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Discourse Analysis

Reflexive Discourse Analysis_ A Methodology for the Practice of Reflexivity

Reflexive Discourse Analysis: A Methodology for the Practice of Reflexivity

Abstract How to implement reflexivity in practice? Can the knowledge we produce be emancipatory when our discourses recursively originate in the world we aim to challenge? Critical International Relations (IR) scholars have successfully put reflexivity on the agenda based on the theoretical premise that discourse and knowledge play a socio-political role. However, academics often find…

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Foucauldian Discourse Analysis_ Moving Beyond a Social Constructionist Analytic

Foucauldian Discourse Analysis: Moving Beyond a Social Constructionist Analytic

Abstract Although social constructionism (SC) and Foucauldian discourse analysis (FDA) are well established constructionist analytical methods, this article propose that Foucauldian discourse analysis is more useful for qualitative data analysis as it examines social legitimacy. While the SC is able to illuminate how the “meaning” of our social action is constructed through our everyday interaction…

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Use of Discourse Analysis in Various Disciplines

Use of Discourse Analysis in Various Disciplines

Abstract The language plays an important role in the exchange of information and communication of knowledge of society, history, culture, traditions, and customs. Linguists analyse various uses of language to determine its impact and role in various domains of society such as media, politics, journalism, reporting, advertisement, war, criticism, and other such areas. Discourse analysis…

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Rigor, Transparency, Evidence, and Representation in Discourse Analysis_ Challenges and Recommendations

Rigor, Transparency, Evidence, and Representation in Discourse Analysis: Challenges and Recommendations

Discourse analysis is an important qualitative research approach across social science disciplines for analyzing (and challenging) how reality in a variety of organizational and institutional arenas is constructed. However, the process of conducting empirical discourse analyses remains challenging. In this article, we identify four key challenges involved in doing discourse analysis and recommend several “tools”…

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Relational Critical Discourse Analysis: A Methodology to Challenge Researcher Assumptions

This paper introduces a new critical peace methodology—Relational Critical Discourse Analysis. For research to contribute to the well-being of people and their societies, traditional research methodologies need to be examined for biases and contributions to societal harm, and new approaches that contribute to just and equitable cultures need to be developed. As two researchers from…

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Comparison Between Discourse Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis From Linguistics View

This paper discusses the comparative of Discourse Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis. It is considered important because the term has been used by public and in many kinds of activities. Such as, in a scientific field.  Discourse Analysis had been placed as one of the subjects at few universities. Therefore, this paper is expected to…

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Discourses Analysis by a Decolonial Perspective

Discourses Analysis by a Decolonial Perspective

In the last years in Latin America, the decolonial perspective has been growing up to analyze discourses in qualitative research. This theoretical, methodological, and epistemological way to deconstruction has done an interesting way to analyze social topics. Some authors like Dussel, Quijano, etc. have done the bases about this decolonial regard, which provides Latin American…

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Doing Discourse Analysis in Critical Geopolitics

Doing Discourse Analysis in Critical Geopolitics

This paper seeks to contribute towards a more explicit and candid discussion of the methodologies of discourse analysis within critical geopolitics. Proposing a classification along the three core dimensions of context (proximate or distal), analytic form (post-/structuralist or interpretive-explanatory) and political stance (involved or detached), it examines the ways in which critical geopolitics scholarship has…

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