In this introduction to the collection of papers ‘Qualitative Longitudinal Methodologies for Crisis Times’, we argue that two main characteristics or ‘qualities’ of qualitative longitudinal methodologies (QLMs) can be identified for researching crisis. The first is that QLMs can function to repudiate crisis exceptionalism. The papers denounce the discrete and time-limited, instead impressing the ongoingness of crisis from the past, the present, and into the future. The second overarching point made in the introduction is that QLMs protect against ‘helicopter’ research, a heightened risk when studying crisis times. Together the papers offer a close and complex introspection on the use and outcome of QLMs in spaces and times of crisis from the perspective of researchers undertaking the research, and in multiple instances, research participants enrolled in them.

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危机时期的定性纵向方法：反对危机例外论和“直升机”研究

在《危机时期的定性纵向方法论》论文集的介绍中，我们认为可以确定定性纵向方法论（QLM）的两个主要特征或“品质”来研究危机。首先，QLM 可以发挥作用来否定危机例外论。这些报纸谴责离散的和有时间限制的，而不是强调危机从过去、现在和未来的持续性。引言中提出的第二个要点是 QLM 可以防止“直升机”研究，这在研究危机时期时会增加风险。这些论文从开展研究的研究人员以及在多种情况下参与研究的研究参与者的角度，对 QLM 在危机空间和时期的使用和结果进行了密切而复杂的反思。