Publication details
Myslet narativně (kvalitativní výzkum 'on the road')
| Title in English | Thinking narrativelly: qualitative research 'on the road' |
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| Year of publication | 2002 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Sborník z konference Kvalitativní výzkum ve vědách o člověku na prahu třetího tisíciletí |
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| Field | Psychology |
| Keywords | narrative research; narrative identity; story as a research tool; narrative knowing; narrative psychology |
| Description | The role of narrativity in the process of qualitative research is briefly described in the paper. In narrative research, methodological canons of representativness, method, and expert position in research are abandoned, validity is replaced by concept of finding trustworthiness, and sharing, participative-dialogical interpretation and meaning re-construction are emphasized. The story is considered a basis and also an object of narrative research. Stories are interpretations of life and an individual became an autobiographic narrativity. Story is a tool of identity construction and also reflection and can be labelled as a narrative identity. The aim of narrative research lies in good-story construction, which has not to be contradictory to the searching of truth. Narrative research is a way toward narrative knowing. Continuous communication with different versions of human research is a basic principle of narrative methodology and protection against rigidity. |