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Questioning the Subject in Biographical Interviewing

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  • Jennifer Harding

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This paper considers how different approaches to interviewing and styles of questioning produce different sorts of biographical subjects and accounts. It compares styles of biographical interview (chronological and narrative) and types of question (narrative and explanatory), and presents an approach, which treats the interview as a collaborative co-production primarily concerned with the present and subjectivity, rather than the past and fact. It also considers how biographical interviewing may direct and contain narratives of the self through the subject positions it creates and offers interviewees. Discussion is grounded in reflection on a recent project involving university students in interviewing young people leaving care about their care experiences and making a training video for professionals. The paper highlights the inter-subjective and emotional aspects of interviewing in this context.

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  • Jennifer Harding, 2006. "Questioning the Subject in Biographical Interviewing," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 11(3), pages 16-25, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:11:y:2006:i:3:p:16-25
    DOI: 10.5153/sro.1411
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    1. Maria Aymerich & Antoni Castelló & Ramon Cladellas, 2022. "Efficacy of a Contextualized Measurement of Life Satisfaction: A Pilot Study on the Assessment of Progress in Eating Disorder Therapy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(21), pages 1-14, November.
    2. Kate Mukungu, 2017. "“How Can You Write About a Person Who Does Not Exist?”: Rethinking Pseudonymity and Informed Consent in Life History Research," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 6(3), pages 1-9, August.

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