Courageous Methods in Cultural Psychology

Innovative research requires courageous methods. With this in mind, Courageous Methods in Cultural Psychology invites students and post-graduate researchers to develop methods that will let them grasp phenomena of interest more fully. Readers will learn how to use established methods, and may be asked to develop them further by combining single steps of extant procedures, or by taking a completely new approach to data collection and analysis. In this book, diverse researchers present projects in which they have tried to do just that. A comprehensive process — from narrowing down research questions to collecting and analyzing data — is given in detail, followed by critical reflections on how well the authors have understood and shared complex realities. Project presentations are framed by theoretical chapters that deal with the challenges and opportunities of cultural psychology and interdisciplinary research. Courageous Methods in Cultural Psychology is sure to inspire and encourage those who wish to venture on new roads “into the wild.”

Meike Watzlawik is professor of development, education, and culture at the Sigmund Freud University in Berlin, Germany, and head of the university’s Psychology Department, as well as director of the clinical master’s program. Her scholarly interests include identity development in adolescence, diversity, and theoretical approaches to culture.

Ska Salden is a lecturer and research associate at Sigmund Freud University in Berlin, Germany. Besides cultural psychology, their interests include the intersections of psychology and queer studies.