The Unspoken Voice
Applying John Shotter's Dialogic Lens to Qualitative Data from People Who have Communication Difficulties
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4642066 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katherine Broomfield (0000-0001-7510-876X, Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, corresponding author), Karen Sage (0000-0002-7365-5177, Manchester Metropolitan University), Georgina L Jones (Leeds Beckett University), Georgina Jones (0000-0002-5267-1776, Leeds Beckett University), Simon Judge (0000-0001-5119-8094, Barnsley Assistive Technology Team, Barnsley Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK), Deborah James (0000-0002-4274-197X, Manchester Metropolitan University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 3-12 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Health Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/10497323221139803 |
| PMID | 36382907 |
| OpenAlex | W4309165573 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
As speech and language therapists, we explored theories of communication and voice that are familiar to our profession and found them an inadequate basis on which to generate deep and rich analysis of the qualitative data from people who have communication difficulties and who use augmentative and alternative communication. Expanding our conceptual toolkit to include the work of John Shotter allowed us to reconceptualise voice and where it is emergent in dialogue. Reimaging voice will inform clinical and research praxis with people who have communication difficulties as it allows practitioners to attend more closely to the complexity and nuance inherent in interactions with this population. Our proposition is exemplified with excerpts from a single participant who has communication difficulties to illustrate the value of dialogic theory in praxis. This article presents a provocation for the wider academy of qualitative health research; do we have the concepts and tools to develop meaning with people whose lived experiences may also be hard to voice in monologues
Dialogic · Epistemology · Pedagogy · Population · Praxis · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility · Family and Disability Support Research · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |