I came accross this article by Dave Hiles, titled Heuristic Inquiry and Transpersonal Research (to view full document, click here). He comments on the book of Braud & Anderson (about transpersonal research methods) that I have read before and proposes certain adaptations he has made to the model and applied to his own research. He has a description that simplifies many concepts and presents useful tables (especially the one around the tensions in the study of grounded – subtle human experiences). … Read more »

I have looked at the book borrowed by W.W. titled The Handbook of Narrative and Psychotherapy by Angus.L.E. & McLeod J. (2004, London:Sage)

There is a chapter in there by Michal White (Folk Psychology and Narrative Practice), in which the authors discusses narrative as a cultural vehicle that provokes my thinking around methodology etc. He writes: … Read more »

I realise that transcribing research interviews is a very involving, consuming process…not easy to do. It is very engaging and takes me to deep emotional places, given that what a participant may say can raise a number of responses given my involvement to the topic. Like i do when I am counselling, i need to be aware of my own process so that i can own it and allow all the space for the participant’s story. My own story is also data but i have to e able to use the one to inform the other. I know there is interesting stuff around that on Kvale’s book about Qualitative Interviewing. I also found at interesting article about the importance of transcription quality. See abstract here

I have been discussing with another PhD student about research methodology, research proposals etc. She is also doing an exploratory study where she wishes to capture the richness of her participants’ stories, so she is also looking at Narrative Inquiry as methodological paradigm. she has shared with me by email some of her writngs about it, which i wish to record here, to inform my thinking. Thanks to V. Here they are: … Read more »

1. The ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy.
2. The property of a material that enables it to resume its original shape or position after being bent, stretched, or compressed; elasticity.

This is a ‘positive’ skill/quality to look at in relation to the topic of cultural adaptation. I also came accross a model about how to approch cross-cultural interviews, using the ‘resiliency wheel’..more can be found by cliching here:The Resiliency Wheel article