What is it about?
Transcripts are a key feature of many qualitative research studies; however, how "true" are they? This paper explores through phenomenological inquiry why we might want to rethink the truth claims of transcripts and how we might more accurately honor the reality they claim to represent.
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Why is it important?
My argument asks researchers to engage in a more honest use of transcripts - not simply to take them as accurate representations of reality. Paper offers one possible solution - "Event Memory".
Perspectives
I hope this article is helpful to qualitative researchers struggling - as I did - with the dilemma of how to collapse rich, vibrant dialogue (that includes unseen and unspoken elements) into the two-dimensional space of the research report.
Meredith Sinclair
Southern Connecticut State University
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This page is a summary of: Unsettling Transcription Through “Event Memory”: Problem and Possibility in Exploring the Phenomenological Question, Qualitative Inquiry, December 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1077800418819633.
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