Qualitative research and intercultural understanding : conducting qualitative research in multicultural settings / Deborah Court ; with chapters by Randa Abbas, Ted Riecken, Jack Seymour and Mai-Anh Le Tran.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : why qualitative research and intercultural understanding? -- Part I. Conducting qualitative research in multicultural settings. The roots of qualitative research and its place in the research landscape -- What is culture? -- Framing your study and asking research questions -- Validity and reliability : how do you know? -- Data collection 1 : observations and document analysis. : who's looking? -- Data collection 2 : interviews. : who's asking? -- Data analysis : be alert, patient and self-critical, but fear not -- Writing and sharing the research report -- Research ethics and the qualitative road to intercultural understanding -- Part II. Voices from the field. Running between the raindrops : research, culture and my life in two worlds / Randa Abbas -- Foolish dreams in a fabled land : living co-existence in an Israeli Arab school / Deborah Court -- In whose interests? : chasing the chimera of beneficence in qualitative research / Ted Riecken -- Moving from research to publication : best practices in communicating interfaith scholarship / Jack Seymour -- When flesh becomes word : vulnerable listening and mimetic learning in the zone of proximal (inter)diction / Mai-Anh Le Tran.