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Critical Thematic Analysis — Power-Focused Qualitative Inquiry

Critical thematic analysis (CTA) is a qualitative approach that combines the systematic coding procedures of Braun and Clarke's thematic analysis with the interrogative stance of critical theory. Rather than merely describing patterns in data, CTA asks whose interests those patterns serve, what power relations they reflect, and what is absent or silenced. It is used to surface ideology, structural inequality, and hegemonic assumptions embedded in participants' accounts or in texts.

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  1. Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77–101. DOI: 10.1191/1478088706qp063oa
  2. Rice, C., & Mündel, I. (2018). Story-making as methodology: Disrupting dominant stories through multimedia knowledge translation. Canadian Review of Sociology, 55(2), 211–231. [Critical thematic analysis applied in disability and feminist contexts; see also Rice, C. et al. for critical qualitative praxis.] link

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ScholarGateCritical Thematic Analysis (Critical Thematic Analysis). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/en/qualitative/critical-thematic-analysis