Engaging in Narrative Inquiry

In Engaging in Narrative Inquiry, Second Edition, D. Jean Clandinin, a pioneer in narrative research, updates her classic formulation on narrative inquiry, clarifying, extending, and refining methods.

This updated edition looks at changes and developments in the field since the publication of the first edition in 2013, exploring how narrative inquiry explores human lives through a narrative lens that honors experience as a source of important knowledge and understanding. The book includes several exemplary cases with the author''s critique and analysis of the work.

The following are new to this edition:

• New exemplary cases, including Menon''s autobiographical narrative inquiry as the starting point for framing a research puzzle and justifying a study, Chung''s account of a study that begins with living alongside participants, and a paper from Swanson''s autobiographical narrative inquiry
• An expanded discussion of th