Narrative Methods For The Human Sciences

Broad in scope, Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences offers concrete guidance for students and established scholars wanting to join the "narrative turn" in social research. Key Features : - Offers guidance for interviewing and transcription : The author discusses the move from spoken language to written transcript. In the process, she encourages students to be mindful of the texts they construct from dialogues in an interview study. . - Includes visual approaches to data gathering : Riessman takes narrative research beyond its historic reliance on word-based materials. She discusses exemplary research that integrates images?both those made during the research process and others found in archives. . - Presents arguments about validation in case-based research : The book presents several ways to think about credibility in narrative studies, contextualizing validity in relation to epistemology and theoretical orientation of a study.