Call for Papers

Researching Technologies & Technologies of Research

New technologies, especially generative AI, continue to transform teaching and research in the modern university. Proponents who embrace these technologies argue for their powerful potential for research productivity, creativity, and efficiency, citing their growing ubiquity throughout the present and future economy. Critics contend that such technologies are a detriment to intellectual development because they function as shallow replacements for deeper learning processes and skill development, while also contributing to the expansion of the corporatized university. 

At the same time, our social worlds are continually being reshaped by the evolution of technologies throughout our everyday lives and workspaces. Qualitative research has always been important to understanding the introduction of technologies into social spaces. How users navigate the social dynamics of technologies at local and global levels often feeds back into their inventions and designs. 

We invite people to submit papers that reflect on the relationship of qualitative research and technology in all its facets. Whether you’re studying the familiar and mundane, the cutting-edge and futuristic, or considering the use of technology in scholarship and teaching, we look forward to presentations related to themes such as:

• How are technologies used or creatively resisted in interpretive theory, teaching, and the design of qualitative research projects?

• How do our engagements with technology transform our selves and relationships across family, leisure, social, or occupational contexts?

• What new developments in science and technology studies are emerging through interpretive theory and qualitative research?

• How are socio-technical networks situated within relations of power and inequality?

• How are technologies influencing our communications, research environments, and social interactions both online and offline?

• What is the role of new technologies in shaping course designs and assignments for teaching qualitative research?

• What are some of the ethical and political implications of new technologies in our everyday lives, as well as in our research and teaching?

We invite presentations related to these conference themes, as well as any research papers drawing on qualitative studies and advancing qualitative theoretical and methodological approaches. Please note that the conference does not accept literature reviews or project proposals. We welcome submissions from both novice and experienced researchers.

Abstracts can be submitted through the online submission form. If you have any questions, please contact us at thequalitatives@gmail.com.