Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-30-2020
Keywords
active Interviewing, self-presentation, reflexivity
Abstract
William (Billy) Shaffir taught about what it means to be a true empiricist, a sociologist committed to naturalistic observation as the most incisive method in our scientific toolbox. His inspiration still resonates, two decades later, in the work of new emerging scholars with the same commitment to ethnography—or what Billy more modestly and wisely calls “hanging around.” This paper is a tribute to his legacy that highlights the contributions of the next generation of graduate students that the lead author has been privileged to mentor at the University of Guelph. It builds on work by Hathaway and Atkinson on tactics of active interviewing to establish a more nuanced understanding of the benefits and challenges of being recognized as either an “insider” or “outsider,” and the implications of attempting to be both.
Faculty
Faculty of Applied Science & Technology (FAST)
Journal
Qualitative Sociology Review
Volume
16
Issue
2
First Page
106
Last Page
119
Version
Publisher's version
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Creative Commons License
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Original Publication Citation
Hathaway, A. D., Sommers, R., & Mostaghim, A. (2020). Active Interview Tactics Revisited: A Multigenerational Perspective. Qualitative Sociology Review, 16(2), 106-119. https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8077.16.2.09
SOURCE Citation
Hathaway, Andrew D.; Sommers, Rory; and Mostaghim, Amir, "Active Interview Tactics Revisited: A Multigenerational Perspective" (2020). Publications and Scholarship. 27.
https://source.sheridancollege.ca/fhass_publications/27