Narrative Research

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Comment by Shubhashnee Subryan on February 8, 2013 at 18:25

Has anyone ever used narrative interviews as a means of data collection in a phenomenological methodological approach to understand experiences? I would welcome your thoughts in this area. Thanks

Comment by Asafa Tafarra Dibaba, PhD on October 27, 2012 at 16:14

Are you just using interviews with people asking them to tell you their story of their life, and then using that (autobiographic-narrative) material as the basis of some theorisation or account or something by you?
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Dear Tom. Thank you for your very thoughtful points.

You are right.  I did not make things clear. In my research I work on the ethnography of local people who challenge domination through creative resistance. Hence, the role of folk narratives (stories and songs) come into play. I collected data (personal narratives and songs) two years back when i was in Ethiopia and from different persons separately (and groups..for songs). Now I am thinking of using those personal narratives and songs to to work on theorizing an indigenous model conceptualizing how ordinary people survive in the face of state structured violence (but through a less-violent way, or through CREATIVE RESISTANCE) and to root those narratives and songs within the resistance culture of the society (what informed the narrative and the narrator has to be established). I hope I am clear. I appreciate your understanding and your patience.

Please see next my sample Article:

http://oromofolklore-resistance.blogspot.com/2011/04/ethnographic-m...

thanks 

Comment by Tom Wengraf on October 25, 2012 at 9:10

I feel that too many words are making things difficult. Are you just using interviews with people asking them to tell you their story of their life, and then using that (autobiographic-narrative) material as the basis of some theorisation or account or something by you? Or are you collecting other (not just interview with them) material about the same person in order to put their autobiographic-narrative interview material in a stronger context? What is the Central Research Question that you want all your material -- whatever you mean by 'Life Histories' plus everything else in the 'other methods' --to answer? I'm afraid that until you make these things a little clearer, there is not enough to go on for other people to be helpful..... Best wishes.. Tom

Comment by Asafa Tafarra Dibaba, PhD on October 25, 2012 at 0:31

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Greetings. 

I am doing Life Histories as one method in my research. How different are Individual and Collective memories? How are Life Stories  and Life Histories different?" Just that one is 'created' and the other is 'factual'? But informants tell us stories of their LIVED experience...isn't it? And also note Jan van Cina, History is also based on Oral Traditions in oral societies .Thanks 

Comment by Dr. Fibian Lukalo on October 19, 2012 at 22:18

Narrative silences... if the questions follow life-span- eg like the chronic poverty research I am involved in... some participants are unable to continue with the narrative..

Comment by Kemal Taruc on August 10, 2012 at 15:49

Any suggestion or reference on how to apply the method for a research on 'urban consumption?' how and what city people consume, spend, and do their everyday life? Thanks

Comment by Ramita Lama on July 4, 2012 at 2:54

How can i do  research on ethnomathematics through the narrative research?

Comment by Asafa Tafarra Dibaba, PhD on December 15, 2011 at 1:26

See my Blog; SALALE/OROMO.Com

http://oromofolklore-resistance.blogspot.com/

Comment by Asafa Tafarra Dibaba, PhD on December 15, 2011 at 1:22

http://oromofolklore-resistance.blogspot.com/

Comment by Dulce Maria Passades Pereira on September 27, 2011 at 18:47

leraning and sharing

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