"In attempting to locate narrative inquiry historically, we begin by marking off the territory of this methodology." This is the first line of the situating narrative inquiry piece, and it really stood out to me for one reason: the word territory. This is because the story immediately begins by discussing place...Im beginning to notice a theme in this course. It continues to discuss territory throughout the piece "we are marking the territory of narrative inquiry not at its boundaries". metaphysical place is strewn throughout this piece. Admittedly the main focus of this piece seems to be the four emerging themes of narrative inquiry but place seems to hover in the background. "In the turn toward narrative inquiry, no change in direction is more important than the change in an understanding of the relationship of the researcher to the researched. In the move toward narrative inquiry, the turn is characterized as a movement away from a position of objectivity defined from the positivistic, realist perspective toward a research perspective focused on interpretation and the understanding of meaning" Even when discussing the emerging themes or turns Im seeing place! t I don't know if Im seeing this because its actually there or because Ive been trained to look solely at place, but there you have it.
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