{"product_id":"contextualising-narrative-inquiry-sheila-trahar-9780415536387","title":"Contextualising Narrative Inquiry: Developing Methodological Approaches for Local Contexts","description":"\u003cp\u003eNarrative inquiry is growing in popularity as a research methodology in the social sciences, medicine and the humanities. In narrative inquiry, the transparency of interactions between researcher and research participants, together with rich, contextual descriptions, help to shape and structure research texts rendering them engaging and readable. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContextualising Narrative Inquiry argues that all researchers should foreground the importance of the context in which research takes place and develop methodological approaches that are grounded in their local contexts. To do so, they need to pay attention to how knowledge is constructed, shared and understood in those contexts. This is particularly important when contexts have been subjugated historically through colonialism and when local, indigenous ways of knowing have been ignored or dismissed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors to this edited collection have all used narrative inquiry for a range of topics and in a range of contexts, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eLeadership styles of Asian women\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Deaf community in the UK \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eVoluntary celibacy in Malta \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdministrators in Ghanaian higher education \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eMulticulturalism in primary education in Cyprus \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eTeacher identities in Hong Kong \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe reflective practitioner in higher education in Malaysia. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe diversity of the topics illuminates the potential for narrative inquiry to be used to investigate a broad range of issues in many contexts by people with a wide range of backgrounds. A common thread throughout is a reflexive discussion of how each contributor used narrative inquiry as a methodological approach; highlighting not only its affordances, but also the complexities of using it in specific cultural, social and historical contexts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sheila Trahar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415536383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415536387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Sheila Trahar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447741100287,"sku":"9780415536387","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9003c5c5-df40-4b64-b1e2-d8db07c99cbb.jpg?v=1777234496","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contextualising-narrative-inquiry-sheila-trahar-9780415536387","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}