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As so often happens with matters of research, it is generally thought that quantitative research is the father of modern qualitative research. At face value, this may be true, but the reality is much more convoluted. In order to gain a perspective on the beginnings of qualitative research, we must return to Ancient Greece.
The question of understanding the other and understanding oneself by understanding the other, that is the goal of what is now called qualitative research.
Stephen Kemmis, Charles Sturt University
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White, R.E., Cooper, K. (2022). A Brief History of Qualitative Research. In: Qualitative Research in the Post-Modern Era. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85124-8_1
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