I agree with John. But I would add that it's important to analyse the
collected data (interviews, video recordings, etc.) afterwards and not
simply to present them in their 'raw' form. I've seen a number of PhDs in
which interview material has been presented without any attempt at analysis
or interpretation - a waste of a potentially rich source of knowledge, in
my view. The researcher's role is an interpretative one, he/she is not
simply a neutral conduit through which the artist communicates with the
research community.
In the case of my own research into observational drawing, I found that
established techniques of thematic analysis used in psychology and social
science were applicable (with a little adaptation) to my interview data.
The process of analysis yielded a number of insights which I had not
anticipated, so it was a very worthwhile exercise.
However, for anybody considering it, I would recommend keeping your
interviews quite short - transcribing, coding and analysing a set of
90-minute, semi-structured depth interviews can take weeks, or months, out
of your life!
Yours
George Whale.
At 11:04 AM 4/28/03 +0100, you wrote:
> Hi I can strongly recommend observing the artists at work, documenting
>and talking to them. Maybe even drawing with them. JT
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> when they draw, and the significance or otherwise of such movement.
>I'm collecting artists comments on the subject of movment to look at in
>order to find any common threads, which I hope will give me an insight
>into perceptions of movment in the drawing process.
> their written permisson for this, to their comments.
>Finally, please could contributions be sent directly to me at:
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