Narrative interviews are increasingly important in health research and
practitioner research, but the craft of doing them does require some
training.
In addition, it is easy to take the material obtained at face=-value, as if
one could just select the 'quotes' that seem to prove what you want to find.
In fact, 'reading between the lines' (and sometimes against them) is an
important skill not only for medical staff but also for interview
researchers.
The Seventh and Final Short Course in
Biographic-NarrativeInterpretive-Method of eliciting and analysing
biographic narratives will run in London between November and February. It
is composed of nine days, spread over three 3-day blocks.
If interested, the ATTACHED flyer gives details. Do contact me by email if
you have any questions.
Best wishes
Tom
Case-studies derived from the BNIM approach in the field of social policy
can be found in
Edited by Prue Chamberlayne, Michael Rustin and Tom Wengraf
Biography and Social Policy in Europe:
experiences and life journeys
(Bristol: The Policy Press 2002)
for details of this volume of case studies. look at
<http://www.bris.ac.uk/Publications/TPP/pages/bm013.htm>
For details of my (doing quite well, just reprinted) textbook which sets out
the methodology for the BNIM procedure -- and is also the textbook for the
course -- can be found in the relevant chapters of my
Qualitative Research Interviewing:
biographic narrative and semi-structured methods
(London: Sage Publications 2001)
look at
<http://www.sagepub.co.uk/shopping/Detail.asp?id=4813>
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