Biographers influence the interviewee and outcome of the interview. What strategies can you use to keep yourself in check?
Melody Dexter
Interviewing for biography: further reading
References and further reading about research into the practice of biography, with a focus on interviewing for biography.
Note-taking in a biographical interview
Recording an interview probably seems like an easy choice: it’s convenient, accessible and fairly unobtrusive — or is it? Let’s look at when recording an interview might not be the best option and what biographers and oral historians have done in the past.
Melody Dexter
Interviewing for biography: managing self
Biographers influence the interviewee and outcome of the interview. What strategies can you use to keep yourself in check?
Interviewing for biography: further reading
References and further reading about research into the practice of biography, with a focus on interviewing for biography.
Note-taking in a biographical interview
Recording an interview probably seems like an easy choice: it’s convenient, accessible and fairly unobtrusive — or is it? Let’s look at when recording an interview might not be the best option and what biographers and oral historians have done in the past.