In Engaging in Narrative Inquiry, Second Edition, D. Jean Clandinin, a
pioneer in narrative research, updates her classic formulation on
narrative inquiry, clarifying, extending, and refining methods.
This updated edition looks at changes and developments in the field
since the publication of the first edition in 2013, exploring how
narrative inquiry explores human lives through a narrative lens that
honors experience as a source of important knowledge and understanding.
The book includes several exemplary cases with the author's critique and
analysis of the work.
The following are new to this edition:
- New exemplary cases, including Menon's autobiographical narrative
inquiry as the starting point for framing a research puzzle and
justifying a study, Chung's account of a study that begins with living
alongside participants, and a paper from Swanson's autobiographical
narrative inquiry
- An expanded discussion of the philosophical grounding of narrative
inquiry
- An expanded discussion of relational ethics in narrative inquiry that
highlights links to a relational ontology
- An updated account of the field of narrative inquiry that highlights
future directions, including the necessity of response groups, and
questions of responsibility and community
The increasing interest in narrative inquiry as research methodology
across disciplines makes this book an essential guide and an excellent
text for graduate courses in qualitative inquiry, education and nursing
research, sociology, and all courses in autobiographical and narrative
research and inquiry.
