A n interview transcript sits in front of me, on top of a pile. I did the interview, tape-recorded it,
and transcribed it. The topic is older women married to younger men; this interview is with a …

A Ithough ethnomethodology is not typically associated with interview research, in this
chapter I demonstrate a number of ways in which ethnomethodological ideas can be applied …

This chapter discusses the implications of viewing the interview as an actively constructed
conversation through which narrative data are produced. It explores the ramifications of …

The paper outlines different modes of inference that researchers are able to make from
interview data. Rather than championing one correct mode of inference, I argue that most …

Qualitative interviewing has today become a key method in the human and social sciences
and in many other corners of the scientific landscape, from education to the health sciences …

Social constructionists consider interviews as mutually co-constructing meaning. But what if
the interlocutors do not seem to agree on what they construct? What if the interviewee has a …

conversation (Kvale 1996), with the emphasis on researchers asking questions and
listening, and respondents answering (Rubin and Rubin 1995). It is similar to standardized …

We respond to recent discussions of the interview, and the 'radical critique'of interviewing, as
reiterated in publications by Silverman and Hammersley. Reviewing and extending the …

Our aim in this chapter is to highlight the way that talk-in-interaction is fundamental in
conducting and analyzing interviews, and to argue that it is important to consider interviews …