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During the 6-year period in which we were funded to give some time and attention to opening up the Inventing Adulthoods dataset, an exploratory and staged approach was essential. Our ideas about what the archive would eventually contain changed over time, as the realities of conducting this time-consuming work and addressing our ethical commitments unfolded. The completed Inventing Adulthoods archive looks like this:

 

 


The Inventing Adulthoods Archive: Access Levels

 

Levels of the archive

Levels of access

Type of data

When available

1. Project Website

Public

Detailed contextual data about the study

Overview of and taster data for anonymised biographical archive

DIGITAL

This Website

2. Biographical case data

Password
protected

Anonymised transcripts for 50 of 121 cases  

 

DIGITAL

Qualidata &

& Timescapes Digital Repository


3. Non-interview data

Password protected

Memory books Lifelines Questionnaires Classwork

 

HARD COPY

Qualidata

4.Audio data

Time Embargoed until 2058

Un-anonymised audio interviews for 45 of the 50 archived biographical cases

 

WAV DIGITAL

 

Qualidata

 

 

Also on application to research team on case-by-case basis

 

 

 

 

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