Notes from Biweekly POPREBEL Ethnography Meeting
2021-05-21T13:00:00Z → 2021-05-21T14:30:00Z
1. Splitting Interviews
We decided that the most ideal data model is to post interviews as their own topics. Each interviewer question is its own post, and each response should be attached to a pseudonymised Edgeryders account as its own post. The interview then is a thread that consists of questions by the ethnographer and responses by the interviewee.
@Djan gives a good model here and can show @jitka.kralova and @Maniamana how to format this practically)
This helps us solve our issue of giant interview posts (which prevent us from coding precision) and also the conundrum of how to “artificially” separate posts (because it follows the conversation of the ethnographer and accounts for the fact that their questions will shape the next response). This also allows us to do analysis on the co-occurrences in the interview as a whole, to better map out individuals’ thoughts and feelings.
2. Splitting existing interviews.
To make existing interviews fit the above model, we will need to split them. Already coded posts @alberto suggests that we ask dan or @matthias to help split with a script (since the Polish forum has most interviews coded). And Alberto if you could specify how you see this most easily done, that’d be great, as you explained it well in the call!
from @Wojt and @Jirka_Kocian we need a list of the interviews and post IDs so that we can do this.
3. Code Categories
We are reaching a good collective system in the backend. Before next meeting, look at the backend to see what codes could be merged. We envision being able to create an analytical system from the top-level categories, categorising interviews based on the predominant code or group of codes from each category. (e.g. Emotion predominantly anger; Ideology predominantly left-wing; Actions predominantly seeking political alternatives and questioning leadership; Places predominantly Poland).
4. Intercoder reliability.
We may want to explore some quantitative measures of intercoder reliability, like these measures. Can explore further with @alberto, who is interested / probably already nerding out 
4. Agenda for next time.
Next Friday we will have a 1.5 hour meeting.
3 to 3:30 Brussels: Discussing field ethnographers comparative decisions, what to hold consistent across fieldsites.
3:30 - 4:30: In-depth discussion of backend coding categories. Merging existing codes together to create a tighter schema.
(@Wojt also bug reporting in GitHub the two issues of code authorship in backend and highlight disappearances and @jitka.kralova coordinate coding training schedule for interested field ethnographers).
Great meeting, thanks @rebelethno!