Of course the question of how we should ‘be’ is not always one that is easily resolved by making a decision and executing it. Apart from the fact that researchers are rarely able to exercise such high degrees of instrumentality, per- formance and self-control, we must also remember that interviews are interactions, and how you can ‘be’ depends to a great extent on the situation and the other par- ticipants. So, while it is important to reflect upon these issues, you should not over-estimate your ability to act a part, nor its benefits. In Chapter 5 we discuss these issues more fully in relation to a researcher’s ‘ethnographic self’ (Coffey, 1999).
These questions all imply the need to make quick, but considered and strate- gic, decisions while you are interviewing. In each case, these decisions and their consequences will need to achieve a number of things. They will need to do the fol- lowing:
Of course the question of how we should ‘be’ is not always one that is easily resolved by making a decision and executing it. Apart from the fact that researchers are rarely able to exercise such high degrees of instrumentality, per- formance and self-control, we must also remember that interviews are interactions, and how you can ‘be’ depends to a great extent on the situation and the other par- ticipants. So, while it is important to reflect upon these issues, you should not over-estimate your ability to act a part, nor its benefits. In Chapter 5 we discuss these issues more fully in relation to a researcher’s ‘ethnographic self’ (Coffey, 1999).These questions all imply the need to make quick, but considered and strate- gic, decisions while you are interviewing. In each case, these decisions and their consequences will need to achieve a number of things. They will need to do the fol- lowing:
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