A Hunch Without a Sound: Co-Constructing Meanings of Nonverbal and Verbal Interactions in Video Data

Authors

  • Mindy J. Hopper Rochester Institute of Technology National Technical Institute of the Deaf Rochester, New York USA
  • Sandra Quiñones Warner Graduate School of Education University of Rochester Rochester, New York USA

Abstract

This narrative account describes a collaborative qualitative video data analysis process between a bilingual Deaf female researcher and a bilingual Puerto Rican female researcher. Via three processing points, we examine our journeys to co-construct meanings from a single video data source which was part of a larger ethnographic study of an urban community change initiative. We highlight how our respective epistemologies informed the process of watching, analyzing, and interpreting nonverbal and verbal interactions from a video segment. The video watching process included a hunch and discovery of a critical incident. While engaging independently and collaboratively in analysis, we confirmed how the critical incident revealed concepts of access and participation. This article is distinctive in that it highlights Deaf epistemology and qualitative inquiry processes through video data analysis of nonverbal interactions. Our work contributes to the growing body of methodology literature emphasizing collaborative social practices for video data analysis.

Author Biographies

Mindy J. Hopper, Rochester Institute of Technology National Technical Institute of the Deaf Rochester, New York USA

Mindy J. Hopper, a Provost Fellow with the Teaching & Curriculum program at the Warner Graduate School of Education at the University of Rochester, successfully completed her doctoral program (May 2011). Mindy views informal interactions and learning as social practice and her research interests are grounded in social constructivist perspectives and qualitative methods.

Sandra Quiñones, Warner Graduate School of Education University of Rochester Rochester, New York USA

Provost Fellow, PhD, Department of Teaching & Curriculum

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2012-11-08

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