Inhabited silences: in pursuit of a muffled subtext

Mazzei, Lisa A. (2003) Inhabited silences: in pursuit of a muffled subtext. Qualitative inquiry, 9 (3). pp. 355-368. ISSN 1077-8004

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Abstract

Qualitative researchers should not ignore the silences that occur during the conversations especially in those conversations related to issues of race and culture in education, as these silences could provide meaningful and purposeful information. The researchers should examine the importance of silences, which are present in the conversations that take place during a discourse-based research.