About the authors |
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Acknowledgements |
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1 Discovering biographical narrative research |
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Two generations of biographical researchers |
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2 | (1) |
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2 | (2) |
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4 | (1) |
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Finding your feet in biographical research methods |
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5 | (2) |
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7 | (2) |
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2 Theoretical approaches to biographical narratives |
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9 | (20) |
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10 | (2) |
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12 | (2) |
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14 | (2) |
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16 | (2) |
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18 | (1) |
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Data structures - stories as told |
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19 | (1) |
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Life course and process structures |
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20 | (1) |
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Biographical narrative interpretative method |
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21 | (3) |
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24 | (2) |
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Units of analysis and interpretation |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (2) |
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3 Interview process and ethics |
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Decoding biography for scientific investigation |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (1) |
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31 | (1) |
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The art of storytelling - three constraints to narration |
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31 | (2) |
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What stories say about the individual and what they tell us about society |
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33 | (1) |
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Research question and research design |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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Understanding the depth of biographical data |
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35 | (2) |
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Practical aspects of biographical research design |
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37 | (1) |
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Selection of biographical interviews |
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37 | (2) |
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Transcription and translation |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (2) |
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Biographical research in the field |
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43 | (1) |
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Organising the project - individual and collaborative research projects |
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43 | (3) |
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Organisation of the biographical narrative interview and the interviewer's skill set |
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46 | (3) |
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49 | (2) |
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4 Autobiographical narrative interview method |
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51 | (22) |
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Method background - exploring the grammar of a life story |
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52 | (1) |
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Autobiographical narrative interview method and data collection |
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53 | (1) |
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Period of main narration and the issue of the first question |
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54 | (2) |
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56 | (1) |
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Analytical procedures in the autobiographical narrative interview method |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (3) |
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Identifying narrative process structures |
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60 | (1) |
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Biographical action scheme |
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60 | (1) |
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Institutional action scheme |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (1) |
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Making generalisations from autobiographical narrative data |
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66 | (5) |
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71 | (2) |
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73 | (30) |
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Countering the serendipity in biographical research |
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74 | (1) |
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Exploring methodological approaches to biographical narratives |
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75 | (1) |
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Narrative ethnography - finding environments that frame biographical narratives |
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76 | (1) |
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Life stories as a blueprint of identity and belonging |
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77 | (1) |
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Sociobiographical method - how we cope with the world |
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78 | (1) |
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Building your analytical toolkit with an open mind |
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79 | (1) |
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Data collection - how to structure the biographical interview |
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80 | (1) |
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Directing the opening question |
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81 | (1) |
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Helping the narrator to structure their story |
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82 | (1) |
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Analytical procedures embedded in the analytical framework of narrative environments |
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82 | (1) |
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83 | (2) |
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85 | (2) |
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87 | (2) |
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89 | (2) |
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91 | (1) |
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Narrative environment and intertextuality |
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92 | (2) |
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Making generalisations from narrative ethnographic data |
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94 | (6) |
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100 | (3) |
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6 Logical systems, qualitative comparative analysis and quantitative coding |
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103 | (22) |
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Managing biographical complexities |
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104 | (1) |
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Life course research - structuring biographical data |
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105 | (6) |
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Data coding and using qualitative data analysis software |
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111 | (1) |
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The role of CAQDAS in enhancing qualitative analysis |
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112 | (1) |
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Biographical research projects and computer coding |
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112 | (3) |
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115 | (1) |
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Advantages and limitation |
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116 | (1) |
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Quantifying codes and links between conditions and outcomes - QCA |
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117 | (1) |
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Biography as a deep data unit |
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118 | (1) |
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Defining outcomes and conditions in the biographical context |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (1) |
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120 | (3) |
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Strengths and limitations |
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123 | (1) |
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124 | (1) |
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7 Designing a project using biographical methods |
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125 | (18) |
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128 | (1) |
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Alternative designs for biographical research |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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Comparison of two or more cases |
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131 | (2) |
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133 | (1) |
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Cross-national comparison |
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134 | (6) |
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140 | (3) |
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8 Mixed qualitative methods |
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143 | (22) |
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144 | (3) |
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Applications of biographical methods in mixed designs |
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147 | (1) |
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Biography and ethnography |
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147 | (4) |
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Autoethnography and feminist research |
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151 | (4) |
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155 | (3) |
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158 | (2) |
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Biography in the context of applied and policy research |
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160 | (3) |
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163 | (2) |
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9 Mixed quantitative and qualitative methods |
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165 | (16) |
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Mixing qualitative and quantitative paradigms in the context of biographical methods |
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168 | (1) |
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Utility of mixed method designs with biographical narrative elements |
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169 | (1) |
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Addressing explanatory and confirmatory questions |
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170 | (2) |
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Providing stronger inferences |
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172 | (3) |
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Considering a broad range of divergent findings |
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175 | (3) |
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178 | (3) |
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10 Challenges ahead for biographical research |
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181 | (8) |
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Becoming a biographical researcher - finding an anchor |
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182 | (1) |
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Understanding the weather - trends in methodology |
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183 | (1) |
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Technology and a new type of data |
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183 | (2) |
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The rise of mixed method designs |
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185 | (1) |
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International aspects of social sciences |
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185 | (1) |
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Reading the seas - currents in social theory |
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186 | (2) |
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188 | (1) |
Appendix 1 Working with transcripts |
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189 | (6) |
Appendix 2 List of the studies |
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195 | (2) |
Appendix 3 Additional resources to support your research |
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197 | (4) |
Bibliography |
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201 | (12) |
Index |
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