Compare And Contrast Kovach And Seidman

Authors Margaret Kovach and Irving Seidman address the use of narratives or interviews and the responsibility a researcher has to their participants. If not done responsibly, researchers in the past and to some extent today can do harm to those interviewed. Both speak of using approved interview approaches and gaining participant consent when using information collected during research.

Ms. Kovach’s (2012) book, Indigenous Methodologies: Characteristics, Conversations, and Context, illuminates how a colonialist approach to research can promote cultural oppression when indigenous populations are researched. Mr. Seidman’s (2013) book, Interviewing as Qualitative Research: A Guide for Research in Education & the Social Sciences, speaks to