Interviewing in 'place': the socio-spatial construction of interview data |
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Authors: | Chih Hoong Sin |
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Affiliation: | Matrix MHA Research and Consultancy, Zetland House, 5/25 Scrutton Street, London EC2A 4HJ and Research Unit, National Institute for Social Work, 5 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SN Email: |
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Abstract: | The intersubjective dialogic exercise through which identities and knowledge are constructed exists in a dialectic relation with the 'place' of the interview. The in situ nature of interviewing should not be overlooked. Two case studies of interviews conducted with older people in Britain about their social network and support are used to illuminate two aspects of the socio-spatial construction of interview data. First, interview sites can yield important information about the way participants construct their individual and social identities. Second, such identities can influence interviewer–interviewee dynamics. |
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Keywords: | Britain interviewing socio-spatial construction of data intersubjective identities |
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