Narrative inquiry : philosophical roots

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Narrative inquiry : philosophical roots

Vera Caine, D. Jean Clandinin and Sean Lessard

Bloomsbury Academic, 2022

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-242) and index

Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher

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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.

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Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Starting with a Particular View of Experience 1. Experience 2. Knowledge 3. Embodiment Part I: Methodological Notebook Part II: Temporality 4. In the Midst 5. Memory 6. Intergenerationality Part II: Methodological Notebook Part III: Place: Living Within and on Landscapes 7. Place 8. Community Part III: Methodological Notebook Part IV: Imagination and Wonder: Opening into Liminality and Uncertainty 9. Imagination 10. Wonder and Inquiry 11. Uncertainty and Liminality 12. Playfulness Part IV: Methodological Notebook Part V: Relationality 13. Political and Social Landscapes 14. Commitment, and Responsibility Part V: Methodological Notebook Epilogue References Index

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