Interpretive Approaches

In this Chapter, we explore the intertwined relationship between listening and interpretive methods. After depicting the ways in which interpretive accounts offer rich, theoretically nuanced insights into listening, we explore the lessons learned from listening in interpretive methods. Working across various contexts of interpretive methods, we explore what is means to center listening in these methods. We then delve into the ways in which interpretive accounts explore listening in the realms of health, technologies, and the environment. The Chapter wraps up by suggesting future directions for listening scholarship anchored in the culture‐centered approach to communication.