A Call to Action: The First International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry

Abstract

The First International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from May 5-7, 2005, was assembled so that the international community of qualitative researchers could address the implications of attempts by federal funding agencies to “regulate scientific inquiry by defining what is good science” (Denzin, 2005b). The Congress was attended by more than 800 persons from more than 45 nations. More than 160 sessions consisting of more than 650 papers authored by more than 750 persons were presented. The complete Congress program, including session and paper abstracts, complete papers, and other information is available at http://www.qi2005.org/.

Keywords

• International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry