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July 27, 2006
Reading and Coding
Greetings from Istanbul, where they held the cultural studies Crossroads conference last weekend. I presented on play and playfulness in digital snapshot photography in the "Digital Art" session, where Susan Murray also gave an interesting presentation on Flickr. Regardless of the small number of listeners it was a nice panel, with lively discussion on digital snapshot photography and communication that forms around the photos in the net.
I've finished transcribing some time ago, gone sailing in Saaristomeri, prepared my conference presentation, and travelled to Instanbul to present it. Putting together the presentation was a good excercise in reading the data over and coding, which I begin to do now: finding labels, codes, with which to slice the body of data (interviews, photos, background info, and drawings) into thematic categories or clusters. All the qualitative research guides, as well as my docent sister, say this is a laborous and time-consuming task. But with transcription in fresh memory, it seems like a pleasant, inspiring task. Let's see - instead of partying the Meripäivä-festival I'm now off to sail, with a stack of interviews to read.
Posted by hrantavu at 03:00 PM