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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

Book symbol Atkinson, P. et al. (Eds.). (2001). Handbook of ethnography. London: Sage.

Book symbol Brewer, J.D. (2000) Ethnography. Buckingham: Open University Press. A recent text with discussion of ethnographic analysis

Book symbol Fetterman, D. (1998). Ethnographv step by step (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Book symbol Grills, S. (Ed.). (l998). Doing ethnographic research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Book symbol Hammersley, M. and Atkinson, P. (1983) Ethnography: Principles in Practice. London: Routledge. A classic, and well tried text. Contains discussion of analysis in ethnography.

Book symbol Hine, C. (2000). Virtual ethnography. London: Sage.

Book symbol Machin, D. (2002). Ethnographic research for media studies. London: Arnold.

Book symbol Pink, 5. (2001). Doing visual ethnography. London: Sage.

Book symbol Roper, J., & Shapira, J. (2000). Ethnography in nursing research. London: Sage.

Book symbol Spradley, J.P. (1979) The Ethnographic Interview, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, Florida.

Book symbol Stewart, A. (1998). The ethnographer method. Qualitative Research Methods series (Vol. 46). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Book symbol Taylor, S. (Ed). (2001). Ethnographic research. London: Sage.

Book symbol Warren, C. A., & Hacjney, J. K. (2000). Gender issues in ethnographv. London: Sage.

 

Narrative

Videos

Movie icon 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

Journal symbol Bruner, A (1988) “Life as Narrative” Social Research, Vol.54, pp. 11-32.

Journal symbol Bruner, A. (1991). “The narrative construction of reality”. Critical Inquiry, 18, 1-21.

Book symbol Crossley, M (2000) Introducing Narrative Psychology: self, trauma and the construction of meaning. Buckingham, Open University Press.

Book symbol Czarniawska, B (1998) A Narrative Approach to Organizational Studies. London: Sage.

Book symbol Giele, J. Z., & Elder Jr., G. H. (1998). Methods of Life Course Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. London: Sage.

Book symbol 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.

Book symbol Mishler, E. G. (1986). The analysis of interview narratives. In T. R. Sarbin (Ed.), Narrative Psychology (pp. 233-255). New York: Praeger.

Book symbol Polkinghorne, D E (1988) Narrative knowing and the human sciences. Albany, NY: State of New York University Press.

Book symbol Riessman, C. K. (1993) Narrative Analysis, Newbury Park, London: Sage. A readable summary of narrative approaches.

Book symbol Sarbin, T R (Ed.) (1986) Narrative Psychology. New York: Praeger.

Journal symbol Torode, B. (1998) Narrative analysis using Code-A-Text. Qualitative Health Research, 8(3), pp. 414-432.

Journal symbol 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

Website symbol 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