What watching others watching can tell us

Using video vignettes alongside narrative interviews to access multiple positions and embodied information in cross-cultural mother-infant research

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ID12733157
AuthorsNicola Dawson (0000-0003-4102-1476, University of the Witwatersrand, corresponding author), Katherine Bain (0000-0002-6635-1335, University of the Witwatersrand)
Year2021
Volume19
Issue4
Pages949-977
Publication date2021-08-26
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Research in Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1478-0887 • E-ISSN: 1478-0895
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14780887.2021.1966559
OpenAlexW3197779668
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited69

Culturally-embedded and embodied understandings of interaction, transmitted intergenerationally, and often non-consciously through sensory and affective memory, are notoriously difficult to access. Such information is often contained in implicit memory and is not readily available for narrative explanation. Alternative methodologies that can access these models of meaning are required. While videos of mother-infant interaction have long been used for both assessment and clinical intervention, in this paper, the use of participant commentary during observation of interactional videos as a qualitative research method, alongside narrative interviews, is proposed. The utility of this dual method is demonstrated through its use in a study aimed at understanding local understandings of maternal sensitive responsiveness in a South African township setting. By analysing participant responses to video material alongside their answers to interview questions, this paper suggests that participant reflection on video material utilised alongside narrative interviewing allows for analysis and interpretation of shifting participant identifications and positions, capturing greater complexity in understandings of culturally-embedded parent-infant interaction

Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Interview · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Narrative · Narrative inquiry · Participant observation · Photo elicitation · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Early Childhood Education and Development · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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