Interviews as Activated Storytelling

Contexts and Subjectivities

Amir B Marvasti editor Jaber F Gubrium editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Publishing:30th May '25

£36.99

This title is due to be published on 30th May, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Interviews as Activated Storytelling cover

Challenging the sanitized view of participants in standardized surveys, Interviews as Activated Storytelling contends that interviewing is a meaning-making process producing useful but context-sensitive knowledge. Through a series of case studies, the book illustrates that participants are not simply there for asking and answering, but inquire and respond in terms of attendant interests and social worlds. Interview interaction and interpretation must take these into account against standardization. In two parts, chapters explore how conditions of the interview process (contexts) and conceptions of interview participants (subjectivities) narratively inform and shape—activate—interviewing and its results. Together with the previously published book Crafting Ethnographic Fieldwork: Sites, Selves, and Social Worlds, insights into the full range of procedural issues in qualitative research are offered.

ISBN: 9781032583006

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290 pages