Sounds of silence: Narrative research with inarticulate subjects
Sounds of silence: Narrative research with inarticulate subjects
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DOI：
10.1080/09687599650023326
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发表时间：
1996-03-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Booth, W
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作者：
Booth, T;Booth, W
这篇文章解决了对有学习困难的人使用叙事方法的挑战。这样的线人会出现四个特殊的面试问题：口齿不清；反应迟钝;参照系：具体的参照系；还有时间概念上的困难。作者专注于前两个问题，并认为这两个问题都不构成人们讲述自己故事的不可逾越的障碍。作者从一位有学习困难的人那里获得了详细的采访材料，并着手以实际的方式展示如何解决这些问题，特别强调了注意未说出来的内容的重要性。他们的结论是，研究人员应该更多地强调克服阻碍不善言辞的主体参与叙事研究的障碍，而不是纠缠于他们作为信息提供者的局限性。
This article addresses the challenge of using narrative methods with people who have learning difficulties. Such informants present four particular interview problems: inarticulateness; unresponsiveness; a concrete frame of reference; and difficulties with the concept of time. The authors focus on the first two of these problems and argue that neither of them constitutes art insuperable barrier to people telling their story. Drawing on detailed interview material from an informant with learning difficulties, the authors set out to show in practical terms how these problems might be tackled, emphasising in particular the importance of being attentive to what goes unsaid. They conclude that researchers should put more emphasis on overcoming the barriers that impede the involvement of inarticulate subjects in narrative research instead of dwelling on their limitations as informants.