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🧠 UNIT II: THE ETHNOGRAPHIC INTERVIEW AS A RESEARCH TECHNIQUE - Coggle…
🧠 UNIT II: THE ETHNOGRAPHIC INTERVIEW AS A RESEARCH TECHNIQUE
🌿 1️⃣ Interview Design and Planning
It allows the researcher to organize flexible interviews to understand the experiences and meanings of the participants.
🔹 Concept
→ Defines the purpose of the interview.→ Establishes general topics.→ Selects the informants.
🔹 Characteristics
→ Flexible.→ Open-ended.→ Ethical.
🔹 Objectives
→ Obtain meaningful information.→ Understand experiences.
🔹 Importance
→ Improves the quality of the data.
🔹 Main Elements
→ Purpose.→ Informants.→ Location and duration.→ Consent.
🌿 2️⃣ Types of Interviews
Ethnographic interviews can be adapted to the level of depth and freedom required by the research.
🔹 Concept
→ Open-ended: allows freedom of expression.→ Semi-structured: combines a guide with flexibility.→ In-depth: explores experiences and meanings.
🔹 Characteristics
→ Flexible.→ Conversational.→ Adaptable.
🔹 Objectives
→ Explore experiences.→ Obtain in-depth information.
🔹 Importance
→ Facilitate the understanding of different perspectives.
🌿 3️⃣ Interviewer–Interviewee Relationship
A good relationship between the interviewer and interviewee promotes authentic dialogue and allows more meaningful information to be obtained.
🔹 Concept
→ Rapport: closeness and mutual understanding.→ Trust: a relationship based on respect.→ Empathy: understanding the other person's perspective.
🔹 Characteristics
→ Respectful.→ Flexible.→ Understanding.
🔹 Objectives
→ Create an atmosphere of trust.→ Facilitate the interviewee's expression.
🔹 Importance
→ Enriches the information obtained.
🌿 4️⃣ Inquiry Strategies and Discursive Follow-Up
These strategies allow the researcher to explore the interviewee's account in greater depth without imposing answers or interrupting their experience.
🔹 Concept
→ Open-ended inquiry.→ Discursive follow-up.→ Reformulation.→ Strategic silence.
🔹 Characteristics
→ Active listening.→ Flexibility.→ Attention to the discourse.
🔹 Objectives
→ Deepen the responses.→ Clarify meanings.
🔹 Importance
→ Improves the quality of the dialogue and the data.
🌿 5️⃣ Recording, Transcription, and Preliminary Analysis
🔹 Concept
→ Recording: preserves the information.→ Transcription: converts the dialogue into text.→ Preliminary Analysis: identifies themes and patterns.
🔹 Characteristics
→ Systematic.→ Reflective.→ Contextualized.
🔹 Objectives
→ Organize the information.→ Identify relevant themes.→ Prepare for subsequent analysis.
🔹 Importance
→ Facilitates the interpretation of the data.