The Participant as Transcriptionist: Methodological Advantages of a Collaborative and Inclusive Research Practice
This article documents an innovative approach to interview-based research known as the participant-as-transcriptionist method. In the participant-as-transcriptionist method, the participant serves as the transcriptionist, with editorial control to create the transcript from an interview. In the arti...
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| author | Annabelle L. Grundy Dawn E. Pollon Michelle K. McGinn |
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| description | This article documents an innovative approach to interview-based research known as the participant-as-transcriptionist method. In the participant-as-transcriptionist method, the participant serves as the transcriptionist, with editorial control to create the transcript from an interview. In the article, we address three key methodological advantages of the participant-as-transcriptionist method. First, the participant-as-transcriptionist method is inclusive for a range of researchers, disabled or otherwise. Second, the participant-as-transcriptionist method can incorporate a sense of collaboration in the researcher-participant relationship. Third, participant-transcriptionists can create quality transcripts that represent the participant's voice. Throughout the discussion, we interweave quotes from fieldnotes taken by the interviewer (the first author) and a participant-transcriptionist (the second author) as they describe their experiences using the participant-as-transcriptionist method in a research study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-987f9a8f14404f9eaf875a1ff1be5e7b2022-12-22T01:48:43ZengSAGE PublishingInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods1609-40692003-06-01210.1177/16094069030020020310.1177_160940690300200203The Participant as Transcriptionist: Methodological Advantages of a Collaborative and Inclusive Research PracticeAnnabelle L. GrundyDawn E. PollonMichelle K. McGinnThis article documents an innovative approach to interview-based research known as the participant-as-transcriptionist method. In the participant-as-transcriptionist method, the participant serves as the transcriptionist, with editorial control to create the transcript from an interview. In the article, we address three key methodological advantages of the participant-as-transcriptionist method. First, the participant-as-transcriptionist method is inclusive for a range of researchers, disabled or otherwise. Second, the participant-as-transcriptionist method can incorporate a sense of collaboration in the researcher-participant relationship. Third, participant-transcriptionists can create quality transcripts that represent the participant's voice. Throughout the discussion, we interweave quotes from fieldnotes taken by the interviewer (the first author) and a participant-transcriptionist (the second author) as they describe their experiences using the participant-as-transcriptionist method in a research study.https://doi.org/10.1177/160940690300200203 |
| spellingShingle | Annabelle L. Grundy Dawn E. Pollon Michelle K. McGinn The Participant as Transcriptionist: Methodological Advantages of a Collaborative and Inclusive Research Practice International Journal of Qualitative Methods |
| title | The Participant as Transcriptionist: Methodological Advantages of a Collaborative and Inclusive Research Practice |
| title_full | The Participant as Transcriptionist: Methodological Advantages of a Collaborative and Inclusive Research Practice |
| title_fullStr | The Participant as Transcriptionist: Methodological Advantages of a Collaborative and Inclusive Research Practice |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Participant as Transcriptionist: Methodological Advantages of a Collaborative and Inclusive Research Practice |
| title_short | The Participant as Transcriptionist: Methodological Advantages of a Collaborative and Inclusive Research Practice |
| title_sort | participant as transcriptionist methodological advantages of a collaborative and inclusive research practice |
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