I have been using the word "interpretive" without actually realizing that in British English it should be "interpretative" phenomenological analysis. This is even in the name of the book (Smith, Flowers, Larkin, 2009, Sage). This is one of few examples I can think of in which the Brits add a syllable; usually they seem to be the ones who cut words down (e.g., common use of preventive instead of preventative).
Above is an example of some analysis done using MS Word. I am partially through with linguistic comments having begun with descriptive. For me the process of writing descriptive comments for IPA was a combination of open coding in a descriptive qualitative approach with my usual practice of memo-ing. I have a slightly older version of Word on one computer so I was able to change the user name which is how I changed the comment bubble color. You can change the bubble color in preferences, but it changes all comments made by a given user. Alternatives are to change user names (or use someone else's computer). There is a work around for newer versions of Word that I found but I have not needed to use it yet. Once I have finished filling in semantic and add conceptual comments, I will have three sets of colored comment bubbles and three colors of highlighted text. Note that I really do not actually transcribe audio to "Wingdings" font but this provided a nice way to de-identify my data. I am doing this as an alternative to handwritten comments and want to give thanks to Dr. Robin Cooper at Nova Southeastern and some unnamed doctoral student for demo-ing use of Word for IPA. I know that some people have developed NVivo adaptations, but I am more comfortable with working this way. Since IPA by nature usually has a small number of participants, some of the advantages of expensive CAQDAS are not needed.
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Check this space later for more of my typically 'thoughtful' posts. I am mulling over the idea of phronesis at present.... http://www.buzzfeed.com/norbertobriceno/reasons-why-bruce-lee-was-better-than-your-favorite-super Lots of academic writing is done for free. By 'for free,' I mean that the authors do not get (directly) paid. Rewards come in other guises such as respect of colleagues, contribution to the body of knowledge (and the greater good), recognition that may lead to invitations to conferences, fulfillment of job obligations to research and disseminate same, etc. This includes both journal articles and book chapters. Prior to my full time entry into academics, I think that this never occurred to me; I probably assumed that people were paid when they wrote things that were published. Of course, there are worse things than writing for free.
This is a screenshot (with an 'antique effect,' courtesy of file manipulation from my web host, Weebly) of my first ever word table. I am working on case study research following Yin (4th ed., 2009, Sage). This is a set up of a multiple case study project with three topic areas. I have taken the coded items from a few sources including a couple of focus group (or 'focussed group') interviews and written a summary of each participant's responses to each item. This should help me and my fellow researcher identify any substantive differences. The spaces between the blocks indicate that there was a bit of an experimental element to this case study research - some participants were in one group -use of arts-based research analysis techniques, and the others were in an alternate group working with traditional analysis methods.
I worked through the first few steps of my transcendental phenomenology assignment using the guidance of Moustakas (Sage, 1994). I attempted to identify invariant constituents from an interview, then to develop themes and finally to write up an individual textual description. I found this a little difficult, largely, I think because my phenomenology was based on a single critical experience - I chose an interview from the Kent State University archives about the Ohio National Guard Shootings of student Vietnam war protesters in May of 1970. I felt like I was looking at a sequence of events rather than a broader experience. What I mean by broader: one of the examples in Moustakas's book involves insomnia. I very much like the way that was presented in the book, and it makes me wish I had had a 'phenomena' of that type so I could follow the example more closely. It is cold here in Northern Mississippi - 15 Fahrenheit this a.m. - so it is definitely boot weather. I was wearing my Madden Girl boots (one is shown above) in the recreation center locker room this morning after my post-swim shower and someone I know commented on them.
I particularly like these boots because they are high (just over the knee) but have a comfortable low heel so walking around campus is not a chore and walking the 2-3 miles home is also possible. The low heels were part of what my acquaintance commented on, but she also made the point that there is still enough heel to make an authoritarian sound when you walk. I am working on an analysis assignment and using a transcendental phenomenological approach derived from the work of Moustakas (Sage, 1994). The first part of the assignment included bracketing. My friend the Cthulhu (micro Cthulhu made by "Squishable") offered to demonstrate his understanding of how some writers have explained 'bracketing.' One is as a process of identifying and partitioning out the researcher's prior knowledge on a subject and the other involves identification of prior knowledge but allows the integration of this information into the research process.
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AuthorI am Sheryl L. Chatfield, Ph.D, C.T.R.S. I am a member of the faculty in the College of Public Health at Kent State University. I also Co-coordinate the Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Research and I am a member of the Design Innovation Team at Kent State. Archives
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