2026/2027
Этнографическое интервью
ID 1165720
Статус:
Маго-лего
Кто читает:
Департамент истории
Где читается:
Санкт-Петербургская школа гуманитарных наук и искусств
Охват аудитории:
для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ
Преподаватели:
Касаткина Александра Константиновна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
32
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course examines the interview not simply as a method of data collection, but as a site of knowledge production and a culturally structured form of interaction. We will approach interviews ethnographically, i.e. as events shaped by institutional settings, genre conventions, positionality, etc. We will see how questions shape answers, how narratives are co-produced in dialogues, how silence and hesitation carry meaning, and how interviews intersect with participant observation. The course is intended for graduate students preparing for their fieldwork, so particular attention is paid to designing research questions and interview guides, negotiating access and building rapport, recording and transcribing, analyzing and representing interview data, ethical dilemmas and confidentiality. Through practical exercises, students will conduct and transcribe their own interviews, produce fieldnotes and analytic memos, apply different methods of understanding what happened between them and their interlocutors. Readings will include methodological texts and exemplary ethnographies that demonstrate possible uses of interview material.
Learning Objectives
- To learn how to prepare, conduct and professionally transcribe ethnographic interviews
- To learn how to design research interview and bring its results into an academic text
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Deconstruct the interview structure, shifting from viewing it as a passive tool for extracting facts to understanding it as an active site of knowledge co-production.
- Translate macro-level historical and anthropological theoretical frameworks into a cohesive, operational interview guide using strategic descriptive prompts.
- Conduct high-quality, flexible ethnographic interviews, using active listening and strategic probing techniques to capture rich data without dominating the dialogue.
- Apply qualitative transcription standards to transform spoken dialogue into text
- Systematize and analyze raw text and multi-modal data using narrative and discourse analysis
Assessment Elements
- семинарская активностьактивность на семинарах
- финальный проектподготовить, взять, транскрибировать и проанализировать собственное интервью, максимально близкое к теме исследования студента.
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Contemporary field research : perspectives and formulations, Emerson, R. M., 2001
- InterViews : learning the craft of qualitative research, Kvale, S., 2009
- Проблемы поэтики Достоевского, худож. М. В. Серегин, 4-е изд., 318 с., Бахтин, М. М., 1979
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Исследовательское интервью, Квале С., Миронова М.Р., 2009