Like one of my supervisors mentioned: I like to pull my wagon in circles. Basically meaning that I tend to stay wallowing in my own “I have not idea what I’m doing” sort of mindset before getting myself sorted and just doing it.
So here I am, draft 1 written (for Panel) and I’m thinking of changing my methodology to include another aspect of reflexive data generation: I share my narrative with my participants which would, ideally, in turn resonate with them on some level so that they would share their stories. Now I’m thinking perhaps having my participants share their stories with each other as well, like a second stage, to see what further insights may occur.
This idea does come with several “but wait, what about…” sort of moments. One of them is how to manage the data analysis – will it be in several stages? Simultaneously or sequentially? And then it calls to question why I would need one-to-one interviews as well as at what stage would I conduct the interview? Before or after the participants have read each other’s narratives? And how will I gather further insights that may occur upon reading other narratives – via another narrative? A reflection journal? Another interview?
More thoughts, though a little confusing it is rather exciting to see my research develop in this direction. For me, it shows that I’m moving forward and that the idea that I started with is growing and developing further. I hope I can keep up!
