Bruce's Magnificent Quartet: Inquiry, Community, Technology and Literacy — Implications for Renewing Qualitative Research in the Twenty-First Century

Abstract

Bruce and Bishop's community informatics work brings forward four critical concepts: inquiry, community, technology, and literacy. These four terms serve as the basis for a discussion of qualitative research in the twenty-first century — what is lacking and what is needed. The author suggests that to resolve the tensions or challenges qualitative research currently faces, a fifth term is needed — aesthetics. These five terms are then used to describe a repositioned field of qualitative research.