The ontological complexity of qualitative research participants has led to the need for a concept to replace existing triangulation, and the concept of crystallization has emerged as an alternative. The author called theoretical crystallization, the t...
The ontological complexity of qualitative research participants has led to the need for a concept to replace existing triangulation, and the concept of crystallization has emerged as an alternative. The author called theoretical crystallization, the trials to reinterpret and illuminate aspects that were not seen in the previous author's qualitative research by mixing and using strategies based on various theoretical and philosophical perspectives. As an example of crystallization, this study attempts to apply theoretical framework and concepts as a tool from various angles to further enhance the validity and reliability of the study.
Therefore, this study has revealed how the meaning of the author's past qualitative research about young children‘s identities can be reconstructed in a different way than before through the application of Deleuze's philosophical concept of becoming. This also means that the journey of our research on children as well as becoming qualitative researcher are also considered as the processes of becoming, constantly different and renewed through new perspectives and philosophical theories.