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Challenging the sanitized view of interview participants in standardized survey interviews, Interviews as Activated Storytelling contends that interviews are meaning-making occasions that produce useful but context-sensitive knowledge. Through a series of case studies, this book illustrates that research participants are not simply there for the asking and answering, but rather respond in relation to the conditions of particular social worlds, such that interview interaction and interpretation must be conditioned by and take into account the social worlds referenced in the process. The contributing authors explore how prior conceptions of interview participants as well as the interview process constructively inform and shapeâor âactivateââthe narrative process from beginning to end across diverse social worlds. Together with Crafting Ethnographic Fieldwork: Sites, Selves, and Social Worlds (2023), the two volumes offer experienced insights into the full range of analyt

Interviews as Activated Storytelling

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Published 5/23/2025
      ISBN-13 9781032583006
      978-1032583006
      ISBN-10 1032583002
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      Dictionaries, Reference & Language Research methods / methodology

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      Book Synopsis

      Challenging the sanitized view of interview participants in standardized survey interviews, Interviews as Activated Storytelling contends that interviews are meaning-making occasions that produce useful but context-sensitive knowledge. Through a series of case studies, this book illustrates that research participants are not simply there for the asking and answering, but rather respond in relation to the conditions of particular social worlds, such that interview interaction and interpretation must be conditioned by and take into account the social worlds referenced in the process. The contributing authors explore how prior conceptions of interview participants as well as the interview process constructively inform and shapeâor âactivateââthe narrative process from beginning to end across diverse social worlds. Together with Crafting Ethnographic Fieldwork: Sites, Selves, and Social Worlds (2023), the two volumes offer experienced insights into the full range of analyt

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