CANCELLLED: Interview Techniques for Research

We regret to inform you that this session has been cancelled. Please contact the Research Office (researchoffice@yorksj.ac.uk) if you have any queries or concerns. 

Session facilitator: Dr Eeva Sointu, Associate Professor, Sociology

Interviews constitute a key qualitative method, and this session delves into what it means, and what it takes, to interview well. The challenges of interviews pertain to how human the method is. Anything and everything that is relevant to communication more broadly is present when interviewing people. Good interviews are mindful of identities and power dynamics shaping encounters with participants. As such, good questions are not just clear. They are reflective of how the social suffuses communication. Further, while some topics easily yield themselves to asking interview questions, other themes can be difficult to think and to talk about. In addition to thinking about identities in research encounters, I want to reflect on how we can ask questions on topics that are difficult to talk about. I also want to think about how to navigate challenges inhering in the role of the interviewer. I ask how to interview in a way that embodies care for not just the participant, but for the researcher also.

Learning outcomes

To navigate challenges of qualitative interviewing

To think about the importance of identities in research encounters

This session takes place in HG 138.

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