The moment of casting is a crucial one in any media production. Casting the ‘right’ person shapes the narrative as much as the way in which the final product might be received by critics and audiences. For this article, casting—as the moment in which gender is hypervisible in its complex intersectional entanglement with class, race and sexuality—will be our gateway to exploring the dynamics of discussion of gender conventions and how we, as feminist scholars, might manoeuvre. To do so, we will test and triangulate three different forms of ethnographically inspired inquiry: 1) ‘collaborative autoethnography,’ to discuss male-to-female gender-bending comedies from the 1980s and 1990s, 2) ‘netnography’ of online discussions about the (potential) recasting of gendered legacy roles from Doctor Who to Mary Poppins, and 3) textual media analysis of content focusing on the casting of cisgender actors for transgender roles. Exploring the affordances and challenges of these three methods underlines the duty of care that is essential to feminist audience research. Moving across personal and anonymous, ‘real’ and ‘virtual,’ popular and professional discussion highlights how gender has been used and continues to be instrumentalised in lived audience experience and in audience research.
DOCUMENT
While live event experiences have become increasingly mediatized, the prevalence of ephemeral content and diverse forms of (semi)private communication in social media platforms have complicated the study of these mediatized experiences as an outsider. This article proposes an ethnographic approach to studying mediatized event experiences from the inside, carrying out participatory fieldwork in online and offline festival environments. I argue that this approach both stimulates ethical research behavior and provides unique insights into mediatized practices. To develop this argument, I apply the proposed methodology to examine how festival-goers perceive differences between public and private, permanent and ephemeral when sharing their live event experiences through social media platforms. Drawing on a substantial dataset containing online and offline participant observations, media diaries, and (short in situ and longer in-depth) interviews with 379 event-goers, this article demonstrates the value of an ethnographic approach for creating thick descriptions of mediatized behavior in digital platforms.
DOCUMENT
Background: Goal setting is an essential step in the clinical reasoning process of speech and language therapists (SLTs) who provide care for children, adolescents and adults with communication disorders. In the light of person-centred care, shared or collaborative goal setting between the SLT and client is advised in (inter)national guidelines. SLTs face challenges in implementing (shared) goal setting as theoretical frameworks and practical interventions are scarce and less applicable to use with a wide range of communication vulnerable populations. Aims: A first step in developing theory and practical interventions is to explore first-hand experiences of SLTs and clients about day-to-day goal-setting practice. This study was guided by the following research question:What are the perspectives and needs of SLTs and persons with communication disorders regarding (shared) goal setting in routine SLT services? Methods & Procedures: The qualitative study was carried out in the setting of routine speech–language therapy services in community practices, primary education and neurological rehabilitation in the Netherlands. Data collection followed the principles of video-reflexive ethnography, using video footage of goal-setting conversations to facilitate semi-structured, reflexive interviews.Data analysis was based on reflexive thematic analysis. A total of 12 interviews were conducted with client–SLT dyads, covering perspectives from children, parents and adults with a range of communication difficulties and their SLTs. Outcomes & Results: Data analysis resulted in four themes, of which two contain subthemes. Each theme represents a central organizing concept found in SLT and client interviews. The themes were identified as: (1) goal setting is a complex process; (2) goal talk needs to be communication accessible; (3) communicative participation goals are hard to grasp; and (4) the importance of relationships. Topics such as power imbalance, communication vulnerability, effective communication strategies, and motivation and trust are explored under these themes. Conclusions & Implications: SLTs are encouraged to view shared goal setting as a process that needs to be explicitly planned and communicated with clients regardless of their age or communication vulnerability. SLTs have expert knowledge and skills when it comes to supporting communication and applying these skills during goal talks might strengthen shared goal setting and foster a therapeutic relationship. There is a need to concretely conceptualize and embed shared goal setting in policy and clinical guidelines. The themes reported have tentative clinical implications for developing such policy, and shared goal-setting interventions for SLT practice, under the condition that SLTs and people with communication disorders are continuously involved.
MULTIFILE
Zijinstromers in het primair onderwijs combineren een opleiding tot bevoegd docent met een baan in het primair onderwijs en hebben daarnaast vaak nog een gezin. Het opleidingstraject wordt door veel studenten als “zwaar” ervaren en de uitval is hoog, soms met grote gezondheidsschade (burnout). Dat is ernstig voor de studenten, maar het is ook ernstig omdat zijinstromers cruciaal zijn in de strijd tegen het lerarentekort waar het primair onderwijs mee kampt. Terwijl breed bekend is dat de opleiding zwaar is, is niet precies bekend hoe en wanneer het traject zwaar is. Dat betekent dat het ook niet goed mogelijk is om het traject aan te passen. Hoe kan het traject didactisch, logistiek en qua begeleiding beter aansluiten bij deze groep? Er is scherp inzicht nodig in hoe zijinstromers hun tijd besteden, hoe en wanneer zij tijdsdruk ervaren, en op welke momenten die druk onaanvaardbaar wordt. Dat is een complexe vraag omdat tijdsdruk ervaren niet exclusief het gevolg is van veel werk hebben. Het gaat ook over of gepland werk gedaan kon worden, of er flow ervaren is, of werk/opdrachten relevant voelen, etc. Het verkrijgen van dat inzicht vraagt om tijdsbestedings/tijdservaringsonderzoek. Echter, dit soort onderzoek is klassiek belastend voor deelnemers. Er moet bijvoorbeeld meerdere keren per dag een vragenlijst worden ingevuld: nog een extra taakje. Deze kiemaanvraag wil een innovatieve manier van tijdsonderzoek doorontwikkelen: met behulp van smartphones en wearables data automatisch en half-automatisch verzamelen. Naast een helder inzicht in hoe de student door de opleiding reist (“user journey”) en dus waar in de opleiding de pijnpunten zitten, levert dit onderzoek ook een natuurlijke aanleiding op om met veel schoolbesturen en zijinstromers in gesprek te gaan: een vruchtbare basis voor het vormen van een langdurig en stevig consortium waarbinnen verder onderzoek naar zijinstromers gedaan kan worden.
