Festschrift in Honour of Kathy Charmaz: (56 Studies in Symbolic Interaction)

Kathy Charmaz (1939–2020) was the developer of Constructivist Grounded Theory (CGT), a key method in qualitative research internationally and across many disciplines and professions. She was Professor Emerita of Sociology at Sonoma State University, California, and former Director of its Faculty Writing Program. Her book, Constructing Grounded Theory, is the definitive guide to developing a constructivist perspective, and is the seminal title for anyone serious about doing CGT research. This Festschrift to honour Kathy Charmaz’s scholarship features fourteen chapters plus an editors’ introduction, exploring CGT extensively, examining topics including “Indigenization” of the method, its approaches to decolonizing research, uses of CGT in social justice research, and the legacies of Kathy Charmaz’s remarkable mentorship. Edited by Antony Bryant and Adele E. Clarke, both of whom co-authored and edited with Kathy, and eminent scholars of qualitative methods in their own right, this is a glowing tribute to her long and distinguished career.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. On the Edges of Grounded Theory: Ode to Kathy; Norman K. Denzin Chapter 2. Older, Wiser and Much More Daring: On Kathy Charmaz’ Creative Explosion c1995-2020; Adele E. Clarke Chapter 3. Kathy’s Context: In spite of. . .; Janice M. Morse Chapter 4. Promoting Social Justice with Grounded Theory: Applying the Grounded Text Mining Approach to Deposition Analyses; Hisako Kakai and Mitsuyuki Inaba Chapter 5. Wispy Selves: Identity and Identification on History’s Edge; Gary Alan Fine Chapter 6. “Indigenization” of the Grounded Theory Methodology (GTM): An Unfinished Conversation with Kathy Charmaz; César A. Cisneros-Puebla Chapter 7. Kathy Charmaz and Critical Grounded Theory: Memories, Reflections, and Contributions; Gregory Hadley Chapter 8. Forging New Directions for Qualitative Sociology: The legacy of Kathy Charmaz; Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman Chapter 9. Humanizing and Decolonizing Grounded Theory: A Journey Lived by Kathy Charmaz; Kumar Ravi Priya Chapter 10. A View from the Corner; Terrie Vann Ward Chapter 11. Embracing a Legacy, Enabling Social Justice Research through Constructivist Grounded Theory; Denise R. Simmons Chapter 12. The Legacy of Kathy Charmaz’s Scholarship and Mentorship: Enacting Her Constructivist Principles through Critically Reflexive Grounded Theory Practice; Elaine Keane Chapter 13. Adapting Constructivist Grounded Theory and the New Sociology of Childhood to Study Children’s Everyday Experiences and Social Life; Robert Thornberg Chapter 14. Research Practice in the Interregnum: An Appreciation of the Work and Vision of Kathy Charmaz; Antony Bryant Part I: New Empirical Studies Politeness as Collective Facework: The Case of Swedish Jante Law; Susie Scott

About the Author :
Antony Bryant is Professor of Informatics, Leeds Beckett University, UK; Chief Researcher, Institute of Educational Research, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania. He has written extensively on qualitative research methods, being Senior Editor of The SAGE Handbook of Grounded Theory (2007) and The SAGE Handbook of Current Developments in Grounded Theory (2019), both co-edited with Kathy Charmaz. Adele E. Clarke is Professor Emerita of Sociology and History of Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, U.S.A. She developed situational analysis, an extension of grounded theory, and has published four books about it. With Jan Morse, Kathy Charmaz and others, she co-authored the 2nd edition of Developing Grounded Theory: The Second Generation Revisited (Routledge, 2021).