This plenary volume from the Sixth International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry highlights the variety of roles played by qualitative researchers in addressing contemporary global crises.

Introduction Qualitative Inquiry and Global Crises, Norman K. Denzin, Michael D. Giardina; Part 1 Theory; Chapter 1 Teaching Qualitative Research Responsively, Judith Preissle, Kathleen deMarrais; Chapter 2 Refusing Human Being in Humanist Qualitative Inquiry, Elizabeth Adams St. Pierre; Chapter 3 Interviewing and the Production of the Conversational Self, Svend Brinkmann; Part 2 Method; Chapter 4 Qualitative Research, Technology, and Global Change, Judith Davidson, Silvana di Gregorio; Chapter 5 Using Situational Analysis for Critical Qualitative Research Purposes, Michelle Salazar Perez, Gaile S. Cannella; Chapter 6 Mixed Methods, Mixed Causes?, Kenneth R. Howe; Chapter 7 Mixing Methods, Triangulation, and Integrated Research, Uwe Flick; Part 3 Performance; Chapter 8 The Exquisite Corpse of Art-Based Research, Charles R. Garoian; Chapter 9 Cinderella Story, James Haywood Rolling, Jr.; Chapter 10 Intimacy, Empathy, Activism, Elyse Pineau; Chapter 11 Fathers, Sons, and Protest at the School of the Americas, Tami L. Spry; Chapter 12 Learning to Remember the Things We've Learned to Forget, Cynthia B. Dillard; Chapter 13 Globalizing the Rural, Isamu Ito;