Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Beginnings: Reseraching the Professor: Thomas Part 3 Exploring Method Chapter 4 What is Life History Research Chapter 5 Principles Guiding Life History Researching Chapter 6 Beginning a Life History Research Project Chapter 7 "Doing" Life History Research Chapter 8 Preparing to Make Sense of Gathered Life History Information Chapter 9 Making Sense of and Representing Lives-in-Context Part 10 Experiencing Method Chapter 11 Lessons from Nurses' Lives Chapter 12 Responsibilities to Community: Relationality and Mutality with Home-educating Families Chapter 13 Research as Relationship Chapter 14 Fidelity and Ethical Ideals Chapter 15 Telling "Inside" Stories: The Paradox of Researcher Privilege Chapter 16 "Going Deep": Intersecting of Self as Researcher and Researched Chapter 17 A Life History as Artistic Interpretation Chapter 18 Reflections on "Our Stories": Women in Cardiac Rehabilitation Chapter 19 Researching First Nations' Educators through Presence, Collaboration, and Advocacy Chapter 20 Compelled to Honor Privacy: Reflections from Researching in a Nursing Home Chapter 21 Insights and Inspiration from an Artist's Work: Envisioning and Portraying Lives in Context Chapter 22 Re-reading "Anne": Using Images in an Artful Inquiry Chapter 23 Moments in Time Chapter 24 Endings: Writing the Professor, Thomas Chapter 25 References Chapter 26 Index Chapter 27 About the Authors
Andra L. Coles and J. Gary Knowles are both educational researchers at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.
This book offers a sincere and 'in-depth' concern for the life
story and the person ostensibly behind it. It's very well-written
with intriguing and compelling interludes from other researchers'
work. I'm sure it will be picked up, used, and cited by those
interested in life history research.
*Jaber Gubrium, (University of Florida)*
A thoughtful, well-crafted, carefully nuanced book; a good example
of the sixth moment in qualitative research.
*Norman Denzin, (University of Illinois)*
In the all-important relationships between researcher and subject,
several principles are key: relationality, mutuality, empathy,
sensitivity, and respect. The process of preparing for and 'doing'
LHR [life history research] is described & salient issuesinvolved
at different stages of the project are addressed. This book is
deemed ideal as both a resource for teaching beginning qualitative
researchers and as a reference guide for established ones....
*Sociological Abstracts*
This book will be beneficial for novice and experienced researchers
interested in using oral history methods....Nurse researchers with
an interest in life history work would find this a valuable read,
as would nurse educators looking for a text for students on how to
do life history research. Lives in Context: The Art of Life History
Research provides a thorough discussion of the life history
research method, highlighting the importance of the individual in
creating broader understandings of experience.
*Nursing History Review*
Lives in Context has achived its objective of gracefully portraying
the need to protect the fragility of other people's confidence
throughout the process of academic research and representation.
*Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology*
Separating this book from others of the genre is the philosophy of
research that guides Cole and Knowles. They advocate an approach
that is open, respectful, and attuned to the place and role of the
subject in the life history study. Beginning researchers, including
those who are working the field of oral history, especially should
read this book. Recommended for academic libraries that support
graduate level research.
*CHOICE*
In the all-important relationships between researcher and subject,
several principles are key: relationality, mutuality, empathy,
sensitivity, and respect. The process of preparing for and 'doing'
LHR [life history research] is described & salient issues involved
at different stages of the project are addressed. This book is
deemed ideal as both a resource for teaching beginning qualitative
researchers and as a reference guide for established ones.
*Sociological Abstracts*
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