The CDA app: Conceptualizing a digital/cultural intervention in Critical Research Practices

This paper discusses a conceptual design for an application that introduces a metacognitive aspect to critical discourse analysis, capturing key points at which critical deliberation occurs in the research process so that researchers can reflect on those moments as they prepare the data write-up. The application is intended for use by practitioners of qualitative data analysis; however, the author also considers the pedagogical potential for the application. The purpose of this paper is to explore the notion of a productive intervention in the research process that captures the complexities inherent in the research process that are not represented in the final write-up of data.