A few years ago, I decided to write my life story using Narrative; the art, science and practice of constructing identities through storytelling. As a researcher, I have been using Narrative for more than twenty years through which many life stories, lived experiences, and personal truths were constructed interactionally and contextually between me and my […]
Standardised PROMs are fixed calibrated measures used to measure a change in patients experience of living with a long-term condition and the intervention they receive for it. Strong evidence from the field of psychology, sociology and narrative suggests that living with a long-term condition changes people’s perspectives and transform their understanding of the meaning of […]
Who will benefit from this course? When our lives are interrupted by adverse events, we make sense of those events through storytelling allowing ourselves to create meaning and connect with others. This course will benefit anyone with an interest in qualitative research methods; especially those who believe in the central role of context in creating […]
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Should we write our stories with scheduled plan or should we write them simultaneously while we are experiencing them? Should story telling be a constant response to the present moments or it should be a reflection of the past or both? There is a difference between an experience when you plan it in advance and […]
Stories are told when we look back in time, reflect on past events and interpret them in the light of our present situation. It seems that a temporal gap between the past and present is needed in order to make sense of past events and to create stories that are meaningful to us. But how […]
I have realised that when I tell my story to different people in every situation I create a story that is the result of my interaction with a particular audience in a specific context but when I write my story it is more static with less flexibility to establish a relation with my audience and […]