Advances in Biographical Methods: Creative Applications

ISBN-13: 9780367868604 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 196 str.

Maggie O'Neill;Roberts Brian; Andrew Sparkes

Opis

Advances in Biographical Methods: Creative Applications reflects the current status of biographical research as an intrinsic part of qualitative methods as used across the main substantive fields in social sciences. Biographical research has developed from the collection and interpretation of the life story interview and range of ‘

Spis treści

Part I: Theoretical Advances  1. Biographical Research: Past, present, future  2. When Bodies Need Stories: Narrative analysis in action  3. Keepin’ It Real: Social action research, psychoanalytic theory, and the moving to the beat project  4. The Narrative Construction and Performance of Identity  Part II: Methodological Advances  5. Participatory Biographies: Walking, sensing, belonging  6. Ignore the Man Behind the Curtain: Exploration of virtual reality  7. Biographical Research, Longitudinal Study and Theorisation  Part III: Advances in Applying Biographical Methods  8. Not a Problem: Translation and the silencing of narratives  9. Finding the Manly Man in Archives, Historical / Archival Research as the Documents of Life  10. Combining Biographical and Visual Methods in Practice: A vegan comic case study

O autorze

Professor Maggie O’Neill is Professor in Applied Social Sciences, Durham University.

Professor Brian Roberts is Visiting Professor in the School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University, UK.

Professor Andrew C. Sparkes PhD is based in the Research Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure at Leeds Metropolitan University.