Archivist Laura Mitchison describes oral history interviewing and conducts an interview for the Centerprise history project. She discusses using open-ended questions and semi-structured interviews, as well as issues of subjectivity, influence, and memory.

Professor Bruce K. Friesen discusses participant observation research. He uses his own research project on 1980s heavy metal subculture as a demonstration.

To understand ordinary family lives in the 21st century, the BBC followed a group of British children from birth. Thirteen years later, the families of these children have changed. Divorce, hormones, and family deaths are now a part of life.

Researchers explain the British Social Attitudes Survey, its history and its goals. Every year, a cohort of interviewers asks the British public for their attitudes and impressions on a wide variety of subjects. The project has been ongoing for more than 30 years.