Practising a Rhizomatic Perspective
					in Narrative Research

Loots, Gerrit; Coppens, Kathleen; Sermijn, Jasmina

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“…This short extract from the diary of Mrs Mason, a 65 year old housewife from Gateshead, illustrates this point nicely. It suggests that narratives are shaped for different audiences, are always developing and never complete, and how other possible versions of stories are excluded in the process of narrating (Loots, Coppens and Sermijn 2013). Mrs Mason was writing in response to a note from Mass Observation about the importance to the organisation of her (and others correspondents’) diaries:…”

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Using Narrative Sources from the Mass Observation Archive to Study Everyday Food and Families in Hard Times: Food Practices in England during 1950

Knight

Brannen

O’Connell

2015

Sociological Research Online

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By using examples from food and domestic life in England during 1950, this paper examines the use of narrative archival sources as a methodological alternative to researching everyday food practices by traditional research methods, such as interviewing. Through the analysis of three diaries written for the Mass Observation Archive, and the everyday food practices expressed in these diaries, we consider the benefits and challenges of using narrative archival diary data to gain insights into food and eating during times of austerity. Before presenting and discussing the cases, we outline some of the challenges of researching food practices as a result of the muted, moral and mundane aspects of such practices. We then describe the study on which this paper is based, including a discussion of our methods and the reasons for using diaries and selecting our cases. Following this, we set the scene for understanding food and eating in 1950s Britain, such as contextual background about rationing during the Second World War, government policy and propaganda of the time. In our analysis of the three diaries, we discuss some of the ways in which the data have enabled us to ‘get at’ and provide insights into habitual food practices.

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confidence: 99%

Using Narrative Sources from the Mass Observation Archive to Study Everyday Food and Families in Hard Times: Food Practices in England during 1950

Knight

Brannen

O’Connell

2015

Sociological Research Online

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“…Con las narrativas provenientes de los talleres y de la investigación en mención, se realizó un ejercicio de tematización, partiendo de la premisa de que el análisis temático de narrativas implica una doble interpretación: aquella desarrollada por los actores sociales frente a sus experiencias vitales y la desarrollada por quien investiga (Riessman, 2008). En este sentido, y como plantean Loots et al (2013) y Tamboukou (2013), la tematización implica tejer sentidos y no fragmentarlos. En la investigación el tejido de signi%cados logrado -consignado en los resultados-incorporó los relatos directos del grupo de participantes, las descripciones frente a estos y las interpretaciones de la investigadora puestos en diálogo con algunos referentes conceptuales.…”

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Salir adelante: subjetividades políticas en primera infancia y familias en el destierro

Ospina-Alvarado

Luna

Alvarado

2021

Rev.latinoam.cienc.soc.niñez juv

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(analítico)Se presentan resultados de una investigación que problematiza el proceso de construcción de subjetividades políticas de niños y niñas de primera infancia cuyas familias han vivido el conflicto armado colombiano. Epistémica y metodológicamente se empleó la hermenéutica ontológica política, enfatizando las narrativas colectivas y generativas de 19 niñas, 25 niños, 23 madres, 7 padres, 15 maestras y 1 maestro, en dos Centros de Desarrollo Infantil en Bogotá y Pereira. Se encontró que salir adelante —como metáfora que da cuenta de las subjetividades de los niños y las niñas— involucra una opción por las relaciones, romper la homogeneización, prácticas de resistencia y re-existencia y constitución de subjetividades e identidades políticas. Se concluye que los niños y las niñas tienen disposiciones relacionales como sujetos políticos desde sus primeros años. Palabras clave: Primera infancia, familia, conflicto armado, capacidad, identidad. Tesauro de Ciencias Sociales de la Unesco.

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“…As Spry (2011) suggests, performative autoethnography contributes to research on identity as it helps us to see the constructed ‘I’, negotiated with other ‘subjectivities in meaning making’ (p. 503). The relational self takes up its position as a constructed ‘I’ through ‘dialogical relationships, both internal and external, with other voices’ (Loots et al, 2013: 109) visible (and audible) in the text. This affords critical consideration of how practitioner identity is created and where the tensions in that construction might lead to dissonance and dis-ease.…”

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Researching practitioner experiences through autoethnography: Embodying social policy, exploring emotional landscapes

Henderson¹

2018

Journal of Early Childhood Research

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This article highlights autoethnography as an arts-based methodology in early years research, giving consideration to its challenges and critics as well as the power of its application to elicit voices in a way that other methodologies do not. It embraces and models autoethnography through sharing a performative autoethnographic narrative of one practitioner’s experiences as she grapples with implementing child protection/safeguarding policies, exploring the embodiment of social policy and the consequent dissonance in emotions that lead to a disruption in identity. It asks, ‘What do policy imperatives actually feel like in practice and how might autoethnography, as an arts-based methodology, afford researchers a way to illustrate this?’ Challenging the perception of what it means to be an early years practitioner, through an evocative and provocative narrative, this article foregrounds the need to overcome the historical silencing of practitioner’s voices while illustrating the value of autoethnographic research in helping to reveal the multiple layers of power and dissonance in a pedagogical space such as a nursery. Adopting a critical stance, to avert challenges of solipsism and to further extend the debate around practitioner identity, the performative autoethnographic narrative is later reflected within the wider context of relevant literature. Finally, consideration is given to the question of why autoethnographic research is under-represented in the early years field, particularly at a time when it is prudent to create a wider epistemological base to extend the discourse around what support practitioners need to help them fulfil their vital role in children’s lives.

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Practising a Rhizomatic Perspective in Narrative Research

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Using Narrative Sources from the Mass Observation Archive to Study Everyday Food and Families in Hard Times: Food Practices in England during 1950

Using Narrative Sources from the Mass Observation Archive to Study Everyday Food and Families in Hard Times: Food Practices in England during 1950

Salir adelante: subjetividades políticas en primera infancia y familias en el destierro

Researching practitioner experiences through autoethnography: Embodying social policy, exploring emotional landscapes

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