[Interpretationandmethods] using interview transcripts effectively

[Patrick Jackson]

I'd start with the excellent little manual Writing Ethnographic  
Fieldnotes, by Emersen, Fretz and Shaw (U Chicago 1995). Then, of  
course, Dvora and Peri's book Interpretation and Method (ME Sharpe,  
2006).

PTJ

On Nov 13, 2007, at 10:17 AM, Bob Press wrote:

> Dear colleagues:
>     Once we have completed interviews, how do we most effectively  
> analyze them? I have a thick batch of interviews from Liberia but in  
> my draft articles so far feel I have only scratched the surface in  
> 'mining' those for their full content. Any suggestions on how one  
> (1) sorts through interviews; (2) takes notes on them; (3) organizes  
> those notes.
>      Also - just in case: I need a crisp, student-friendly account  
> of the protests in Latin American that have seen several Presidents  
> in recent years overthrown, as part of a new course on Politics and  
> Protests starting in January. I'm already behind on book orders.
>     Cheers,
>     Bob Press in Mississippi
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Guillermina Seri
> To: interpretationandmethods at malagigi.cddc.vt.edu ; vpitton2 at uiuc.edu
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 5:58 AM
> Subject: [Interpretationandmethods] Neoliberalism & Higher Education  
> Reformsin Latin America
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