The author argues that the proliferation of conferences, handbooks, and journals in qualitative inquiry can be seen as part of a “pedagogical turn” in the field. Specific attention is given to the emergence of “coding” as a tool in applied fields such as nursing, and the implications for making these practices more widely available for more people. The author ends by contextualizing the discussion in terms of Arjun Appadurai’s notion of the “right to research.”
