Punk as a method of qualitative inquiry: Pogo-bricoleur and dirty research practice

This article explores the metaphor of punk as qualitative inquiry, which, according to the authors, expands research possibilities by opening the researcher to what is instinctive, emotional, angry, dirty and noisy – those dimensions of human existence that in traditional methodological reflection are omitted or treated as waste, data to be cleared. We propose the figure of the pogo-bricoleur to introduce a different variety of engaged, critical qualitative inquiry. By analyzing pogo dancing and noise associated with punk rock, we investigate the critical dimension of such research in the spirit of critical qualitative inquiry and their relationship to theory.