“Any time I came across something puzzling or problematic, I wrote about it, and that helped me to think about interviews theoretically”. Kathryn Roulston in conversation with Judith Eckert and Georgios Coussios

Kathryn Roulston is a leading scholar in ethnomethodologically and conversation-analytically inspired research on qualitative interview research. In this “interview on interviews”, she reflects on the biographical influence of Carolyn Baker on her work, her fascination with ethnomethodological and conversation-analytic perspectives, and their contributions to understanding interaction dynamics in interviews—including complex or problematic phenomena. Roulston’s reconstruction of different interview epistemologies offers valuable insights, fostering a nuanced discussion on quality criteria in data generation. The conversation also explores aspects of teaching interviewing.