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A social perspective on the interview technique in design research. Part II: The interview as a social situation

Motte, Damien LU orcid (2009) 2nd International Conference on Research into Design - ICORD'09 p.490-498
Abstract
Many studies focusing on the design activity use the interview technique as a part of their investigation. Methodological discussions about the interview setting as the locus of a social interaction between the interviewer and the respondent and its implications for the interpretation of the obtained data are nevertheless rarely found in publications within our design community. Part I of this publication reviews the positions taken on that matter in different design research studies. Part II presents the social aspects affecting the interviews on the theme of design activity and the means to identify and deal with these factors. By systematically taking into account this set of social aspects during the of interview data analysis, it is... (More)
Many studies focusing on the design activity use the interview technique as a part of their investigation. Methodological discussions about the interview setting as the locus of a social interaction between the interviewer and the respondent and its implications for the interpretation of the obtained data are nevertheless rarely found in publications within our design community. Part I of this publication reviews the positions taken on that matter in different design research studies. Part II presents the social aspects affecting the interviews on the theme of design activity and the means to identify and deal with these factors. By systematically taking into account this set of social aspects during the of interview data analysis, it is believed that it is possible to identify and deal with the bias induced by social factors. The two parts can be read independently. (Less)
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social factors, interview technique, maskinkonstruktion, machine design, design
host publication
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Research into Design - ICoRD'09
editor
Chakrabarti, Amaresh
pages
9 pages
publisher
Research Publishing Services
conference name
2nd International Conference on Research into Design - ICORD'09
conference dates
2009-01-07 - 2009-01-09
ISBN
978-981-08-2277-4
language
English
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yes
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http://www.designsociety.org/publication/32317/a_social_perspective_on_the_interview_technique_in_design_research_part_ii_the_interview_as_a_social_situation
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  abstract     = {{Many studies focusing on the design activity use the interview technique as a part of their investigation. Methodological discussions about the interview setting as the locus of a social interaction between the interviewer and the respondent and its implications for the interpretation of the obtained data are nevertheless rarely found in publications within our design community. Part I of this publication reviews the positions taken on that matter in different design research studies. Part II presents the social aspects affecting the interviews on the theme of design activity and the means to identify and deal with these factors. By systematically taking into account this set of social aspects during the of interview data analysis, it is believed that it is possible to identify and deal with the bias induced by social factors. The two parts can be read independently.}},
  author       = {{Motte, Damien}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Research into Design - ICoRD'09}},
  editor       = {{Chakrabarti, Amaresh}},
  isbn         = {{978-981-08-2277-4}},
  keywords     = {{social factors; interview technique; maskinkonstruktion; machine design; design}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{490--498}},
  publisher    = {{Research Publishing Services}},
  title        = {{A social perspective on the interview technique in design research. Part II: The interview as a social situation}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5498179/3972649.pdf}},
  year         = {{2009}},
}