Callaei-researches (interview)

Main research blog: @callaei-researches This is the blog I will be using for direct messaging for the interview

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Direct messaging for 2023 interview

Hi! In the event that I am unable to message directly from @callaei-researches, I will be using this blog handle (@callaei-researches-interview) for direct messaging for the interview.

@callaei-researches is a secondary blog to my main blog, so while I can initiate direct messaging from the web Tumblr, I can do so with blogs that appear in a blog search

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Intercultural and cross-linguistic perspectives on whump genre - information, interview registration of interest form

I can now announce more information about my upcoming research on whump / whump interest! ✨✨✨

As part of my research thesis for my Masters of Contemporary International Studies, I am conducting research on "Intercultural and cross-linguistic perspectives on whump genre."

This study has been approved by the Research and Development Committee of IPU New Zealand Tertiary Institute. The approval was made on the 3rd of May, 2023.

This research two participation opportunities:

- A questionnaire (open Thursday 1st June, 9pm (NZST) - Thursday 29th June, 9pm (NZST))

- An interview (throughout June-July)

For the purpose of this research, to participate in the questionnaire and/or in the interview, you must:

be at least 18 years old

be interested in, or have an appreciation for, whump in fictional stories

Additionally, as the interview explores whump through the perspective of different languages, for the interview you must also:

be bilingual (i.e. at least conversationally proficient in two or more languages)

Note: Participants are not required to consider themselves a part of the whump community in order to participate in this study.

Interview information ---------------

Interview participants will be given two options to choose between:

a spoken interview, conducted via Zoom; or

a written interview, conducted via Tumblr direct messaging, or an alternative direct messaging application as agreed upon by the researcher and participant.

Spoken interviews will be recorded. Spoken interview participants are not required to have video turned on during the interview. The researcher will contact interview participants following interview participant selection to schedule a suitable time for spoken interviews.

For any written interviews conducted via Tumblr direct messaging, the researcher will use the Tumblr handle @callaei-researches to communicate with the participant.

Interview - Registration of interest form -------------

If you are interested in participating in the interview, please fill in the form below! (same link as the top of the post)

[Interview - Registration of interest] Intercultural and cross-linguistic perspectives on whump genre

Information sheet ----------------- General information: My name is Renée Nielsen, and I am a postgraduate student at IPU New Zealand Tertia

Additional information -------------

This research defines whump as, "Whump is a genre of fiction that places emphasis on a character's physical and emotional experience of pain, and often recovery, in a story."

Important things to note about the research (see the information sheets under the "keep reading" for detailed information):

- this is an academic research project (Master's research thesis)

- the questionnaire is entirely anonymous

- the interview requires a means of direct communication with the researcher, but this information will not be shared. In the research, interviewees will be referred to as "Interviewee 1," "Interviewee 2," etc.

- responses are entirely voluntary, and you may withdraw at any time during the research period

- any personally identifying information will be kept confidential and accessible only to myself (the researcher) and my research supervisor.

Detailed information -------------

More information about the questionnaire, the interview, and the registration of interest form can be found here. These will be also given at the beginning of the questionnaire, the registration of interest form, and to all participants selected for the interview.

Questionnaire information sheet

Interview information sheet

Interview - Registration of interest information sheet

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!