In this book for those using qualitative research methods, especially anthropology and sociology students, editor Skinner (social anthropology, Queen's University Belfast) gathers international contributors in social and medical anthropology to explore the ethnographic interview as used in anthropological research. The book starts off with a look at the social, sociological, and anthropological aspects affecting the ethnographic interview. Part 1 reviews different perspectives of the ethnographic interview as a form of partnership and as a form of participatory qualitative research. Part 2 details interview techniques, and part 3 presents cases on interviewing dancers and writers, recalling what was unspeakable, and indigenous responses to the ethnographic interview. The book includes b&w photos and is distributed in the US by Bloomsbury USA. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
What are new interview methods and practices in our new 'interview society' and how do they relate to traditional social science research? This volume interrogates the interview as understood, used - and under-used - by anthropologists. It puts the interview itself in the hotseat by exploring the nature of the interview, interview techniques, and illustrative cases of interview use.
What is a successful and representative interview? How are interviews best transcribed and integrated into our writing? Is interview knowledge production safe, ethical and representative? And how are interviews used by anthropologists in their ethnographic practice?
This important volume leads the reader from an initial scrutiny of the interview to interview techniques and illustrative case studies. It is experimental, innovative, and covers in detail matters such as awkwardness, silence and censorship in interviews that do not feature in general interview textbooks. It will appeal to social scientists engaged in qualitative research methods in general, and anthropology and sociology students using interviews in their research and writing in particular.
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