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Advances in Biographical Methods

Author : Maggie O'Neill
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317915496
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Advances in Biographical Methods written by Maggie O'Neill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rooted in a long and diverse genealogy, biographical approaches have developed from a focus upon a single story, a ‘life story’ and personal documents (e.g. diaries), to encompass (more routinely) autobiographical secondary and archival research and analysis - as well as multi-media, arts based creative multi-sensory methods. Biographical Research and practices as part of human understanding helps people to make sense of what has been and what is happening in their lives, cultures, communities and societies. Advances in Biographical Methods: Creative Applications takes up these themes: theorising, doing and applying current advances in biographical methods. It demonstrates the momentum with which they areas are developing as a field of scholarship, especially in relation to creative innovations and applications, such as in new forms of interview and other practices, and debates on its interlinking with art, performance and digital methods.

Advances in Biographical Methods

Author : Maggie O'Neill
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131791550X
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Advances in Biographical Methods written by Maggie O'Neill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-05 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rooted in a long and diverse genealogy, biographical approaches have developed from a focus upon a single story, a ‘life story’ and personal documents (e.g. diaries), to encompass (more routinely) autobiographical secondary and archival research and analysis - as well as multi-media, arts based creative multi-sensory methods. Biographical Research and practices as part of human understanding helps people to make sense of what has been and what is happening in their lives, cultures, communities and societies. Advances in Biographical Methods: Creative Applications takes up these themes: theorising, doing and applying current advances in biographical methods. It demonstrates the momentum with which they areas are developing as a field of scholarship, especially in relation to creative innovations and applications, such as in new forms of interview and other practices, and debates on its interlinking with art, performance and digital methods.

Biographical Research and New Social Architectures

Author : Lyudmila Nurse
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447368924
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Biographical Research and New Social Architectures written by Lyudmila Nurse and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2024-04-23 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on the place of biographical research in shaping social futures and its creative applications in the new unprecedented societal circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Written by experienced and early career biographical researchers, it demonstrates how biographical research responds to the new ‘social architecture’: theoretically, empirically and analytically.

Using Biographical Methods in Social Research

Author : Barbara Merrill
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1412929598
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Using Biographical Methods in Social Research written by Barbara Merrill and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2009-06-04 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using Biographical Methods in Social Research provides an informative, comprehensive, accessible and practical guide to the nature and use of biographical methods, combining a consideration of theoretical issues with practical guidance. Barbara Merrill and Linden West consider important questions about what research is for, what makes it valid, to the practical business of interviewing, analyzing and writing up of biographical data. The authors draw on their sociological and psychological orientations to provide a truly interdisciplinary approach to the subject, and provide numerous examples of biographical research across the social sciences.

Biographical Methods and Professional Practice

Author : Chamberlayne, Prue
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1861344937
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book Biographical Methods and Professional Practice written by Chamberlayne, Prue and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2004-03-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses a range of interpretive approaches to reveal the dynamics of service users' and professionals' individual experiences and life-worlds. From their research the contributors show how biographical methods can improve theoretical understanding of professional practice, as well as enrich the learning and development of professionals, and promote more meaningful and creative practitioner - service user relationships. The book: · reviews applications of biographical methods in both policy and practice in a range of professional contexts, from health and social care to education and employment; · explores the impact of social change in three main arenas - transformation from Eastern to Western types of society in Europe, major shifts in social and welfare principles, experiences of immigration and of new cultural diversities - on professional practice; · critically evaluates subjective and reflexive processes in interactions between researchers, practitioners and users of services; · considers the institutional arrangements and cultural contexts which support effective and sensitive interventions; · draws on actual projects and tracks reflection, progress and outcomes. With contributions from leading international experts, it provides a valuable comparative perspective. Researchers, policy analysts and practitioners, postgraduate students, teachers and trainers will find this book a stimulating read.

SAGE Biographical Research

Author : John Goodwin
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446275922
Total Pages : 1521 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book SAGE Biographical Research written by John Goodwin and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 1521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographical research may take a range of forms and may vary in its application and approach but has the unified and coherent aim to give ′voice′ to individuals. The central concern of this collection is to assemble articles (from sociology, social psychology, education, health, criminology, social gerontology, epidemiology, management and organizational research) that illustrate the full range of debates, methods and techniques that can be combined under the heading ′biographical research′. Volume One: Biographical Research: Starting Points, Debates and Approaches explores the different biographical methods currently used while locating these within the history of social science methods. Volume Two: Biographical Interviews, Oral Histories and Life Narratives focuses on the more established, interview-based, biographical research methods and considers the analytical strategies used for interview-based biographical research Volume Three: Forms of Life Writing: Letters, Diaries and Auto/Biography considers the value of ′data′ contained within letters, diaries and auto/biography and illustrates how this data has been analyzed to reveal biographies and their social context. Volume Four: Other Documents of Life: Photographs, Cyber Documents and Ephemera focuses on the ′other′ human documents and objects, like photographs, cyber-documents (emails, blogs, social networking sites, webpages) and other ephemera (such as official documents) that are used extensively in biographical research.

