Table 2 Applying the listening guide to our research
STAGE OF READING (‘LISTENING’) | CONSIDERATIONS AT EACH STAGE OF READING (*adaptations to consider positioning, power and agency) |
|---|---|
1 – The Plot | Focus on the broad story and themes What stories are told? Who is present? (Who is not present)? What is my response (as the researcher)? aPositioning: to me (as the researcher) (Bamberg’s Level 2) |
2- Listening for the ‘I’ | I-poems Draw out ‘I’ statements (short phrases containing ‘I’) as they occur chronologically within the transcript Arrange these into stanzas aPositioning: to themselves (Bamberg’s Level 3) |
Additional step – Contrapuntal voices | Consideration of the tones and musicality of the narrator’s voice Consideration of how these illuminate the broader story |
3-Relationships | What are the key relationships within the narrative? How are these viewed? How is the individual influenced by these relationships? aPositioning: to their supervisor and the wider training practice team (Bamberg’s Level 1) aHow does this relate to access and agency? |
4- Structural and Cultural context | What are the wider system ‘voices’? How have these influenced the individual? aPositioning and vantage point within the wider system aHow does this relate to agency, access and artefacts? |