This is a fascinating conversation with Harré. It reminds us of the way knowledge in the social science is ‘situated’ but this doesn’t relegate it to the realm of the anecdote. It also has implications for empirical researchers seeking to naively produce ‘what works’ or ‘replication of novel projects’ for policy makers. It is as we know much harder than that. There are also interesting insights here about ‘validity’ and the sense of a convincing story for stakeholders or subjects of research being an important component of such assessments. Thank you.

Can you make transcripts available? Would help many of us to access this material. Seems like a great resource. Thanks.