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Review: Barbara Merril & Linden West (2009). Using Biographical Methods in Social Research

open access: yesForum: Qualitative Social Research, 2011
The return of the subject in the social sciences reflects growing interest in the study of subjectivity. This refers to opportunities for individuals to make meaning of their lives within the institutions of society.
Vanessa Garcia Diaz
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Questioning the Subject in Biographical Interviewing [PDF]

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This paper considers how different approaches to interviewing and styles of questioning produce different sorts of biographical subjects and accounts.
Jennifer Harding
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Visualizing Biographical Trajectories by Historical Artifacts: A Case Study based on the Photography Collection of Charles W. Cushman [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The digitization of cultural archives and historical records is opening up new avenues for biographical research and teaching. On the one hand, historical ouevres and lifework collections can be newly visualized for different audiences.
Mayr, Eva   +6 more
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Archival and biographical research sensitivity: a European perspective from Spain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Diese FQS-Schwerpunktausgabe zum Thema Archivierung und biografische Methoden bietet einen wichtigen Anlass, über eine europäische Initiative  zur Förderung qualitativer Sozialforschung zu informieren: EUROQUAL, gefördert durch die European Science ...
Valles, Miguel S.   +3 more
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Life Re-Decisions – Stories That Divide in Order to Connect

open access: yesHoryzonty Wychowania
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The aim of this article is to explore the narrative thread My Own Voice – (Not) My Own Voice, reconstructed through an analysis of the life stories of women who have declared making significant, transformative life changes.
Aleksandra Chmielińska   +1 more
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Constructing Meaningful Lives: Biographical Methods in Research on Migrant Women [PDF]

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The article argues that biographical methods are particularly suited to shift the methodological and theoretical premises of migration research to foreground the agency and subjectivity of migrant women. It is argued that structural and cultural readings
Umut Erel
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Biographical disruption or reinforcement? : men's life histories of emotional distress [PDF]

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The main focus of this thesis has been an investigation into the lives of men who have experienced some form of mental health problem. It has been suggested that mental illness may not be the most helpful way of conceptualising these experiences, as ...
Bradley, Alan
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Biographical learning: a process for promoting person-centredness in nursing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: This paper explores biographical approaches to nurses’ learning. It builds on previous PhD research to consider the effects of such approaches, drawing on the experiences of learners who have recently completed biographical study, in their ...
Thurgate, C.   +5 more
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Navigating Power and Language: Methodological Reflections on Biographical Research in Transnational Contexts

open access: yesSocial Inclusion
Transnational research settings create shared linguistic spaces between researchers and participants that are framed by global power relations, postcolonial constellations, and unequal access to resources.
Gwendolyn Gilliéron, Marie Hoppe
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Review: Werner Fuchs-Heinritz (2005). Biographische Forschung. Eine Einführung in Praxis und Methoden [Biographical Research: An Introduction to Practical and Methodical Basics]

open access: yesForum: Qualitative Social Research, 2006
Werner FUCHS-HEINRITZ introduces the basics of biographical research. He outlines the different forms and structures of biographical communication in everyday life and in institutional contexts, as well as the special features of biographical ...
Birgit Griese
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