Methodology

this section is still at drafting stage

This section of the site sets out to present all of the methodological issues which arose in carrying out this project. Our aim is to present visitors with all of the details of the 'toolkit' which we used.

Issues discussed include:

• Project design, funding, team selection
• Finding the right approach to the research question: life narrative and biographical approaches
• Finding the interviewees: sampling issues, advertising and selection
• The interview: pre-interview and interview considerations
• Technical questions: audio data capture, search and retrieval; logging of keyword data, database design etc.
• Conservation, copyright, duty of care and access issues concerning the archive
• Key documents

Project design: initial considerations

Finding the right approach to the research question

Locating the interviewees: sampling, advertising, selection

The interview

Technical questions: data capture, search and retrieval; controlled vocabulary and keywords; database design considerations; the website.

Conservation, copyright, duty of care and access issues concerning the archive

Key documents

Note: These are pdf (portable document format) documents. You will need a piece of software called Adobe to read them. If you do not have it, you can download and install it free, by visiting the website of http://www.adobe.com

• information sheet south
• poster 1 south
• poster 1 north
• poster 2 north
• pre-interview questionnaire north
• pre-interview questionnaire south
• main interview guide
• release form
• sound recording parameters