What is it about?
Methodological accounts of research interviews find that how researchers use this tool in their work varies widely: there are many “ways” of interviewing. This edited collection unpacks the interactional dynamics of qualitative research interviews from studies conducted in education, second language acquisition, applied linguistics and disability studies from scholars in the UK, USA, Italy, Portugal, and Korea. These studies explore the interactional details of how the identities of researchers and their participants matter for the generation of interview data, as well as the kinds of discursive resources and social actions that occur in tandem with the production of data for research projects.
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Why is it important?
Given the widespread use of qualitative interviews for social research, this book provides a robust contribution to what Tim Rapley has called the “social studies of interviewing.” This book is relevant to audiences across disciplines who use the interview as a primary research method.
Perspectives
By looking closely at how research interviews are collaboratively generated, researchers learn about themselves, in addition to the research topics. They learn about the artful ways in which interviewees collaborate with interviewers to answer questions, as well as avoid questions. Interview descriptions are never merely descriptions of facts but are also ways of talking the world into being.
Dr Kathryn Roulston
University of Georgia
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This page is a summary of: Interactional Studies of Qualitative Research Interviews, March 2019, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/z.220.
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