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Interviewing via Skype

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ID8360280
AuthorsGail Adams-Hutcheson (0000-0002-4683-6730, University of Waikato, corresponding author), Gail Adams‐Hutcheson, Robyn Longhurst (0000-0001-9192-0643, University of Waikato)
Year2017
Volume49
Issue2
Pages148-155
Publication date2017-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArea (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-0894 • E-ISSN: 1475-4762
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/area.12306
OpenAlexW2529111561
LanguageEN
Citations received58
References cited47

Fieldwork is being stretched in new directions across time and space. In this article we examine the kinds of emotional and affective encounters constructed in online interviews. We draw on Lefebvre's notion of rhythm and Ash's concept of ‘affective atmospheres’ to help identify moments of disjuncture in research interviews. These moments of disjuncture can be prompted by researchers and participants not being able to share a range of senses (touch, smell and taste) during Skype interviews. The technology does not sink into the background but instead can, for some, prompt an uncomfortable ‘affective atmosphere’. Finally, we argue that bodies, performance, digital interfaces, movement, senses, emotion and affect need to grappled with methodologically as increasing numbers of researchers turn to online interviewing

Aesthetics · Affect (linguistics) · Art · Interview · Photo elicitation · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Taste · Communication · Computer Science · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology

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