The PhD seminar “Digging out the Deep Data” will explore these questions and provide solid examples of research processes that involve extensive use of interviews.
Obligatory work:
Participants are expected to submit examples of interviewing from their own PhD work, or provide examples on how they believe that interviews can be put to better use in future projects. Please submit 2 pages of reflections on your type of material together with 2–3 examples (eg. samples from actual interviews or examples of types of interviews). The deadline for submitting the advance material is Friday 14 December.
Readings: (to be read before the course)
- Brinkmann, Svend & Steinar Kvale (2015). Interviews. Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing, Sage: London, chapters 1–3, pp. 1–82.
- Deakin, Hanna & Kelly Wakefield (2013). “Skype Interviewing: Reflections of two PhD Researchers”, Qualitative Research, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 603–616.
- Flikke, Geir (2016). “Resurgent Authoritarianism. The Case of Russia’s New NGO Legislation”, Post-Soviet Affairs, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 103–131.
- Ledeneva, Alena V. (2006). How Russia Really Works. The Informal Practices that Shaped Post-Soviet Politics and Business, Cornell University Press: Cornell, Chapters 1–2, pp. 1–57.
Tentative Course Plan:
09.00 – 09.15: Presentation of participants/motivational factors
09.15 – 10.00 Qualitative Interviewing: What is it?
10.00 – 10.15 Break
10.15 – 11.00 Qualitative Interviewing: a case with examples
11.00 – 11.15 Break
11.15 – 12.00 Examples/discussions
12.00 Lunch