Emotion Work in Qualitative Data Analysis: A Case Study and Proposed Conceptual Framework

• In Event: Moscone Center North Roundtable Session 7
  In Roundtable Session: Political and Emotion(al) Inquiry

Abstract

Emotions are both a source of data and a source of “work” (Hochschild, 1983). Accordingly, mentoring junior qualitative scholars also requires emotion work. This piece draws on data from a year-long multi-case ethnography of three schools using restorative practices, focusing on one interview with one participant that raised significant emotions for the principal investigator. I frame my findings with an original framework for thinking about the role of emotions in qualitative analysis, making space for the emotion work required of qualitative doctoral students, their participants, and their mentors.

Author

• Hilary Lustick, University of Massachusetts - Lowell