Abstract
A number of sociologists and other researchers have focused on the role of third parties since Simmel’s seminal conceptualization of the social organization of the triad. However, less attention has been given to third party presence in qualitative interviews, despite the fact that third party participation in interviews with people with chronic illness and/or disability occurs frequently. Here too it is assumed that third party presence promotes conflict, ignoring the role of third parties as facilitators who enable informants to articulate their perspectives. Therefore, I focus on Simmel’s concept of the triad, concluding that the role of facilitator must be added to the types he describes.
Highlights
There have been a number of analyses of the role of the third party within social groups sinceSimmel‘s seminal conceptualization of the social organization of the triad [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17]
Third party presence is even more common in face-to-face interviews with people living with chronic illness and/or disability, where the individual copes with speech difficulty
Via analysis of third party interviews with people with Parkinson‘s disease who use alternative and/or complementary therapies, I focus on Simmel‘s concept of the triad, concluding that the role of facilitator must be added to the types he described as the face-to-face qualitative interview is not by nature an adversarial event [1]
Summary
There have been a number of analyses of the role of the third party within social groups since. Third party presence is even more common in face-to-face interviews with people living with chronic illness and/or disability, where the individual copes with speech difficulty This is because a daily fact of life for people who experience difficulty speaking is that they manage aspects of chronic illness, including problems with communication, in concert with care-givers and others [29,30]. In this context too, the assumption is that third party presence in interview constitutes a conflict laden situation where the third party dominates the interview [31]. Via analysis of third party interviews with people with Parkinson‘s disease who use alternative and/or complementary therapies, I focus on Simmel‘s concept of the triad, concluding that the role of facilitator must be added to the types he described as the face-to-face qualitative interview is not by nature an adversarial event [1]
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