InterViews : Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing

by Steinar Kvale

• ISBN13: 9780761925422
• ISBN10: 0761925422
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-16
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

The first edition of InterViews provided students and professionals in a wide variety of disciplines with the "whys" and "hows" of research interviewing, preparing students for learning interviewing by doing interviews and by studying examples of best practice. The thoroughly revised Second Edition retains its original seven-stage structure, continuing to focus on the practical, epistemological, and ethical issues involved with interviewing. Authors Steinar Kvale and Svend Brinkmann also include coverage of newer developments in qualitative interviewing, discussion of interviewing as a craft, and a new chapter on linguistic modes of interview analysis. Practical and conceptual assignments, as well as new "tool boxes," provide students with the means to dig deeper into the material presented and achieve a more meaningful level of understanding. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Introduction to Interview Research

Conceptualizing the Research Interview

Research Interviews, Philosophical Dialogues, and Therapeutic Interviews

Epistemological Issues of Interviewing

Ethical Issues of Interviewing

Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing

Seven Stages of an Interview Investigation

Thematizing and Designing an Interview Study

Conducting an Interview

Interview Variations

Interview Quality

Transcribing Interviews

Preparing for Interview Analysis

Interview Analyses Focusing on Meaning

Interview Analyses Focusing on Language

Eclectic and Theoretical Analyses of Interviews

The Social Construction of Validity

Reporting Interview Knowledge

Conversations About Interviews

Appendix: Learning Tasks

Glossary

References

About the Authors

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