The Importance of Boundary Objects in Transcultural Interviewing

This article combines the idea of the active interview with insights from science studies and suggests that some concepts from science studies, like boundary objects and trading zones, should be utilized to understand and facilitate the production and analysis of data in a transcultural interview. T...

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Published in:The European journal of women's studies 2010-05, Vol.17 (2), p.125-142
Main Author: Lagesen, Vivian Anette
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College faculty
College Students
Computer science
Concepts
Cultural Pluralism
Females
Feminism
Feminist theory
Gender
Intercultural communication
Interviews
Knowledge
Malaysia
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Pragmatism
Research methodology
Research methods
Scientific research
Student behaviour
Trading
Transnationalism
Women
Womens studies
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Summary:This article combines the idea of the active interview with insights from science studies and suggests that some concepts from science studies, like boundary objects and trading zones, should be utilized to understand and facilitate the production and analysis of data in a transcultural interview. This is illustrated by examples from interviews that the author conducted with women computer science students and faculty in a university in Malaysia. The article argues that the understanding of, as well as the performance of the transcultural interview might benefit from the highly pragmatic character of scientific investigations, focusing on using locally available resources to produce knowledge; and that this in turn may enhance our capacity to do feminist research.
ISSN:1350-5068
1461-7420
DOI:10.1177/1350506809359571