The micro-dynamics of power and performance in focus groups: an example from discussions on national identity with the South Sudanese diaspora in the UK
The micro-dynamics of power and performance in focus groups: an example from discussions on national identity with the South Sudanese diaspora in the UK
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10.1177/1468794118757102
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发表时间：
2019-06-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Ayrton, Rachel
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作者：
Ayrton, Rachel
近年来，人们日益认识到焦点小组讨论的内容和所发生的相互作用构成了焦点小组数据不可分割的两个方面。然而，互动不是一种中立的活动，而是一种在更广泛的社会和讨论的直接背景下注入权力动态的活动。我使用布迪厄的权力领域的概念来分析焦点小组讨论与南苏丹侨民在英国的国家认同。我认为，焦点小组讨论中的权力微观动力学与人口群体中的权力关系有关，参与者是有目的地从中抽样的，因此，他们的观察丰富了研究结果。此外，我观察到，关于焦点小组讨论的指导文献鼓励减少权力的策略，需要更新，以便为社会互动中充满权力的特征提供空间。
In recent years there has been an increasing recognition that both the content of focus group discussions and the interaction that takes place form indivisible facets of focus group data. Interaction, however, is not a neutral activity but one that is infused with the dynamics of power in wider society and in the immediate context of the discussion. I use Bourdieu's notion of fields of power to analyse focus group discussions on national identity with South Sudanese diaspora in the UK. I argue that the micro-dynamics of power in focus group discussions have relevance to the relations of power in the population group from which participants are purposively sampled and, consequently, their observation enriches research findings. Further, I observe that the guidance literature on the conduct of focus group discussions encourages power-reduction strategies, and requires updating to allow space for the power-infused character of social interaction to manifest itself.