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Collecting narratives?

Collecting narratives? The article challenges the idea of collecting narratives and addresses the apparent gap between the theoretical assumptions underlying the narrative perspective and the methodological reflections within this perspective. Theoretically, the narrative perspective holds that people actively construct a sense of order by engaging in sense making processes. Further, sense making processes are viewed as relational processes where meaning is constructed and negotiated in interaction with context. Methodologically, however, it seems like research encounters are still deprived of these sense making processes. In research encounters, narratives are collected, not constructed. In this article, I analyse three case studies in order to explore the relational aspects in research encounters. The analysis shows that the label “collecting” is insufficient to grasp the meaning constructing processes in research encounters. It also shows that different research relations construct different kinds of qualitative material. The article concludes that it is necessary to include analysis of relational patterns in research encounters in order to validate qualitative material. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nordic Psychology Taylor & Francis

Collecting narratives?

Nordic Psychology , Volume 66 (2): 15 – Apr 3, 2014
15 pages

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
© 2014 The Editors of Nordic Psychology
ISSN
1904-0016
eISSN
1901-2276
DOI
10.1080/19012276.2014.928484
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Abstract

The article challenges the idea of collecting narratives and addresses the apparent gap between the theoretical assumptions underlying the narrative perspective and the methodological reflections within this perspective. Theoretically, the narrative perspective holds that people actively construct a sense of order by engaging in sense making processes. Further, sense making processes are viewed as relational processes where meaning is constructed and negotiated in interaction with context. Methodologically, however, it seems like research encounters are still deprived of these sense making processes. In research encounters, narratives are collected, not constructed. In this article, I analyse three case studies in order to explore the relational aspects in research encounters. The analysis shows that the label “collecting” is insufficient to grasp the meaning constructing processes in research encounters. It also shows that different research relations construct different kinds of qualitative material. The article concludes that it is necessary to include analysis of relational patterns in research encounters in order to validate qualitative material.

Journal

Nordic PsychologyTaylor & Francis

Published: Apr 3, 2014

Keywords: narratives; sense making processes; qualitative research; case studies

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