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Revolution or adaptation?

These are uncertain times for qualitative research. The old paradigm of mediated, researcher-led insight is being challenged by new models of engagement that enable brands to interact directly with their consumers. But how far does this shift in...

Catalogue: Global Qualitative 2014: Research Renaissance

Authors: Neil Samson, Anupama Wagh-Koppar, Stuart Knapman, Luigi Toiati

June 15, 2014

Magical mystery tour

Synaesthesia may be applied to both Alzheimer's and Qualitative Research as an effective support technique, in order to trigger a spontaneous consumer language made of sensorial metaphor, based on a direct emotional experience. In order to enhance...

Catalogue: Fragrance 2009: The Trends Mistral

Author: Luigi Toiati

Company: Focus S.r.L.

June 26, 2009

Touching smells, sniffing colours, tasting odours

This paper looks at two aspects of fragrances which roughly correspond to sociological and psychological perspectives.In the first section, it examines the sense of smell and the human experience (sensory and social) of fragrances.The second section...

Catalogue: Fragrance 2007

Authors: Alan Branthwaite, Luigi Toiati

Company: Focus S.r.L.

November 14, 2007

Semiotics of art

There are two sides to art appreciation which nowadays involves an increasingly broad section of the population. There is the post-war model of art appreciation as a means of educating the 'masses', with enjoyment of the arts extending from a select...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2007

Author: Luigi Toiati

Company: Focus S.r.L.

November 12, 2007

Beyond the obvious

This presentation demonstrates how a tool that is as obvious as it is indispensable in the work of the researcher for gathering insights & verbatims - has a much greater potential than its often shoddy and repetitive use which we take for...

Catalogue: Consumer Insights 2007

Author: Luigi Toiati

Company: Focus S.r.L.

May 7, 2007

New frontiers for neuroscience

Synaesthesia is the branch of neuroscience that studies anomalies of perception: subjects who have a multi-coloured vision by listening to a voice, or see numbers and letters in colour, hear a sound by looking pictures, etc. The objective of this...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2006

Author: Luigi Toiati

Company: Focus S.r.L.

October 8, 2006

Food for thought

This presentation provides a cross-cultural view of the interaction between popular culture and dietary habits.Focusing on American foods eaten in Italy and Italian foods eaten in the United States, the presenters examine the complex web of customs,...

Catalogue: Consumer Insights 2005

Authors: Hy Mariampolski, Sharon Wolf, Luigi Toiati

Companies: QualiData Research Inc., Focus S.r.L.

November 15, 2005

Alice through the looking glass

The author of this paper utilizes the Tao Collage decoding system, which applies Taoist conceptual thinking to a semiotic framework, to provide a glimpse of how qualitative researchers viewed the future.

Catalogue: Qualitative 2005

Author: Luigi Toiati

Company: Focus S.r.L.

November 13, 2005

How do you call collages in Asia?

The author of this paper has applied the five movements of Tao to arrive at a 'different' knowledge of the world of collages, by constructing an interpretative grid and observing how collages could turn into a real process of reasoning, and not...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2002

Author: Luigi Toiati

Company: Focus S.r.L.

December 1, 2002