Narrative Inquiry

Title
Narrative Inquiry
Publication Date
2016
Author(s)
Hadley, Susan
Edwards, Jane
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2705-8478
Email: jedwar51@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jedwar51
Editor
Editor(s): Barbara L Wheeler, Kathleen M Murphy
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Barcelona Publishers
Place of publication
Dallas, United States of America
Edition
3
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/28010
Abstract
Narrative inquiry is the study of human lived experience portrayed through engaging, meaningful, and personal stories. Narrative inquirers believe that "stories are the portal through which a person enters the world and by which their experience of the world is interpreted and made personally meaningful" (Connelly & Oandinin, 2006, p. 375). According to Polkinghorne (1988), humans live in three realms: the material realm, the organic realm, and the realm of meaning. He posits that the realm of meaning as structured according to narrative form is one of the most important forms for creating meaning in human existence (p. 183). While many interpretivist researchers collect or construct stories about those they are studying, narrative researchers tend to "embrace the assumption that the story is one if not the fundamental unit that accounts for human experience" (Pinnegar & Daynes, 2007, p. 4). The telling of stories has many different purposes to inform, remember, argue, justify, persuade, engage, entertain, or even to mislead (Reissman & Speedy, 2007). Telling stories can also function to empower, to create a sense of solidarity, and to enhance psychological stability and health.
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Citation
Music Therapy Research, p. 527-537
ISBN
9781937440886
1937440885
9781937440893
1937440893
Start page
527
End page
537

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