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Qualitative research as partial connection: bypassing the power-knowledge nexus

Casper Jensen

Peter Lauritsen

Aarhus University, Denmark

Qualitative research and methods are often imagined as relating to a problematic, which we here term the power-knowledge nexus. We argue that the dichotomy between power and knowledge, instantiated, for example, by recent postmodern contributions to the field, is theoretically and empirically problematic and suggest that they are organized around a ‘bad problem’ (Deleuze, 1991). This characterization points us towards an exploration of theoretical and practical consequences entailed by the suspension of the powerknowledge nexus. We suggest that there is a need for a renewed consideration of the capacities of qualitative research. We initiate such discussion by drawing on insights and illustrations from contemporary feminist theory and science and technology studies (STS).

Key Words: knowledge • partial connection • power • qualitative methods • qualitative research • STS

Qualitative Research, Vol. 5, No. 1, 59-77 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1468794105048652
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