Storytelling as Research/Research as Storytelling
Abstract
If story is central to human meaning why, in the research world, is there not more storytelling? Walter Benjamin (1973) noted that, “a story is different. It does not expend itself. It preserves and concentrates its strength and is capable of releasing it even after a long time” (p. 90). How might research not expend itself, but preserve and concentrate its strength?
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Bruner, J. (1996) · doi:10.4159/9780674251083 · Cited by 6,231 · see citing works
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Crossing Methodological Borders: Decolonizing Community-Based Participatory Research
Stanton, C. R. (2014) · Qualitative Inquiry · doi:10.1177/1077800413505541 · Cited by 150 · see citing works
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Oloo, J. A., & Relland, M. (2021) · Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy
- Authors
- Lewis, P. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Regina (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Lewis, Patrick J.
- Venue
- Qualitative Inquiry
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2011-06-17
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 505-510
- ISSN
- 1077-8004 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7565
- OpenAlex
- W2096191866
- Cited by
- 208
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 6
- FWCI
- 41.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Qualitative Inquiry (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative research in health
- Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Keywords
- storytelling, narrative in research, qualitative research, meaning-making, Walter Benjamin
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