Category Archives: interview

big researchers don’t cry?

Posted on October 5, 2017 by pat thomson

This is a guest post from Jozica Kutin. Jozica is a researcher and PhD candidate at RMIT University, Melbourne. At the end of each research interview I tell the person I’ve interviewed how appreciative I am of their time and … Continue reading →

Posted in Emotion, emotional research, interview, interviews, research, Uncategorized | Tagged emotion, interview, Jozica Kutin, research | 11 Comments

imagination and “the interview”

Posted on January 25, 2016 by pat thomson

Many of you may well now be starting your field work. And at least some of you will be conducting interviews. That’s an interesting word – “conduct”. One definition of conduct is simply “to organise and carry out”, so to … Continue reading →

Posted in empathy, imagination, interview, listening, Maxine Greene | Tagged empathy, interview, listening, Maxine Greene, Pat Thomson | 2 Comments

do I have to transcribe the interviews I do?

Posted on February 10, 2014 by pat thomson

Well no. Of course not. You don’t have to. But you might want to… and here’s why. One of the great pleasures about researching is that you get to talk to lots of different people. They’ll usually have something interesting … Continue reading →

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can you write about mess in your thesis, and if so, how? part one

Posted on July 13, 2012 by pat thomson

This post is written by Dr Peter Matthews who works in the School of the Built Environment at Herriott Watt. Peter’s blog is Urbanity…History and he tweets as @urbaneprofessor. I asked him to show and tell how he talked about … Continue reading →