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The metaphor of “world traveling” has been taken up by researchers engaged in narrative inquiry. This metaphor provides a reference point throughout the research process for navigating relational processes. In this article, we unpack how the metaphor of “world travelling” shapes the writing of research texts in narrative inquiry and the meaning making inherent in shared texts. We draw on a narrative inquiry focused on the experiences of men who are homeless in Japan, as well as a narrative inquiry focused on precariously housed women who are pregnant or engaged with early parenting and who use illicit substances. As we work with Lugones’s ideas, we see it is critical to engage in a collaborative process that is marked by a playful exchange of ideas and that pushes us to identify connections with others. At the same time, we work to create meaning; we need to challenge racial, social, political, and economic boundaries and social differences in ways that allow researchers and participants to locate themselves in relation to others. Engaging in this manner shows openness to multiple ways of sense making and to creating texts where expectations are broken. Representation requires the development of texts where we can “exercise double vision” and “create and cement relational identities.” These spaces of openness and multiplicity are always in motion and are marked by a sense of “dwelling,” “world travelling,” and “playfulness.”

Aim In this research, we explored how nurses working in HIV care in Ghana live and work with hope. Background Nurses who work with people living with HIV have concerns about their well‐being and quality of life. They also complain of stress‐related workload due to high nurse–patient ratio. The study sought to examine the experiences of nurses in Ghana and the ways that hope is intertwined with their experiences in working with people living with HIV. Design This study was a narrative inquiry study. Narrative inquiry is a collaborative way to inquire into participants' experiences in the three‐dimensional spaces of temporality, sociality and place. Methods We engaged with five nurses who work in an acute care setting where their primary focus is to provide care to people living with HIV. We engaged in six to eight conversations with each participant over several months. We asked participants to describe memories of significant experiences in their past and present lives, and share experiences that they would describe hopeful in their HIV nursing practice. Results In this narrative inquiry study, four resonant threads emerged and included: (a) becoming a nurse for people living with HIV took time; (b) experiences of practising with hope were important; (c) faith in God, allowed them to gain strength, which was connected to hope; and (d) learning to live with hope was shaped by childhood experiences.

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