A few places remain for
The Centre for Qualitative Research,
Bournemouth University
Masterclass in Biographical Research
18th & 19th January 2007
to be held in Bournemouth
Conducted by Professor Robert Miller,
School of Sociology & Social Policy,
Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Recent years has seen an upswing in interest among
qualitative researchers in biographical or
autobiographical information. While this 'phenomenon'
arose spontaneously and simultaneously in a largely
unconnected manner across a variety of disciplines, it
has now converged into what sometimes is called 'the
biographical turn' in the social sciences.
Approaches to working with (auto)biographical material
range from the quite 'data-driven', taking on a
realist or grounded theory perspective, to the
reflexive, emphasising interpretation and the join of
the perspectives of the narrator and the hearer. The
workshop will include exercises involving the personal
construction of a realist familial context that will
be set against a reflexive interpretation. This will
be an adaption of a biographical technique of analysis
that attempts to develop a dynamic tension between
'realist life history data' and 'reflexive life story
narrative'. Participants will need to be prepared to
share aspects of their personal lives with the other
members of the class.
Further information on this and other Masterclasses at
Bournemouth:
http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/ihcs/rescqrmc07.html
Please forward all enquiries to:
Stacey Mitchell, Centre for Qualitative Research,
Bournemouth University,
IHCS, Royal London House, Christchurch Road,
Bournemouth, BH1 3LT, UK
Tel: (01202) 962763 Fax: (01202) 962194
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