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With the caveat that tensions exist within feminist research circles, I would advance the view that, at its core, feminist research is designed to seek social justice, to enhance women's voice and influence in society, and to explore alternative ways of understanding the world through women's experiences (Baker, 2006 Harding, 1987). At the same time, many of the opinions emerging from these debates have shaped the support for qualitative methods in feminist psychology (Gergen, 2010 Hesse-Biber, 2007 Olesen, 1994 Wertz et al., 2011).

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Many questions have been raised as it has developed: Is feminist research simply a recipe in which we add ‘women’ to existing paradigmatic forms, then stir? Or should an entirely new discipline be forged? How far can one deviate from traditional empirical methods, and not be ghettoized? How free are we to explore our research interests using qualitative methods? How can qualitative methods enhance our feminist pursuits? These questions, among others, have been hotly debated and as yet remain unresolved within the feminist community. Among those identified as feminist psychologists, the receptivity to qualitative methods has been greater than it has in most other areas of psychology, but still these methods are viewed with some caution, given the centrality of more mainstream empirical methods, such as those related to hypothesis testing and experimentation.įeminist psychology has always been a field in transition. In general they have been seen in contrast to quantitative methods, and, in psychology, as a mode of discovery in the initial phases of a research process, or as an adjunct to quantitative methods of research. Project completed by Ken Best while at previous firm, Best Joslin.Qualitative Methods have become prominent in a variety of social science areas since the 1980s. It is designed to take advantage of the surrounding area including views of the parkland next door as well as a spectacular view of Town Hall across the street. The new facility has many comfortable seating areas, the general collection located on one floor, a children’s room that includes a story hour area as well as a special craft room quiet study areas, and community meeting space. The existing library was demolished and a new 81,000 SF library with a basement level garage constructed. The option for a new building was evaluated and endorsed at Town Meeting. It was critical for the design to integrate the major portions of the existing 35,000 SF, but was deemed inadequate due to a number of barriers within the building further, another addition to the existing building would have been substandard and would reduce parking even further on the limited urban site.

Work began as a feasibility study to explore options for expansion of the existing main library.

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