Biographical Research

Author : Brian Roberts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780335202867
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Biographical Research written by Brian Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Roberts is certainly successful in conveying a sense of the rich diversity of biographical research. This is a book based upon a formidably wide-ranging bibliography together with his own, by no means insignificant, contributions to the field...[the]...reader will be left in no doubt as to the central importance of biographical research and of its legitimate position within the social sciences" - David Morgan, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Manchester University (former President, British Sociological Association), Auto/Biography, a BSA Study Group journal, 2002. "Brian Roberts' book is a highly accessible introduction to biographical method...The author deftly and confidently addresses the available work in a variety of disciplines ranging from education through oral history, feminism to memory... I warmly recommend this book to any historian interested in biography and what its study can tell them about what they do'. - Alun Munslow, Professor of History, Staffordshire University (Editor, Rethinking History), Rethinking History, 7:3, pp. 451-5, October, 2003 * What is biographical research? * Why has it attracted so much interest? * How can biographical research be carried out? Biographical Research reflects a rapid expansion of interest in the study of lives taking place within the social sciences. Life story, oral history, narrative, autobiography, biography and other approaches are being used more and more to explore how individuals interpret experiences and social relationships. This book examines the methodological and theoretical developments associated with research on lives in sociology, oral history, ethnography, biography, and narrative analysis. The author includes numerous examples of biographical research from his own work and other studies, and addresses important areas such as the collection and interpretation of materials, uses of biographical research, oral and written accounts, the interview relationship, the construction of the story, memory, audience, and the researcher's own biography. In conclusion it draws out common themes and emerging concerns. Biographical Research is a comprehensive guide to major issues in the study of lives for students and researchers in the social sciences and related fields.

Social Causation and Biographical Research

Author : Giorgos Tsiolis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000260674
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Social Causation and Biographical Research written by Giorgos Tsiolis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book extends debates in the field of biographical research, arguing that causal explanations are not at odds with biographical research and that biographical research is in fact a valuable tool for explaining why things in social and personal lives are one way and not another. Bringing reconstructive biographical research into dialogue with critical realism, it explains how and why relational social ontology can become a unique theoretical ground for tapping emergent mechanisms and latent meaning structures. Through an account of the reasons for which reductionist epistemologies, rational action models and covering law explanations are not appropriate for biographical research, the authors develop the philosophical idea of singular causation as a means by which biographical researchers are able to forge causal hypotheses for the occurrence of events and offer guidance on the application of this methodological principle to concrete, empirical examples. As such, this volume will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in biographical research and social research methods.

Social Causation and Biographical Research

Author : Giorgos Tsiolis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000260739
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Social Causation and Biographical Research written by Giorgos Tsiolis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book extends debates in the field of biographical research, arguing that causal explanations are not at odds with biographical research and that biographical research is in fact a valuable tool for explaining why things in social and personal lives are one way and not another. Bringing reconstructive biographical research into dialogue with critical realism, it explains how and why relational social ontology can become a unique theoretical ground for tapping emergent mechanisms and latent meaning structures. Through an account of the reasons for which reductionist epistemologies, rational action models and covering law explanations are not appropriate for biographical research, the authors develop the philosophical idea of singular causation as a means by which biographical researchers are able to forge causal hypotheses for the occurrence of events and offer guidance on the application of this methodological principle to concrete, empirical examples. As such, this volume will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in biographical research and social research methods.

Biographical Research and New Social Architectures

Author : Lyudmila Nurse
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447368908
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Biographical Research

Author : Ana Caetano
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000564770
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Biographical Research written by Ana Caetano and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-03-30 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studying people’s lives requires acknowledging the multiple entanglements between individual singularity and processes of social patterning. This book testifies how challenging and creative the study of these connections can be. It gathers international contributions that show, in imaginative ways, how a person’s life or specific domains of existence can be observed, tackled, and analysed across time. This volume reveals the potential of biographical research in the production of social theory, in the development of methodological innovation, in giving voice and protagonism to people, and in the understanding of the social unfolding of their lives. It is a testimony of a vibrant and youthful field, with a long tradition in social sciences, and with numerous connections with other study areas, namely the life course approach. The different chapters illustrate how the challenges posed by this type of research focused on the individual level of analysis are particular and what creative responses are required to continue analysing the link between biography and society. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal Contemporary Social Science.

Biographical Research and the Meanings of Mothering

Author : Lyudmila Nurse
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447365623
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Biographical Research and the Meanings of Mothering written by Lyudmila Nurse and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2023-09-14 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does mothering mean in different cultures and societies? This book extensively applies biographical and narrative research methods to mothering from international perspectives. Considering self-care, rapport, trust and self-reflection, the collection advances methodological practice in the study of mothers, carers and childless women’s lives.

