How was it for you? The Interview Society and the irresistible rise of the (poorly analyzed) interview

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Silverman
Keyword(s):  
Interview Data ◽  
Direct Link ◽  
Constructionist Approach ◽  
Interview Studies ◽  
The Way

Atkinson and Silverman’s (1997) depiction of the Interview Society analysed the dominance of interview studies that seek to elicit respondents ‘experiences’ and ‘perceptions’. Their article showed that this vocabulary is deeply problematic, assuming an over-rationalistic account of behaviour and a direct link between the language of people’s accounts and their past and present psychic states. In this article, using a Constructionist approach, I develop these ideas, by asking what sort of data are we trying to retrieve through interviews, i.e. what do interviews reveal? I go on to examine and discount the claimed intellectual auspices for most interview studies and the way in which interview data are usually analysed. I conclude by showing how the reliability of interview transcripts can be improved and the analysis of interview data made more robust.

Conceptualising ‘Within-Group Stigmatisation’ among High-Status Workers

2021 ◽  
pp. 095001702110412
Author(s):  
Matthew Bamber ◽  
John McCormack ◽  
Brent J Lyons
Keyword(s):  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
High Status ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Extensive Survey ◽  
The Way

This article explores the identity challenges facing teaching-only faculty (TOF), whose occupational self-perceptions are fundamentally contradicted by the way institutional others perceive them. We show how this manifests into a set of stigmatising practices and processes across two dimensions: contact (informal messaging) and contract (formal messaging). The sense of being unjustly stigmatised is amplified because the teaching-only role is generally seen as high-status by outsiders, and the work itself is relatively free from real or metaphorical dirt. Hence, we propose the concept of within-group stigmatisation. Next, we shine light on the implications of this form of occupational stigmatisation through the lens of organisational (dis)identification. In contrast to theoretical expectations, the analysis of our extensive survey and interview data shows that TOF identify with their role but disidentify with the organisation. Finally, we reflect on the importance and broader applicability of our concept of within-group occupational stigmatisation.

scholarly journals Performing Place: A Rhythmanalysis of the City of London

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Nash
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Organizational Life ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
City Of London ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

Through its focus on the City of London as a particular work sector and setting, this paper emphasizes the symbolic and material significance of place to understanding the lived experiences of power relations within organizational life. The socio-cultural and material aspects of the City are explored through an analysis of the rhythms of place, as well through interview data. Using a methodological approach based on Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis in order to develop an embodied, immersive sense of how the City is experienced as a workplace, the paper makes a methodological, empirical and theoretical contribution to an understanding of the way in which rhythms shape how place is performed. Using rhythmanalysis as a method, the paper shows the relationship between rhythms and the performances of place, foregrounding a subjective, embodied and experiential way of researching the places and spaces of organizing.

scholarly journals Connecting and Disconnection

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-122
Author(s):  
Andrew M. Jefferson ◽  
Tomas Max Martin
Keyword(s):  
Chaos Control ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Relational Practice ◽  
Family Contact ◽  
Exchange Relations ◽  
The Way

Drawing on a case study carried out in Myanmar, this article elaborates on the concept of connectivity as a rich and critical articulation of the way prisoners and their relatives develop and sustain relationships during incarceration. The notion of connectivity offers an alternative analytic frame to that provided by established notions of prisoner–family contact. Drawing primarily on interview data, we examine how people connect and disconnect in situations of chaos, control and surveillance; how they suffer under circumstances of not-knowing; and how they establish protective exchange relations. We illustrate the utility of the concept of connectivity for interrogating the fundamentally relational practice of imprisonment and show that common notions of inside and outside are partially deconstructed through prison actors’ agentic efforts to cut ties or tie strings across prison walls.

scholarly journals On Identity, Place, Dignity, and Honor: The Madonnas of Echo Park (2010) by Brando Skyhorse

2014 ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Amaya Ibarrarán-Bigalondo
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Personal Identity ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Strong Sense ◽  
Direct Link ◽  
Male Characters ◽  
Echo Park ◽  
The Way

Brando Skyhorse’s first novel, The Madonnas of Echo Park, set in Echo Park, Los Angeles, portrays the lives, thoughts and feelings of eight different and diverse characters. All of them expose their direct link to the space they inhabit: the barrio. Parting from the premise that the link between space and identity is inextricable, and the fact that the general living conditions and access to different resources is scarce in many U.S. Latino quarters, the aim of this essay is to observe whether the way the characters experience this space affects their personal identity and relation to dignity and honor. Particularly, the way barrio life affects and shapes the personality of male characters. For this purpose, we will employ Alfredo Mirandé’s conceptualization of Chicano masculinity, characterized by a strong sense of honor, dignity and pride, among other things. We thus will observe whether a tough environment produces tough men.

Modeling IC Defects Using Circuit Simulation Software

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.J. Cassels
Keyword(s):  
Failure Analysis ◽  
Circuit Simulation ◽  
Fault Localization ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Direct Link ◽  
Defect Model ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
Root Cause Failure Analysis ◽  
The Way

Abstract Often in the course of performing root cause failure analysis and fault localization, it can be helpful to have supporting information in the way of a defect model. This is particularly true when physical identification of a defect is unsuccessful. By modeling suspected, theorized, or documented defects in microchip circuitry, the analyst can more clearly show a direct link between defect and circuit failure in support of analysis conclusions.

