Autobiographies and oral histories.

Interviews, letters.

Gathering information through narratives

Life history research

1. Problem, research question, reason to study

2. Interview question, participants and literature review.

3. Good communication

4. Draft of the story, questions of the interview

5. Transcribe the first interview

Results

1. Code the interviews transcripts

2. Categorize codes

3. Configure stories from the interview data

4. Send the story to the participants

5. Organize the data into categories

6. Assemble the story

Discipline

Self-perception

Self-identity

Lived experience

Individual

Small group

Examples

Biography

Life history

It is part of the human sciences

Describes the process of collecting and analyzing the stories people tell about their experiences.

Independent research and interpretation in its own right.

It is placed in its sociocultural context.

Narrative methodologies are often used in the social sciences.