Workshop on transcription

Workshop by Katrin Ahlgren, associate professor of language education at Stockholm University and 2024-2025 research-fellow at the Paris IAS (Riksbankens Jubileumsfund Research Chair), Anne Le Goff, philosopher, professor and researcher in science and technology studies and bioethics at the Institut Sup'Biotech in Paris and 2024-2025 research-fellow at the Paris IAS (FIAS program), and Lucia Shimbo, professor at the University of São Paulo and 2024-2025 research-fellow at the Paris IAS (FIAS program). 

Event onsite, not open to public.
Workshop in French and English.

Presentation

There is no neutral method for transcribing oral talk (voices and narratives) from interviews and conversations in qualitative research.
Different conventions have different functions and goals and are determined by the researchers’ theoretical, methodological, ideological and aesthetic motives.

For this workshop, we encourage participants to share examples from their own work and consider the dilemmas they face in the transcription process. Some of the central questions are:

1. On what basis do we make transcription choices?
2. What is omitted/erased/added to transcribed texts?
3. What are the challenges and opportunities of more creative ways of transcribing?
4. For research in languages other than English: How to think about translations?