Introducing key ideas of narrative inquiry, this is the first book to explore in depth the theoretical underpinnings of the methodology. The authors open up ways of thinking about people’s experiences and their lives, which are situated and shaped by cultural, social, familial, institutional, and linguistic narratives. The authors draw on a range of theorists, creative nonfiction writers, poets, and essayists. The book is arranged into five parts covering a range of topics including: embodiment, memory, knowledge, wonder, imagination, community, responsibility, and place. Each section ends with a methodological discussion of their work involving refugee families with young children from Syria.
Vera Caine is Professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta, Canada. D. Jean Clandinin is Professor Emerita and Founding Director of the Centre for Research for Teacher Education and Development at the University of Alberta, Canada. Sean Lessard is Associate Professor in the Department of Secondary Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta, Canada.
AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I: Starting with a Particular View of Experience1. Experience2. Knowledge 3. Embodiment Part I: Methodological NotebookPart II: Temporality4. In the Midst5. Memory6. IntergenerationalityPart II: Methodological NotebookPart III: Place: Living Within and on Landscapes7. Place 8. CommunityPart III: Methodological NotebookPart IV: Imagination and Wonder: Opening into Liminality and Uncertainty 9. Imagination10. Wonder and Inquiry11. Uncertainty and Liminality12. PlayfulnessPart IV: Methodological NotebookPart V: Relationality13. Political and Social Landscapes14. Commitment, and Responsibility Part V: Methodological NotebookEpilogueReferences Index
This book is so meaningful. It is such an inspiration for us, the ones interested in understanding this path, and in the living, telling and retelling of our stories. Beginning and experienced students and readers of all levels and from all over the world will find great support throughout this book so they can explore their ways to inquire into experience.