Methods of Life Course Research

Author : Janet Z. Giele
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 145225107X
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Methods of Life Course Research written by Janet Z. Giele and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 1998-03-10 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the most effective methods for doing life-course research? In this volume, the field's founders and leaders answer this question, giving readers tips on: the art and method of the appropriate research design; the collection of life-history data; and the search for meaningful patterns to be found in the results.

Individualized Biography. Combining Individual and Structural Perspective

Author : Anna Mikulina
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3346250962
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Individualized Biography. Combining Individual and Structural Perspective written by Anna Mikulina and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Sociology - Individual, Groups, Society, grade: 1.7, University of Frankfurt (Main), language: English, abstract: Understanding factors, mechanisms and processes of upward and downward mobility in different countries remains an important scientific task of sociology around the world. The dominant approach to social inequality analysis is the structural approach, which places mobility in the context of social structures’ ability to reproduce or overcome unequal opportunities. Yet, despite prejudice to social mobility in scientific discourse, the reality of modern society emphasizes the role of personal decisions and individual turning points. The theory of individualization, which addresses individual and structural factors together while not contradicting them, has received a great resonance. According to this theory, the importance of structural factors and universal stratification characteristics that determine human life is increasingly weakening in the individual’s biography. Stable economic growth, the advancement of the education and social security system, instability in labor markets and increased flows of transnational migration have weakened class boundaries and increased the diversity of life opportunities and transitions, as well as the role of individual in the creation of own biography and the importance of personal choices, forcing a reconsideration of approaches and methods in studies of social mobility. The integration of the individual into social mobility research is an important methodological task, which solution is closely linked to the development of a life-course approach to mobility. This approach can be broadly defined as consolidating research on biographies and life-stories of individuals, families, and generations using both quantitative and qualitative methods. In the biographical approach, a person’s life is understood as a result of the reciprocal effects of structural forces and individual actions and can be defined as a series of milestones in life-events defined by the social order, at each one of which an individual chooses certain social roles and statuses. Biographical choices depend also on individual habitus – stable patterns of thinking, perception, and evaluation embedded in the body. However, the ideologically ambiguous concept of individualization suggests the disintegration of previously existing social forms and the increasing fragility of traditionally important parameters of industrial society such as class culture and self-consciousness, race and ethnicity, gender roles and family.

Mapping Lives

Author : Peter France
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780197263181
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (631 download)

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Download or read book Mapping Lives written by Peter France and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-09-23 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays on the problems and functions of biography - particularly those of writers, thinkers and artists - investigate a subject of enduring importance for those interested in culture.

Qualitative Longitudinal Research

Author : Bren Neale
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350188972
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Qualitative Longitudinal Research written by Bren Neale and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published Open Access under a Creative Commons license as What is Qualitative Longitudinal Research?, this title is now also available as part of the Bloomsbury Research Methods series. This volume offers a new introduction to an evolving research method in the social sciences. Qualitative Longitudinal (QL) research is conducted through time. In its qualitative dimensions it opens up the potential to 'think dynamically' in creative, flexible and innovative ways. QL enquiry is rooted in a long-established tradition of qualitative temporal research, spanning the fields of social anthropology, sociological re-studies and biographical research. But over the past two decades, a growing body of scholarship has begun to document this approach and explore its theoretical underpinnings. This in turn has fuelled a growing interest in and rapid uptake of QL methodology across the disciplines and in international context. This practical volume will be a first port of call for students and researchers wishing to use QL research in their own projects. The chapters follow a logical development, from conceptual and methodological foundations, to research practice and ethics, to the generation and analysis of data. Each chapter offers practical examples drawn from the research field to illustrate key themes and the rich possibilities for new applications.

Researching Life Stories and Family Histories

Author : Robert Lee Miller
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446235572
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Researching Life Stories and Family Histories written by Robert Lee Miller and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1999-09-22 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `A comprehensive, balanced and judicious treatment of biographical methods in social research, made all the more useful to students by its careful delineation of the practicalities involved′ - Raymond M Lee, Royal Holloway, University of London Specifically designed for those carrying out biographical, life history or family history research, this concise guide covers the methods and issues involved. The author demonstrates that biographical research is a distinctive way of conceptualizing social activity. The three main approaches to biographical and family history research are covered: - Realist - focused around grounded-theory techniques of interviewing; - Neo-positivist - more structured interview techniques; - Narrative - with emphasis on the active construction of life stories through the interplay between interviewer and interviewee. An invaluable introduction to the field, which contains much that will be of interest to the experienced practitioner, the book will be ideal for researchers in sociology, psychology, political science, social policy or anthropology.