Contemporary Approaches to Interview Research
Location
DeSantis Room 1049
Format Type
Plenary
Format Type
Panel
Start Date
15-1-2020 4:30 PM
End Date
15-1-2020 5:20 PM
Abstract
Scholars have been writing about interview methods since the 1940s. Although the basic sequence of questions posed by interviewers and answers provided by interviewees holds fast in interview research – theories, methods and practical aspects of this method have been subject to rapid change. In this panel, we discuss innovations in the ways that researchers theorize interview research using new materialist and feminist perspectives, as well as how new technologies powered by artificial intelligence change the way researchers transcribe interview data. In this panel, the presenters discuss contemporary approaches to interview research via common questions. Brigette Herron’s interests lie in how feminist researchers have conceptualized the interview, and what that means for researchers applying feminist principles in their research. Kathy Roulston has reviewed recent writing that applies new materialist theories to critiquing the interview and reconceptualizing interview interaction in the post-human. Ameya Sawadkar has explored the use of voice-to-text software powered by artificial intelligence in transcription of interviews. Presenters will each address common questions with respect to contemporary qualitative research that uses interviews:
- What are current trends in the way that scholars are theorizing and conducting interview research?
- What are the issues that these approaches to interview research address?
- What do these new approaches mean for the interpretation and representation of qualitative data?
The session will conclude with time for dialogue with and among the audience.
Keywords
interview research; transcription; feminist interviews; new materialist interviews
Contemporary Approaches to Interview Research
DeSantis Room 1049
Scholars have been writing about interview methods since the 1940s. Although the basic sequence of questions posed by interviewers and answers provided by interviewees holds fast in interview research – theories, methods and practical aspects of this method have been subject to rapid change. In this panel, we discuss innovations in the ways that researchers theorize interview research using new materialist and feminist perspectives, as well as how new technologies powered by artificial intelligence change the way researchers transcribe interview data. In this panel, the presenters discuss contemporary approaches to interview research via common questions. Brigette Herron’s interests lie in how feminist researchers have conceptualized the interview, and what that means for researchers applying feminist principles in their research. Kathy Roulston has reviewed recent writing that applies new materialist theories to critiquing the interview and reconceptualizing interview interaction in the post-human. Ameya Sawadkar has explored the use of voice-to-text software powered by artificial intelligence in transcription of interviews. Presenters will each address common questions with respect to contemporary qualitative research that uses interviews:
- What are current trends in the way that scholars are theorizing and conducting interview research?
- What are the issues that these approaches to interview research address?
- What do these new approaches mean for the interpretation and representation of qualitative data?
The session will conclude with time for dialogue with and among the audience.