the stories we tell about our lives unveil their content just as much as the lexical choices we make index a certain worldview, attitude, positionality, and relationship to reality. in essence, in narratives, individuals construct the self and denote personal identities. the available narrative identity studies have largely ignored the language employed by the bewitched while narrating their ex...

OBJECTIVE An emerging trend in qualitative research is to use individual participant data to stimulate narratives in interviews. This article describes the method of the data-prompted interview (DPI) and highlights its potential benefits and challenges. METHOD DPIs use personal ecological data gathered prior to the interview to stimulate discussion during the interview. Various forms of data ...

The absence of family members is often inseparable from the phenomenon forced migration. This article examines how migrants make experiences separation bearable and meaningful through personal narratives. Following narrative theory methodology, we understand that people organise their memories past incidents predominantly in form stories. Narratives also play a crucial role managing emotions. E...