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Ethnography
What is it?A multi-method qualitative (participant observation, interviewing, discourse analyses of natural language, and personal documents) approach that studies people in their "...naturally occuring settings or 'fields' by means of methods which capture their social meanings and ordinary activities, involving the researcher particpating directly in the setting..." (Brewer, 2000:10).
Narrative analysis
What is it?
Narrative analysis is a form of discourse analysis that seeks to study the textual devices at work in the constructions of process or sequence within a text.
In a narrative research the respondent gives a detailed account of themselves and is encouraged to tell their story rather than answer a predetermined list of questions. This method is more successful when people are discussing a life changing event.
Analysis of the narrative tells the researcher about the person's understanding of the meaning ofevents in their lives.
Ethnography
Atkinson, P. et al. (Eds.). (2001). Handbook of ethnography. London: Sage.
Brewer, J.D. (2000) Ethnography. Buckingham: Open University Press. A recent text with discussion of ethnographic analysis
Fetterman, D. (1998). Ethnographv step by step (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Grills, S. (Ed.). (l998). Doing ethnographic research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Hammersley, M. and Atkinson, P. (1983) Ethnography: Principles in Practice. London: Routledge. A classic, and well tried text. Contains discussion of analysis in ethnography.
Hine, C. (2000). Virtual ethnography. London: Sage.
Machin, D. (2002). Ethnographic research for media studies. London: Arnold.
Pink, 5. (2001). Doing visual ethnography. London: Sage.
Roper, J., & Shapira, J. (2000). Ethnography in nursing research. London: Sage.
Spradley, J.P. (1979) The Ethnographic Interview, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, Florida.
Stewart, A. (1998). The ethnographer method. Qualitative Research Methods series (Vol. 46). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Taylor, S. (Ed). (2001). Ethnographic research. London: Sage.
Warren, C. A., & Hacjney, J. K. (2000). Gender issues in ethnographv. London: Sage.
Narrative
Videos
What is narrative analysis? Vanessa May (Morgan Centre, University of Manchester)
PowerPoint slides and audio recording of a presentation given as part of the methods@manchester What is...? seminar series
Bruner, A (1988) “Life as Narrative” Social Research, Vol.54, pp. 11-32.
Bruner, A. (1991). “The narrative construction of reality”. Critical Inquiry, 18, 1-21.
Crossley, M (2000) Introducing Narrative Psychology: self, trauma and the construction of meaning. Buckingham, Open University Press.
Czarniawska, B (1998) A Narrative Approach to Organizational Studies. London: Sage.
Giele, J. Z., & Elder Jr., G. H. (1998). Methods of Life Course Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. London: Sage.
Lieblich, A., Tuval-Mashiach, R., & Zilber, T. (1998). Narrative Research: Reading, Analysis and Interpretation. London: Sage. Examines a wide range of narrative and biographical techniques with extended examples.
Mishler, E. G. (1986). The analysis of interview narratives. In T. R. Sarbin (Ed.), Narrative Psychology (pp. 233-255). New York: Praeger.
Polkinghorne, D E (1988) Narrative knowing and the human sciences. Albany, NY: State of New York University Press.
Riessman, C. K. (1993) Narrative Analysis, Newbury Park, London: Sage. A readable summary of narrative approaches.
Sarbin, T R (Ed.) (1986) Narrative Psychology. New York: Praeger.
Torode, B. (1998) Narrative analysis using Code-A-Text. Qualitative Health Research, 8(3), pp. 414-432.
Narrative Inquiry
A twice yearly peer reviewed journal published by John Benjamins Publishing Co. It is the continuation of the Journal of Narrative and Life History. The journal is "devoted to providing a forum for theoretical, empirical, and methodological work on narrative. Articles appearing in Narrative Inquiry draw upon a variety of approaches and methodologies in the study of narrative as a way to give contour to experience, tradition, and values to next generations. Particular emphasis is placed on theoretical approaches to narrative and the analysis of narratives in human interaction, including those practiced by researchers in psychology, linguistics and related disciplines". The website provides information about the editorial board, subject coverage and subscription information. Tables of Contents are also provided.
http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_seriesview.cgi?series=NI
Centre for Narrative Research
Based at the University of East London, UK, the Centre brings together "work on narrative that is being pursued in a variety of contexts across the social sciences". It supports research on spoken, written and visual narratives, drawing on psychological, sociological, anthropological and cultural research traditions. The website includes a link to the Centre's narrative research e-list, the full text of the Centre's newsletters, information about short courses and seminar programmes and links to abstracts and full text of papers produced by members and associates of the Centre.
http://www.uel.ac.uk/cnr/index.htm
