This is the first time that I’m thinking about what kind of different research methods should I be using for a project. At the beginning I struggled to understand which methods would be suitable for my research as I haven’t worked in this specific context before in order to consider the different methods
I’m looking to explore the following research methods:
- Document analysis as Qualitative Method
- Autoethnography
- Semi-structured Interviews
The main methods that I will be using is document analysis, autoethnography and semi structured interviews. I believe using a variety of methods will help investigate and understand the theme of my project in depth.
In my creative practice, I have always used my own experiences and memories as the foundation of my projects so it made sense to work with autoethnography. The theme of the project is really close to my heart as it stems from my lived experience as a student, a staff member and an academic. ‘…the importance of storytelling and personal narrative, identified the limitations of traditional research practices, and illustrated how a researcher’s perspective informs and facilitates research processes, products, and the creation of culture (Bochner, 2014).’
I haven’t worked with interviews before as a method of research and after listening to ‘The tyranny of the transcript’ (2020) I was intrigued to explore this method for my research. Harris is challenging the idea of the interview transcript as the ‘gold-standard’ of qualitative research insight, going into how the transcript should include how the interviewees reacted to different questions. Then, going even further , that the transcript should even include facial expressions, which I believe it might be crossing to unethical approach as the participants might not be aware that their body language is being recorded as well. Interesting episode!
Refferences:
Harris, R. (2020) The tyranny of transcript [Podcast]. 17 November 2020. Available at: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5GPdL9Vo5sBwSMfu2f0eEH (Accessed: 20 December 2024).
Talisma, I. and Muchenje, F. (2022) ‘Participatory data gathering and co-analysing data with participants using thematic analysis’. University of Manchester. doi: 10.48420/21065971.v1.
Helen Kara (2021) Autoethnography. 26 July. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED_gUjzxhVw (Accessed: 10 December 2024).
Adams,T., Ellis, C., Jones, S. (2017) ‘Autoethnography’, The International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods, 1-11 Available at: doi/pdf/10.1002/9781118901731.iecrm0011