Our kind of qualitative research intertwines empirical and theoretical narratives. We agree with Loïc Wacquant when he wrote that “far from being antithetical, vivid ethnography and powerful theory are complementary and that the best strategy to strengthen the former is to bolster the la er.” We presume that you share our goal of theorizing based on qualitative research; why else would you be reading this book? But maybe we shouldn’t assume a shared purpose; maybe we should make the case fi rst that theorizing is a worthwhile endeavor. ere are, a er all, other compelling ways of working with empirical materials where theory isn’t really at the center of the work.
نظرات کاربران