The Interview: An Ethnographic Approach

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Interview: An Ethnographic Approach
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Jonathan Skinner
SeriesASA Monographs
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9781847889393
ClassificationsDewey:305.800723
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Berg Publishers
Publication Date 1 September 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Author Biography

Jonathan Skinner is Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at Queen's University Belfast, UK.

Reviews

Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. * CHOICE * A welcome set of essays on interviewing as an anthropological field technique explores important issues of methodology, knowledge construction, and the establishment of rapport and mutual understanding in cultural encounters. * Anthropology Review Database * One of the main virtues of The Interview is that it works 'laterally' to situate the interview within a multiplicity of relevant contexts * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *