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Title: | The active role of interpreters in narrative development in two cross-cultural studies in Thailand | Contributor(s): | Ditton, Mary (author); Lehane, Leigh (author) | Publication Date: | 2010 | Open Access: | Yes | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7172 | Open Access Link: | http://ro.uow.edu.au/currentnarratives/vol1/iss2/2/ | Abstract: | This paper details steps that were taken to ensure authentic narrative development in two cross-cultural studies of oppressed participants when interpreters were used actively in the research process. The recent interview-based studies of migrants from Burma living in Thailand highlighted some important issues of narrative methodology and analysis when interpreters were used not just as language translators but as cultural conduits. Recruitment, selection and training of the interpreters were important, and review of their translations was essential, in ensuring that the narratives were authentic. Throughout the interview-based cross-cultural studies we learned to understand the complexity of narrative methodology and analysis in exploited populations; appreciated that a 'life story' is complex and determined and shaped by socioeconomic and political forces; and identified ways of optimising the active role of interpreters in narrative development in cross-cultural research. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | Narrative Inquiry 2009: Second Australasian Narrative Inquiry Conference, Armidale, Australia, 12th - 13th July, 2009 | Source of Publication: | Current Narratives, 1(2), p. 1-13 | Publisher: | University of Wollongong | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1837-0314 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 139999 Education not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 939999 Education and Training not elsewhere classified | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication | Description: | Alternate title for publication: Embracing Multiple Dimensions: Papers from the 2nd Australasian Conference on Narrative Inquiry, University of New England, 12-13 July 2009 |
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