“Guided tour”: a method for deepening the relational quality in narrative research

Everett, Michele C.; Barrett, Margaret S.

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“…Certain themes do emerge from each of these works, even when not stated outright, which coincide with the strengths of guided tours that Everett and Barrett () list. Among these is that guided tours position participants as experts, foreground their voices, and allow active meaning‐making to occur.…”

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“…As a result, inconsistencies in participants’ reports (e.g., Kaye et al, ) or more specific (e.g., Bergman, ) and sentimental (e.g., Lindley et al, ) data can arise. Everett and Barrett () celebrate not only the “relational quality” but also the “new understandings” (p. 39) that guided tours brought to their own project.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…More recently, however, Everett and Barrett () have proffered a highly reflective (and reflexive) discussion of the technique, telling how it aided them in understanding the lasting bond that return visitors form with hometown museums. The pair write that their tours were a means of “observing the ways in which participants engaged with objects, and the experiences that hold personal significance,… exploring feelings and thoughts as they engage,… conversations, comments, facial expressions, and embodied responses” (Everett and Barrett, , p. 35). Later, they underscore how valuable “first‐hand experience with the participants in the setting… witnessing” (p. 43–44) was during subsequent data analysis.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The guided tour technique in information science: Explained and illustrated

Thomson

2015

Proc. Assoc. Info. Sci. Tech.

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This poster elaborates a research technique-that of the guided tour-that has previously been used in qualitative research, including in some studies carried out by information scientists. The guided tour technique hybridizes visual and aural methods; it involves a researcher's relatively shortened, planned entry into a field site, a participant then leading him or her through a personally meaningful location therein while describing and explaining its features, thinking-aloud the ideas, thoughts, and feelings to which it gives rise, and responding to gentle, conversational inquiries (Thomson, 2015). In prior information science work, the technique has offered up-close, in-depth perspectives on information-rich settings, be these home collections, workplace archives, or public spaces like museums. After the technique is introduced, the second portion of this poster is devoted to a comparison of use of the guided tour technique in two research scenarios. The first of these involves guided tours during an in-person study, following the example laid out by prior researchers. The second involves examining data unobtrusively gathered online as a further guided tour adaptation. From these scenarios, it is possible for researchers to see how the guided tour technique can best be applied, its shortcomings, and ways in which it may accommodate research contingencies. The poster concludes by reiterating the value that guided tours can bring to information science work. Keywords guided tours, online research methods, qualitative research, research methods.

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The guided tour technique in information science: Explained and illustrated

Thomson

2015

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“…The photo elicitation exercise was part of a longer (usually at least two hours) interview in which we used a semi-structured interview schedule to discuss residents' views and actions regarding bushfire risk, amenity, and property management. These interviews also incorporated a risk, amenity, and management mapping exercise as well as a property walk to facilitate in situ exploration of issues arising in the interviews (Evans and Jones 2011;Everett and Barrett 2012).…”

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Landscape Preferences, Amenity, and Bushfire Risk in New South Wales, Australia

