Saturday, February 20, 2010

interviews

So I've completed my first interview and started to transcribe it. One thing I'd say is that I for sure underestimated the transcription procedure. Thus far it's taken me around an hour of transciption for ten to fifteen minutes of interview. I't fun though to go back and listen to what people say. I wasn't aware how much people contradict themselves until I went back and got a chance to look at it. Themese kinda pop out at you and the entire process is like a huge review. Although tedious, I think it's helpful. It does suck to hear myself on tape though. I wasn't aware of how horriblu inarticulate I was. I guess I can work on that. Although the first interview was rough, I'm confident that my second one will be a lot better. I'm going to shoot for longer more detailed answers on behalf of my interviewee.

3 comments:

  1. Yeah, the transcription process sounds like an illuminating one...I'm interested to read/hear more about these
    but I'm not really looking forward to hearing myself on tape...
    Was your interviewee uncomfortable at first being recorded? Or was it easy to forget and just have a "normal" conversation?

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  2. This is great--and, yes, you learn just by doing it! Seeing the process from the inside is worth 1000 pages of reading :)

    Re: noticing themes. Make sure you keep a notebook or something handy to jot down these ideas: they are analysis!

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  3. I completely agree about transcriptions. It took me 10 minutes to write 3 minutes of speech. Trying to include the ums and uhs are also quite hard- especially for myself! I hate to hear my own blips in speech.

    I have not noticed themes quite yet myself. But perhaps I will once I break a certain point.

    Have you noticed any correlation between speaking pattern and topic? Also, how do you think your language impacted the person's response?

    Happy transcribing!

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