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- Title
The Sideshadow Interview: Illuminating Process.
- Authors
Luce-Kapler, Rebecca
- Abstract
Drawing on the conception of the literary sideshadow, the author describes the development of a sideshadowing interview used to investigate the decision-making processes of writers in a research group. To prepare for the interview, the researcher reads and notates the text that she will discuss with the participant using a process of ‘close reading’. Sideshadowing interviews ask not only the ‘why’ but also the ‘why not’ and the ‘what if’ questions, following a process of both prepared questions and conversational discovery. In the interpretation of a sideshadow interview, the researcher describes how this approach characterizes the complexity of a process. Furthermore, the researcher's biases and influences became readily apparent through this analysis. The author suggests that her conception of the sideshadowing interview is a research technique that might offer useful data to qualitative researchers interested in exploring the nature of processes such as writing, reading, or teaching.
- Subjects
INTERPERSONAL communication; INTERVIEWING; DECISION making; RESEARCH teams; INTERVIEWER characteristics; SOCIAL science methodology
- Publication
International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2006, Vol 5, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1609-4069
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/160940690600500101