Striving for Validity
"Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose." - Zora Neale Hurston, American Anthropologist Having now completed my interviews and my follow-up interviews, it feels a good time to reflect a little on the experience, mostly for my own reference and thought-showering, but if anyone can relate or take anything from it, thank you for stopping by. The first major obstacle with my interviews was actually setting the things up. My plan had been to interview two full-time dance teachers and one current professional dancer for my research into storytelling in dance education, however this proved rather difficult. After agreeing to take part, and therefore me assuming I was sorted, it took a lot of prompting to get the two dance teachers to move along with the process, and when I thought that despite the delays we were finally ready to crack on, both withdrew for their own reasons. Although understandable and part of ethical practice, as a researcher, t...