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Brennan-Horley

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This paper examines landscape preferences of residents in amenity-rich bushfire-prone landscapes in New South Wales, Australia. Insights are provided into vegetation preferences in areas where properties neighbor large areas of native vegetation, such as national parks, or exist within a matrix of cleared and vegetated private and public land. In such areas, managing fuel loads in the proximity of houses is likely to reduce the risk of house loss and damage. Preferences for vegetation appearance and structure were related to varying fuel loads, particularly the density of understorey vegetation and larger trees. The study adopted a qualitative visual research approach, which used ranking and photo-elicitation as part of a broader interview. A visual approach aids in focusing on outcomes of fuel management interventions, for example, by using the same photo scenes to firstly derive residents' perceptions of amenity and secondly, residents' perceptions of bushfire risk. The results are consistent with existing research on landscape preferences; residents tend to prefer relatively open woodland or forest landscapes with good visual and physical access but with elements that provoke their interest. Overall, residents' landscape preferences were found to be consistent with vegetation management that reduces bushfire risk to houses. The terms in which preferences were expressed provide scope for agency engagement with residents in order to facilitate management that meets amenity and hazard reduction goals on private land. AbstractThis paper examines landscape preferences of residents in amenity-rich bushfire-prone landscapes in New South Wales, Australia. Insights are provided into vegetation preferences in areas where properties neighbour large areas of native vegetation, such as national parks, or exist within a matrix of cleared and vegetated private and public land. In such areas, managing fuel loads in the proximity of houses is likely to reduce the risk of house loss and damage. Preferences for vegetation appearance and structure were related to varying fuel loads, particularly the density of understorey vegetation and larger trees. The study adopted a qualitative visual research approach, which used ranking and photo-elicitation as part of a broader interview. A visual approach aids in focusing on outcomes of fuels management interventions, for example, by using the same photo scenes to firstly derive residents' perceptions of amenity and secondly, residents' perceptions of bushfire risk. The results are consistent with existing research on landscape preferences; residents tend to prefer relatively open woodland or forest landscapes with good visual and physical access but with elements that provoke their interest. Overall, residents' landscape preferences were found to be consistent with vegetation management that reduces bushfire risk to houses. The terms in which preferences were expressed provide scope for agency engagement with residents in order to facilitate management that meets amenity and h...

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“…The first stage of the thematic analysis process involved using the research questions as an initial guide (Everett & Barrett, 2012). The second stage was to analyse the data under each research question and break them down into further themes, creating further subheadings.…”

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Religious music in everyday life: adolescents’ identity work in Catholic schooling

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This study sought to investigate adolescents' lived experiences of religious music in three Australian Catholic schools. Specifically, this study explores how religious music is used within Catholic schools and examines how religious music experiences in Catholic schools shape adolescents' religious and musical identities.As a practising music teacher in a Catholic school, the motivation to undertake this study emerged as I witnessed adolescents' engagement with religious music on a regular basis. I was intrigued to ascertain the ways in which their engagement with religious music was supporting or shaping their identity work.Existing literature revealed the ways in which music in the everyday life of adolescents influences their identity work. However a significant gap existed concerning the ways in which religious music may influence or inform adolescents' identity work. Religious music is a vital part of Catholic schools' identity, whereby students become religious observants to this important tradition.Australian Catholic schools were chosen as sites for this study as these schools provide a unique social context with specific cultural values and a contextualised exposure to music participation. (2001) emphasised how music can be considered as a life philosophy for adolescents. Music is used as a resource to make sense of lifeworlds and as a tool for worldbuilding (DeNora, 2000(DeNora, , 2003. Literature also describes the active role music plays in the construction of an individual's identity (DeNora, 2000). Music can be used as a social dialogue, to express personal meanings, and has the ability to influence behaviour. D. H. Hargreaves and Hargreaves (1967) and Hargreaves and North (1997) argue that social interaction, social institutions, and our social environment shape musical identities. Consideration of those interactions, institutions, and environments unique to Catholic school settings underpins this study.iii A qualitative research design was chosen to gain a deep and rich insight into the meanings, beliefs, and values adolescents hold about religious music experiences. Using an interpretivist paradigm suggests that adolescents' lifeworlds are central to the research process, and acknowledges the subjective position of adolescents' experiences. The study's educational environment consisted of three Australian Catholic schools: one all-girls, one all-boys, and one co-educational. Data was generated over one school term, using a case study design. Data methods included individual interviews, group interviews, and observation. These methods enabled adolescents to share their views, beliefs, and experiences, illuminating their rich and complex identity work. Through narrative inquiry, I created an authentic and detailed account (Kroon, 2009) of each participant's experiences, in order to examine the phenomenon of adolescents' religious and musical identities, and how these identities are shaped by religious music. The narratives were then analysed to draw key themes, as well as similarities t...

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“Guided tour”: a method for deepening the relational quality in narrative research

Cited by 20 publications

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The guided tour technique in information science: Explained and illustrated

The guided tour technique in information science: Explained and illustrated

Landscape Preferences, Amenity, and Bushfire Risk in New South Wales, Australia

Religious music in everyday life: adolescents’ identity work in Catholic schooling

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