Analysis of Collective Representations and the Discursive Interview

Explores the method of the discursive interview, a research strategy that includes sampling, interviewing, & interpreting procedures & combines them for the purpose of reconstructing collective representations. It is a new method insofar as it connects rarely used interviewing techniques with those well-known from other types of qualitative interviews. Focus here is on the techniques of interviewing & on problems connected with the development of an interview guide. Several question types & questioning techniques are discussed in detail. 51 References. Adapted from the source document.