Overcoming limitations for research during the COVID-19 pandemic via the communicative methodology: the case of homelessness during the Spanish home confinement

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dc.contributor.authorRacionero-Plaza, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorVidu Afloarei, Ana
dc.contributor.authorDíez-Palomar, Javier
dc.contributor.authorGutiérrez Fernández, Nerea
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-15T10:53:07Z
dc.date.available2024-11-15T10:53:07Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2024-11-15T10:53:07Z
dc.description.abstractResearch on homelessness is a field of study in social sciences with a long and solid history. Several pieces of research have let us understand the life experiences and trajectories of these individuals, the challenges that they have faced, and the interventions conducted with them to address this inequality. Nonetheless, the research methodologies in those studies prove short in a situation such as the current COVID-19 pandemic. If we, researchers, are to prioritize social impact, we cannot wait for the pandemic to be overcome to employ those methodologies to investigate homelessness. If so doing, we would meet the needs of homeless people too late. Because social impact is at the forefront, if those methodological resources are not sufficient, then it is necessary to introduce additional ones. This article presents how to address this challenge via the employment of the communicative methodology of research, with the example of a qualitative investigation on how homeless people were attended during the lockdown in Spain in March 2020. The researchers could not meet these individuals on the streets by that time, yet their experiences during the lockdown and how they were being transformed were examined via on-line interviews with individuals voluntarily serving homeless people during home confinement. This methodological innovation in qualitative research is at the service of social impact and can be helpful to researchers investigating vulnerable groups in difficult times.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study is funding by the Gran Research Agency of the Government of Catalonia for the research group Sociological theory and Social Impact of Research (2017 SGR 1589)en
dc.identifier.citationRacionero-Plaza, S., Vidu, A., Diez-Palomar, J., & Gutierrez Fernandez, N. (2021). Overcoming Limitations for Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic via the Communicative Methodology: The Case of Homelessness During the Spanish Home Confinement. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 20. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069211050164
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/16094069211050164
dc.identifier.issn1609-4069
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14454/1904
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSAGE Publications Inc.
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2021
dc.subject.otherCommunicative methodology
dc.subject.otherCOVID-19 pandemic
dc.subject.otherHome confinement
dc.subject.otherHomelessness
dc.subject.otherMethodological innovation
dc.subject.otherSocial impact
dc.titleOvercoming limitations for research during the COVID-19 pandemic via the communicative methodology: the case of homelessness during the Spanish home confinementen
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods
oaire.citation.volume20
oaire.licenseConditionhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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