METHODOLOGY: Interview, Narrative Inquiry

(Definition: Narrative inquiry records the experiences of an individual or small group, revealing the lived experience or particular perspective of that individual, usually primarily through interview which is then recorded and ordered into a chronological narrative.)

Feeling that this type of method was the best way to gather qualitative info from an interview, I used this method for Leah’s interview.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/16094069221081594

EXPERT INTRODUCTION:

Leah Holmes is a London-based PhD student at Bath Spa University, specialising in anime and manga, fandom, and cultural studies. Her MPhil thesis is about the history of UK anime fandom and talks about hostility and resistance from wider society.

TRANSCRIPT:

EVIDENCE:

The full interview recording and transcript are available upon request for academic verification purposes.