Researcher and informant roles in narrative interactions
Constructions of belonging and foreign-ness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2862842 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A De Fina (0000-0002-0007-972X, Georgetown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 27-38 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language in Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047404510000862 |
| OpenAlex | W1969510313 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 40 |
| References cited | 24 |
In this article I focus on the influence of researcher/informant roles on the types of narratives that are produced and on the ways in which storytelling interactions are managed in research contexts. In particular, I show that storytelling activities and story types both reflect and shape relationships among participants based, among other factors, on their local management of situational and portable identities. I argue that one important methodological consequence of the analysis is the recognition of the fact that all data produced in interaction (including interviews) are irreducibly context-bound and that therefore an analytical separation between observer and observed is impossible. I also discuss how a treatment of the research event and of storytelling in it as a real interactional encounter can shed light on issues related to the insider-outsider status of the researcher and the Observer's Paradox (Labov 1972b). (Narrative, interviews, interactional roles, immigrants, identities
Context (archaeology) · Epistemology · Focus (optics) · Insider · Linguistics · Narrative · Situational ethics · Sociology · Storytelling · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 40 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,67 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 36 |