Space Invaders: The Negotiation of Teenage Boundaries through the Mobile Phone

2005 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 314-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Williams ◽  
Lynda Williams
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Parental Authority ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Boundary Setting ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Way

Drawing on interview data, this paper explores the area of child/parent negotiation. Specifically, we examine the increasing significance of the mobile phone in the way teenagers negotiate spatial boundaries with their parents. Utilising theories of time and space, especially Giddens’ concept of ‘distanciation’, we show how parents and their children use the mobile phone as a tool for negotiating curfews in public space, thus extending household discussion and negotiation outside of the home. We point out that parents are using the mobile phone to enter their children's time and space as an ‘absent Other’, and see this as a means of extending parental authority and control. Children, conversely, see themselves gaining a degree of empowerment from the mobile phone, as parents are more lenient with curfews if they posses one. The mobile phone, then, has become an important facilitator of negotiations between parents and teenagers regarding boundary setting. We conclude that the mobile phone has enabled teenagers to gain increased leverage in their negotiations with their parents, but underline that parents still hold control and authority by ‘invading’ their children's space.

scholarly journals Educational Consciousness: Breaking Open the Category of Knowledge in Footscray

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Charman ◽  
M Dixon ◽  
R Bellingham ◽  
M Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Interview Data ◽  
Small Space ◽  
Public Event ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Way

This article is the beginning of a theoretical reading of a project undertaken by the Public Pedagogies Institute a Pop Up School and Educational Consciousness. Drawing on Biesta’s notion of publicness we initially describe the Pop Up School event. We argue that in this project we look to extend the way the knowledge profile of an area can be more fully informed by turning to the community itself for their articulations and representations of their knowledge. When then offer distinct readings of this research/public event with Deleuze and Barad as they offer a dynamic engagement with knowledge. The paper then moves between the small space of the public event and the larger space of Footscray through Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal cosmologies and pedagogies. Time is called then into play as a psychoanalytic reading of Footscray, memory and knowledge are read from the interview data. The final steps bring Footscray sharply through time with a reading of ‘consumptionscapes’ of Footscray knowledge.

Language Correspondences

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes Kukulska-Hulme
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Language Translation ◽  
Perfect Match ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Direct Link ◽  
Language Resources ◽  
Crossword Puzzle ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Way

• Is a crossword puzzle clue a definition of a word? • Can you enter to exit? • Are unrecoverable errors recoverable? • How can a word like “caution” mean “guarantee”? • What is it that happens unless you do something else? . . . This chapter is about the ways in which elements of language are at times able to correspond to each other in usage and in meaning. It explains equivalence, the baseline for distinctions between words, and clarifies widespread misconceptions about synonyms. It shows that words have values that are sometimes obvious and sometimes concealed. These concepts are relevant to all word choices in language, and they must be considered with due attention with translation of a user interface or documentation into another language. Ambiguity and culture are the two big issues that will inevitably come to the fore at such a time. It will also become clear that there are gaps to be filled in languages, and that interference and confusion are bound to get in the way. Multiple language environments create their own special demands with respect to all of these concepts. In a typical crossword puzzle, we are asked to think of words that correspond to descriptions or suggestions of their meaning. Because a crossword is a kind of game, the clues may well be phrased so as to make the word discovery difficult. By contrast, in dictionaries, descriptions of meaning are meant to correspond much more directly to designated words. A direct link is made between a particular language element—a word or phrase—and the language used to express its meaning, which stands in or substitutes for that element in a variety of ways. Definition is one way, within one language; translation is another way, between languages. Equivalence, in the sense of a perfect match on the level of meaning, may be achieved through definition, which draws on a rich range of language resources, but equivalence is much more problematic in translation. In translation into a target language, a word with exactly the same meaning may not exist.

scholarly journals Critical Reflections: Interpretation and Analysis of Japanese Women’s Settlement Experiences

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsushi Takeda
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Japanese Women ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Translation Process ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
The Way ◽  
Critical Reflections

In this paper, I discuss how I came to call into question the way in which I interpreted interview data in my dissertation, which investigated the migration and settlement experience of Japanese women who are married to Australian men and reside in Australia. Through critical reflections, I realized the way in which the positionality of researchers and their experience, values, and beliefs may influence interpretation of data. The translation process of the interview data reminded me of the similarity with the data analysis process. I illustrate how such possible impact changed the meaning of data through sharing my reflections.

“Islam as Cement”: The Way Out?

2021 ◽  
pp. 54-76
Author(s):  
Gülay Türkmen
Keyword(s):  
Historical Context ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Sunni Islam ◽  
Kurdish Conflict ◽  
Ethnic Divide ◽  
The Way

Chapter 2 scrutinizes the contours of the Muslim unity project. Through interview data it demonstrates how the belief in “Islam as cement” comes to life in the discourses of several religious elites who characterize Sunni Islam as an overarching supranational identity and see Muslim fraternity as the only solution to the Kurdish conflict. Citing certain hadiths and verses from the Qur’an, they reproduce the belief that Sunni Islam could indeed bridge the ethnic divide between Kurds and Turks. To provide some historical context, the chapter goes on to analyze this discourse in relation to the Muslim ummah and Ottoman pan-Islamism. Finally, building on systematic analysis of statements by AKP cadres—mostly by President Erdoğan—it demonstrates how the AKP came to embrace a pan-Islamic solution to the Kurdish conflict, what steps it took toward accomplishing it, and how its attitude toward Kurds compares to that of the Ottomans toward their Muslim subjects.

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