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Transitioning (on the) Internet: Shifting Challenges and Contradictions of Ethics of Studying Online Gender Transition Narratives 转型（在）互联网上：研究网上性别转换叙述的伦理挑战与矛盾的转变

Qualitative Sociology Review Pub Date : 2024-01-31 DOI: 10.18778/1733-8077.20.1.05

Joanna Chojnicka

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“Am I Going to Die?” Considering the Preparation for Research on an Example of Hospice Patients "我会死吗？以临终关怀患者为例，考虑研究的准备工作

Qualitative Sociology Review Pub Date : 2024-01-31 DOI: 10.18778/1733-8077.20.1.06

Weronika Kamińska

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Ethical and Methodological Dilemmas in Qualitative Research Conducted among Vulnerable Groups—Guest Editors’ Introduction 在弱势群体中开展定性研究的伦理和方法困境--特约编辑导言

Qualitative Sociology Review Pub Date : 2024-01-31 DOI: 10.18778/1733-8077.20.1.01

Małgorzata Bieńkowska, Urszula Kluczyńska, A. Kłonkowska

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Book Review. Bjørgo, Tore, ed. 2005. Root Causes of Terrorism: Myths, Reality and Ways Forward. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 书评。Bjørgo, Tore, ed. 2005.恐怖主义的根源：神话、现实与前进之路》。Abingdon, Oxon：Routledge

Qualitative Sociology Review Pub Date : 2024-01-31 DOI: 10.18778/1733-8077.20.1.07

Pavel Ahmed, Mst. Safia Akter

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The Conceptual Metaphor as an Ethical Kaleidoscope in Field Research 概念隐喻是实地研究中的伦理万花筒

Qualitative Sociology Review Pub Date : 2024-01-31 DOI: 10.18778/1733-8077.20.1.03

Maria Flis, Karol Piotrowski

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Researching Vulnerable Groups: Definitions, Controversies, Dilemmas, and the Researcher’s Personal Entanglement 研究弱势群体：定义、争议、困境和研究人员的个人纠葛

Qualitative Sociology Review Pub Date : 2024-01-31 DOI: 10.18778/1733-8077.20.1.02

Urszula Kluczyńska, A. Kłonkowska, Małgorzata Bieńkowska

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Biographical Work of Parents of Children with Non-Normative Sexual Orientation and/or Gender Identity 非正常性取向和/或性别认同儿童父母的传记作品

Qualitative Sociology Review Pub Date : 2024-01-31 DOI: 10.18778/1733-8077.20.1.04

Katarzyna Gajek

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Migration and Integration of Foreign Priests. Aspirations, Religiosity, and Tensions in the Narratives of Foreign Priests in Italy 外国牧师的移民与融入。意大利外籍牧师叙事中的抱负、宗教信仰和紧张关系

Qualitative Sociology Review Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.18778/1733-8077.19.4.04

Angela Delli Paoli, Giuseppe Masullo

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The Experience of Conversation and Relation with a Well-Being Chabot: Between Proximity and Remoteness 交谈的经验和与幸福的关系:在接近和遥远之间

Qualitative Sociology Review Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.18778/1733-8077.19.4.05

Joanna Wygnańska

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“I was ashamed, and now I am proud as I finally know how to let go.” How Female Polers Perceive, Experience, and Give Meanings to Their Bodies—An Ethnographic Case Study “我很羞愧，现在我很自豪，因为我终于知道如何放手。”女性极地人如何感知、体验并赋予身体意义——一个民族志案例研究

Qualitative Sociology Review Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.18778/1733-8077.19.4.02

Magdalena Wojciechowska

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