b><span
style='color:gray'><br>
<strong>Research Network 20 Qualitative Methods</strong></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><span
style='color:gray'>Midterm Conference 2010</span></strong><b><span
style='color:gray'><br>
<strong>University Bayreuth, September 20–22</strong></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Over the past decades, qualitative
research has repositioned itself within the discipline of sociology.
Qualitative methods have succeeded in overcoming their marginalization, and it
can even be claimed that qualitative research has attained a privileged
position. Today, a large variety of qualitative methods are used in a broad
range of research areas. The growth and success of qualitative research deliver
new challenges as well as new opportunities. Consequently, the mid-term
conference of the ESA Research Network 20 focuses on vital questions related to
the future of qualitative methods in European sociology as well as neighboring
disciplines. The discussion includes questions concerning methodological
innovations and the contributions of qualitative methods to both substantive
areas of research and sociological theory. The goal is to further establish and
promote qualitative methods within an emerging European research realm while
fostering exchange with researchers and scholarly networks in other world
regions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
11.25pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:12.0pt'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Symposium<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Renowned
international scholars will discuss the following questions in a <a
href="http://www.soz.uni-bayreuth.de/en/conferences/ESAmidterm2010/Symposium/index.html"
target="_blank" title="The Future of Qualitative Research in Europe"><span
style='color:#99001D;text-decoration:none'>symposium:</span></a> How can
qualitative methods respond to the challenges of an emerging European research
realm? Is there a uniquely European qualitative methodology? How can we
strengthen the connections between methodological and substantive inquiry?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h3 align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
11.25pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:12.0pt'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Thematic
Sessions<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:12.0pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'>We
invite all interested researchers to participate in a series of <a
href="http://www.soz.uni-bayreuth.de/en/conferences/ESAmidterm2010/Thematic-Sessions/index.html"
target="_blank" title="Thematic Sessions"><span style='color:#99001D;
text-decoration:none'>thematic sessions</span></a> which serve to identify
innovations and challenges in qualitative research within specific research
areas, including religion, technology and migration. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;
margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The overall goal of the conference is to
gather European scholars and students from different fields and perspectives to
examine and promote qualitative research in the social sciences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
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7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center;line-height:12.0pt'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The
conference ist promoted by<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#333333'><a
href="http://www.bayfor.org/de/geschaeftsbereiche/forschungsverbuende/welt-der-kultur/formig.html"
target="_blank"><span style='color:#99001D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0
width=175 height=137 id="_x0000_i1027"
src="http://www.soz.uni-bayreuth.de/images/Logo_Formig.jpg" alt="Logo Formig"></span></a> <a
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id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://www.soz.uni-bayreuth.de/images/logo_stmwfk.gif"
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line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#333333'><a href="http://www.bigsas.uni-bayreuth.de/en/index.html"
target="_blank"><span style='color:#99001D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0
width=586 height=92 id="_x0000_i1029"
src="http://www.soz.uni-bayreuth.de/images/Bigsas.jpg" alt=Bigsas></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#333333'><a href="http://www.soziologie.de/index.php?id=110"
target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Eras Demi ITC","sans-serif";
color:#99001D;text-decoration:none'>Research Network Qualitative Methods</span></a> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Eras Demi ITC","sans-serif";color:#333333'>(DGS)</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#333333'><a href="http://www.soziologie.de/index.php?id=110"
target="_blank"><span style='color:#99001D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0
width=599 height=90 id="_x0000_i1030"
src="http://www.soz.uni-bayreuth.de/images/Sektionslogo-Qualis.JPG"
alt=Sektionslogo-Qualis></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#333333'><a href="http://www.soziologie.de/index.php?id=91"
target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Eras Demi ITC","sans-serif";
color:#99001D;text-decoration:none'>Research Network Science and Technology
Studies</span></a> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Eras Demi ITC","sans-serif";
color:#333333'>(DGS)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#333333'><a href="http://www.wissenssoziologie.de/" target="_blank"><span
style='font-family:"Eras Demi ITC","sans-serif";color:#99001D;text-decoration:
none'>Research Network Sociology of Knowledge</span></a> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Eras Demi ITC","sans-serif";color:#333333'>(DGS)</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#333333'><a href="http://www.wissenssoziologie.de/" target="_blank"><span
style='color:#99001D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=521 height=67
id="_x0000_i1031"
src="http://www.soz.uni-bayreuth.de/images/Logo_Sektion_Wissenssoziologie.jpg"
alt="Logo Sektion Wissenssoziologie"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#333333'><a
href="http://www.qualitativesociologyreview.org/ENG/index_eng.php"
target="_blank"><span style='color:#99001D;text-decoration:none'><img border=0
width=523 height=82 id="_x0000_i1032"
src="http://www.soz.uni-bayreuth.de/images/QSR.jpg" alt=QSR></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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