1st Edition

Advances in Biographical Methods Creative Applications

Edited By Maggie O'Neill, Brian Roberts, Andrew Sparkes Copyright 2015
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Rooted in a long and diverse genealogy, biographical approaches have developed from a focus upon a single story, a ‘life story’ and personal documents (e.g. diaries), to encompass (more routinely) autobiographical secondary and archival research and analysis - as well as multi-media, arts based creative multi-sensory methods. Biographical Research and practices as part of human understanding... Read more

Part I: Theoretical Advances  1. Biographical Research: Past, present, future  2. When Bodies Need Stories: Narrative analysis in action  3. Keepin’ It Real: Social action research, psychoanalytic theory, and the moving to the beat project  4. The Narrative Construction and Performance of Identity  Part II: Methodological Advances  5. Participatory Biographies: Walking, sensing, belonging  6. Ignore the Man Behind the Curtain: Exploration of virtual reality  7. Biographical Research, Longitudinal Study and Theorisation  Part III: Advances in Applying Biographical Methods  8. Not a Problem: Translation and the silencing of narratives  9. Finding the Manly Man in Archives, Historical / Archival Research as the Documents of Life  10. Combining Biographical and Visual Methods in Practice: A vegan comic case study

Biography

Professor Maggie O’Neill is Professor in Applied Social Sciences, Durham University.



Professor Brian Roberts is Visiting Professor in the School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University, UK.



Professor Andrew C. Sparkes PhD is based in the Research Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure at Leeds Metropolitan University.