http://cultanthro.tribe.net/thread/ea1af211-c06e-4b44-85bb-91d6724b1cfe?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://cultanthro.tribe.net/thread/ea1af211-c06e-4b44-85bb-91d6724b1cfe#88c86e7a-4f72-44f8-b32f-a3d603755600 Cheers for the advice, I think I will make my work as anecdoatal as possble, partly because its makes for an interesting read, and partly because its all so relevant to what i'm trying to prove...the only problem is trying to keep it all within 8000 words! have left it all a bit late as usual... i'll post up the finished result.. Wed, 09 May 2007 10:32:27 GMT http://cultanthro.tribe.net/thread/ea1af211-c06e-4b44-85bb-91d6724b1cfe#88c86e7a-4f72-44f8-b32f-a3d603755600 Rev. Roderick spasmodic 2007-05-09T10:32:27Z http://cultanthro.tribe.net/thread/ea1af211-c06e-4b44-85bb-91d6724b1cfe#d2af61dc-1ef1-4b10-a11d-259833aa9969 Your work sounds really interesting - get it published so I can read it! :) In my experience in discussing the contents of interviews, I've found discussing theory and inserting bits of the interview text and then my commentary (and repeat till you've said all you can) tends to work best for me... I'm sure others have success with other methods - and I have encountered full renderings of interviews in books that were great to read and provided much more context than just seeing bits of the interviews inserted along the way would have. so, um, I guess I have no real answer for you... Also, I don't know if this is relevant to you/your writing but recently I've been reading complaints about anthropological writing that it turns very interesting subjects into horribly bland reading - and I've definately encountered such stuff (even the most interesting anthropological accounts tend to lose out to memoirs and novels when I chose a book to read) - and I'm definately guilty of this too. So, unless your professors are dead set against it, I highly recommend going beyond thick description to incorporating anecdotes and interview text as much as possible. Wed, 09 May 2007 05:18:32 GMT http://cultanthro.tribe.net/thread/ea1af211-c06e-4b44-85bb-91d6724b1cfe#d2af61dc-1ef1-4b10-a11d-259833aa9969 Miriam 2007-05-09T05:18:32Z http://cultanthro.tribe.net/thread/ea1af211-c06e-4b44-85bb-91d6724b1cfe#25bca4bd-b05e-4f72-8e73-4b6469b04f70 whats the best way to incorpoprate interviews into a dissertation? I'm currently injecting commentary and theory into a transcript of an interview but it all seems a bit long winded.... would it be better just to contextualise my empirical research in a discussion of the topic? its an investigation into squatting and how notions of home and identity are constructed in a world of movement and dispalacement...cheers Tue, 08 May 2007 19:22:08 GMT http://cultanthro.tribe.net/thread/ea1af211-c06e-4b44-85bb-91d6724b1cfe#25bca4bd-b05e-4f72-8e73-4b6469b04f70 Rev. Roderick spasmodic 2007-05-08T19:22:08Z