Den moralske grund i det kvalitative forskningsinterview

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Fog, J. (1992). Moral issues in the qualitative research interview. Nordisk Psykologi, 44, 221–229. The paper is concerned with the seductive character of the conversation when used as a method. There is an inbuilt contradiction in the qualitative interview, springing from the openness and reciprocity of the conversation on one hand; and the conversation used as a means to an end, used as a method, on the other hand. The paper deals with the probing nature of the interview, and this means, with the researcher's use and abuse of the implicit power of the conversation. To be precise it is about her choice and dilemma of wanting the interview (and hence her empirical material) on the one hand to be so deep and thoroughly probing as possible; with the risk of trespassing on the person. On the other hand she wants to be very respectful of her interviewee and his borders; with the risk of getting empirical material that only scratches the surface. The openness and intimacy between the interviewer and the interviewee are the qualities that constitute both the excellence and the seductiveness of the conversation used as a research method. And hence, it creates the vulnerability of the interview to moral temptation. The guidelines for acting as a morally responsible person are seen as being in no way different from the moral guidelines we use in daily life. Being a researcher gives me no special rights, no prerogatives.

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