This book is a contribution to contemporary debates on social research with a unique focus on the relationship between methods and the crafting of knowledge. Nine experienced researchers from different disciplines have come together to explore what really matters to them in the process of doing qualitative research.

Simone Abram, Reader at Leeds Metropolitan University and the University of Durham, UK Les Back, Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK Jennifer Mason, Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester, UK Nigel Rapport, Professor of Anthropological and Philosophical Studies at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK Carolyn Steedman, Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Warwick, UK Rachel Thomson, Professor at the University of Sussex, UK Kath Woodward, Professor Sociology at the Open University, UK