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Using Ethnographic Interviewing To Learn About Your Faculty, Carolyn Mills, Sharon Giovenale
Using Ethnographic Interviewing To Learn About Your Faculty, Carolyn Mills, Sharon Giovenale
ACRL New England Chapter Annual Conference
We were part of a nineteen institution ethnographic study on the research practices and support needs of agriculture faculty, under the auspices of Ithaka S+R in 2016. We will use our work to illustrate how ethnographic interviewing works. We will discuss:
- Training and preparation
- The process of recruiting and interviewing, and interview transcription.
- Coding & analysis of results, mapping findings from the interview transcriptions
- Our findings and conclusions which, though drawn from agriculture, are potentially applicable to a broader range of science researchers
Our message to attendees is that anyone can do this research with the right preparation and support. …