The Triple Bind of Narration: Fritz Schütze’s Biographical Interview in Prison Research and Beyond

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‘Commensality’ as a theatre for witnessing change for criminalised individuals working at a resettlement scheme

“…These comments from Paul are notable as it is well documented how offenders can be reluctant to discuss prison life, especially with ‘non-prisoners’ (Copes et al, 2012; Leibling, 1999; Szczepanik and Siebert, 2016). This serves to demonstrate a good level of trust from John and Ryan, made possible through commensality.…”

“…This was less about gathering data and more about getting to know the trainees, especially in terms of what they might like/not like to eat for lunch. Indeed, it proved to be an extremely useful method of developing trust between researcher and trainees, who tend to mistrust figures in authority (Copes et al, 2012; Liebling, 1999; Szczepanik and Siebert, 2016). The main method of data collection was through semi-structured qualitative interviews, with questions on the number of lunchtime visits, perceptions of change in attitudes at lunch times, as well as any specific issues of interest to them.…”

The use of ICT by ESL teachers working with young learners during the early COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

“…For data collection, we used the interview format systematised by Fritz Schütze ( 1983 ), in which the narrative interview has five phases: (1) beginning the interview, (2) asking an introductory question, (3) the narrator telling the story without any interruptions until he/she indicates the end of the story (the so-called coda), (4) asking clarifying questions by the researcher, and (5) ending the interview (Jovchelovitch & Bauer, 2000 ; Szczepanik & Siebert, 2016 ).…”

Homecomer: Reconstruction of relations in families of former prisoners

“…partial or complete omission of something (fragment of experience); (4) argumentative commentary, in which the narrator attempts to explain to himself/herself and to the listener problems which are not connected to the stage in the bibliography; (5) coda, i.e. a clear ending of the story and a summary of the influence of experiences conducted by the author (Schütze 2012;Wengraf 2012;Kaźmierska 2013;Kaźmierska 2014;Szczepanik, Siebert 2015).…”