Reviews for Learning how to Ask: A Sociolinguistic Appraisal of the Role of the Interview in Social Scie...

The average rating for Learning how to Ask: A Sociolinguistic Appraisal of the Role of the Interview in Social Scie... based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-05-26 00:00:00 Linda Knabel I adore books like this. Charles Briggs is an experienced interviewer in his own research projects, one of which is presented in chapter two. But he unpicks in ruthless details the flaws, challenges and problems in using research interviews. He is interested in interviews as 'communicative acts' and argues that too little work is enacted placing interviews in context. He shows how the focus on interviewer's 'bias' actually blocks understanding of systemic problems in evaluating interview material. This book changes how we think about the research interview and transforms how it is deployed as evidence. Outstanding.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-08-28 00:00:00 Janet Torge Good collection of science fiction stories. Unlike modern anthologies, I read and enjoyed all but one of the stories. Some of them made me think, which is also unheard of for anything modern.