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Narrative Research
Illness Experience in 4 Movements
Schwind, J. K. (2024). Illness Experience in 4 Movements: Re-presentation of stories using Narrative Inquiry. Toronto, Canada.
Composite Stories
A composite story is an entity made up of participant voices within a study or inquiry. In this Narrative Inquiry, the resonant threads (patterns) of the stories are integrated into a singular co-participant voice present throughout the text. To that end, I created a fictionalized character, Tanya, who represents the voices and signatures of all co-participants that are situated within an organization. The choice of which segments of their stories to include in the composite letter is informed by the purpose of the inquiry. Tanya’s voice maintains the narrative truth as revealed through the resonant threads. The intent of this composite story in the form of a letter is to retell my co-participants’ experiences (narrative re-presentation), while protecting their anonymity and confidentiality.
Women’s Experiences of their First Pelvic Exam: An Arts-Informed Narrative Inquiry
Using Arts-Informed Narrative Inquiry, participants tell stories of their first pelvic exam, augmented through creative self-expression and metaphor reflection. In two-hour narrative interviews, three cis-gendered women under the age of 25 were invited to tell and draw the stories of their first pelvic exam experience. Audio-recordings were manually transcribed and stories of experience crafted. Upon confirmation, stories and metaphor reflections were analyzed using the Narrative Inquiry three-dimensional space of experience theoretical framework, from a Critical Feminist perspective.
The Qualitative Research Journey
The following lecture presents an overview of the qualitative research journey, from formulating a research question to mobilizing the knowledge developed. Originally prepared for Qualitative Research Methods (MN8902), graduate course at Toronto Metropolitan University