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INTERVIEWING IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH: SELECTED REFERENCES
(last updated 6 May 2013)
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Fontana, A., & Frey, J. (1994). Interviewing. In N. Denzin & Y. Lincoln (Eds.),
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Mori, J. (2012). Tale of two cities: Locally produced accounts and memberships during
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