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This chapter illustrates ways qualitative research has shaped our understandings of cultural influences on health and considers some of the problems, particularly the problems associated with categorization and representation, that have arisen as the culture concept has been taken up in research and practice. In addition, it illustrates ways qualitative research can offer alternatives to categorical representation. To achieve these aims, I draw upon my own program of research that seeks to generate insights that may help us to understand and address inequities in health. In this chapter I offer a brief overview of the theoretical stance that informs my program of research and explicate the ways this stance is reflected in how the research is conceptualized and undertaken. I then introduce and illustrate the methodological techniques and analytic tools and resources that can be employed to achieve the research goals while also countering the problems associated with categorical representation. Examples of ways these approaches can be enacted over the course of the research process, from framing the question to presenting the analyses and engaging in knowledge translation, are provided. |
