Narrative Research in Practice

This book directly addresses the multiplicity and complexity of narrative research by illustrating a variety of avenues to pursuing and publishing research that falls under the umbrella of narrative work. The chapters are drawn from a wide range of disciplines including education, literary studies, cultural studies, music and clinical studies. Each chapter considers a particular methodological issue or approach, illustrating how it was addressed in the course of the research. Each of the chapters concludes with a set of discussion exercises and a further reading list. The book offers a valuable resource for established researchers seeking to expand their methodological and theoretical repertoire, and for graduate students and researchers new to narrative methods.

This book directly addresses the multiplicity and complexity of narrative research by illustrating a variety of avenues to pursuing and publishing research that falls under the umbrella of narrative work. The chapters are drawn from a wide range of disciplines including education, literary studies, cultural studies, music and clinical studies. Each chapter considers a particular methodological issue or approach, illustrating how it was addressed in the course of the research. Each of the chapters concludes with a set of discussion exercises and a further reading list. The book offers a valuable resource for established researchers seeking to expand their methodological and theoretical repertoire, and for graduate students and researchers new to narrative methods.

Chapter 1 Narrative research in practice: Navigating the terrain.- Chapter 2 Autoethography: Is my own story narrative research?.- Chapter 3 Saying goodbye to Mr Chips: Masculinity, narrative and identity construction.- Chapter 4 Critical junctures in narrative research: Collaborative reflections on methodological issues.- Chapter 5 If you see what I mean? Visual narratives - stories told through, with and by visual images.- Chapter 6 Where words fail: Storying audio-visual data.- Chapter 7 Sensual, sensory and sensational narratives.- Chapter 8 Who is asking the questions? Using co-constructed interviews in the study of Perceived Discrimination from a discourse analytical perspective.- Chapter 9 Insights into Disability and Giftedness: Narrative methodologies in interviewing young people identified as twice exceptional.- Chapter 10 The IELTS roller coaster: Stories of hope, stress, success, and despair.- Chapter 11 The power and possiblity of narrative research: Challenges and opportunities.