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Informationen zum Autor Willow Powers is an independent researcher with a Ph.D. in social anthropology. Klappentext This practical handbook aims to clarify the need for and the use of transcription methodology and provides a useful, efficient guide to creating good transcripts for a variety of people using ethnographic methods. Appropriate for varying levels of expertise, it will be an essential tool for transcriptionists, ethnographers, researchers, oral historians, participant observers, and even amateurs who plan to write their family history. Zusammenfassung Clarifies the need for and the use of transcription methodology and provides a useful! efficient guide to creating good transcripts for a variety of people using ethnographic methods. This title is a suitable tool for transcriptionists! ethnographers! researchers! oral historians! and even amateurs who plan to write their family history. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Acknowledgements 2 Introduction 3 CHAPTER 1: The Oral and the Written 4 CHAPTER 2: Background Factors in Transcribing 5 CHAPTER 3: Creating the Verbatim Transcript 6 CHAPTER 4: On Editing and Context 7 CHAPTER 5: The Social Relations of Transcripts 8 Appendix A. Sample Forms 9 Appendix B. Typographic Symbols 10 Appendix C. Examples of Transcripts 11 References and Recommended Reading 12 Index 13 About the Author