The Myth of the Objective Transcript: Transcribing as a Situated Act

Visual Storytelling Interacting in School : Learning Conditions in the Social Science Classroom

“…The transcriptions of the modes were as equitably reproduced as possible, but it is always difficult or impossible for a researcher to be objective when doing this kind of work. Also, transcription is considered an interpretative and representative process according to Green et al (1997). Therefore, the transcriptions that I made can be seen as texts that originate from a selection that represents the event and that have been interpreted -they are not the events themselves.…”

At filtrere og pakke data: repræsentationsproblemet

“…Det kan tangere diskrimination, hvis talerne tilhører genkendelige etniske, sproglige, sociale eller politiske grupper, fx 'kvinder', 'tyrkere' eller 'børn', eller taler med et regionalt praeg (Bucholtz 2000. Endvidere vil talere blive opfattet forskelligt, hvis deres sprog ikke tekstliggøres efter samme standard (Bucholtz 2000;Green, Franquiz & Dixon 1997;Mishler 1991).…”

“…Det stiller krav til repraesentationen og til den analytiker, der skal udarbejde den, og disse krav mener jeg ikke, at man lever op til ved bare at indføre best practice som standard. Vi er i almindelighed påvirket af det paradigme, vi arbejder under, også i forhold til repraesentation (Green et al 1997;Steensig 2001: 33). Repraesentation er på mange måder et urefl ekteret produkt af kulturelt accepterede praksisser i lige så høj grad som en personlig fortolkning.…”

The Transcription and Representation of Spoken Political Discourse in the UK House of Commons

“…(Informal sources suggest that Members of Parliament are able to request changes to Hansard if they feel their words have not been represented correctly which might suggest a good deal of time and resources are invested in scrutinising Hansard to make sure it is "bullet-proof" for the future.) Bucholtz (2000Bucholtz ( , p. 1441 following on from Green, Franquiz & Dixon (1997) distinguishes between transcription as an "interpretive process and ... as a representational process". The Hansard report, as a largely interpretive process, does what it "says on the tin" in that it records the words of MPs while removing "repetitions and obvious mistakes" (Hansard Online, 2016).…”