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Methodological Innovations Online Issue Two now published at www.methodologicalinnovations.org <http://www.methodologicalinnovations.org/> Special Issue edited by Louise Corti, University of Essex Making qualitative data more re-usable: issues of context and representation In this second issue of Methodological Innovations Online we have a collection of papers that consider issues around the effective archiving and further (re)use of raw qualitative research data, with a particular focus on the issues of how context is defined and (re)captured. Merely storing and archiving raw qualitative data is clearly insufficient as the context in which it emerged is of utmost importance to its interpretation and as a consequence, emergent standards of secondary qualitative data analysis. By focussing on the defining and capturing of context of raw qualitative data the papers presented here go some way to producing some concrete and pragmatic advice on how this might best be done. * Methodological Innovations Online is an open access international peer reviewed social research journal. It publishes high quality papers in research methods and methodology from all social science disciplines. * Papers which focus on new methodological approaches, or using traditional methodologies in new ways or methodologies which cross disciplines are especially welcome. * The journal publishes peer reviewed papers and short discussion pieces and offers a 'rapid response' facility to encourage discussion of papers published. The journal aims to be progressive both in access and the means by which it encourages those near the beginning of their careers to publish. Louise Corti Associate Director & Head ESDS Qualidata, Outreach & Training UK Data Archive - a service provider of the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) University of Essex Colchester CO4 3SQ UK Tel: +44 (0) 1206 872145 Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Web: http://www.data-archive.ac.uk <http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/> and www.esds.ac.uk <http://www.esds.ac.uk/> ********************************************************************** Legal Disclaimer: Any views expressed by the sender of this message are not necessarily those of the UK Data Archive or the ESDS. This Email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual(s) or entity to whom they are addressed. **********************************************************************