Summary of "Parte 02 - Pesquisa Narrativa, Biográfica, Auto biográfica e História de Vida"
Summary of "Parte 02 - Pesquisa Narrativa, Biográfica, Auto biográfica e História de Vida"
This video segment discusses key concepts and methodological reflections related to narrative, biographical, autobiographical, and Life History Research approaches. The speaker emphasizes the uniqueness and dynamic nature of these Qualitative Research Methods, highlighting their philosophical and practical implications.
Main Ideas and Concepts
- Singularity of the Method:
- Each research experience is unique, shaped collaboratively by the researcher and participants.
- The method is not a fixed formula but a singular process, akin to a "bricolage" (a creative assembly of diverse elements).
- Polyphony and Multiple Voices:
- These approaches embrace polyphony—the coexistence of multiple voices, meanings, and forms of expression.
- Methods involve orality (speaking, listening), writing, and other artistic or bodily expressions (e.g., drawing, collage).
- The research process is cyclical and interactive, moving between speaking, listening, writing, and other forms of expression.
- Event and Expressiveness:
- Research techniques are not neutral tools but lived devices that involve all participants.
- The research encounter itself is an "event"—a dynamic moment of expressiveness and creation.
- Written records are not mere data but part of the ongoing expressive event.
- Narrativity:
- Narrativity is central, referring to storytelling as a temporal, lived, and social practice.
- It involves the temporal dimension of existence and experience—telling a story situates it in time and lived reality.
- Narrativity is not passive reproduction but an active, inventive process where the narrator is the author and protagonist.
- The process empowers participants by giving them authority and protagonism in telling their stories.
- Sociological and Psychological Foundations:
- The approach is influenced by traditions such as the Chicago School of Sociology.
- It recognizes individuals as active social agents, not passive or "social idiots," capable of understanding and shaping social dynamics.
- Narrative Research is an affirmation of life, not a distancing from it—researchers are immersed in the life they study.
- Truth as an Event:
- Truth is conceptualized as an event, not a fixed fact.
- Understanding is what makes truth possible; it inaugurates new ways of knowing.
- This conception challenges traditional positivist scientific notions and aligns with interpretative qualitative research.
- Research is scientific but involves activating truth in a dynamic, event-based sense.
Methodological Insights / Instructions
- Approach research as a singular, co-constructed process rather than applying rigid techniques.
- Embrace polyphony by integrating multiple forms of expression (oral, written, artistic).
- Treat data collection and analysis as events involving active participation and expressiveness.
- Center narrativity by focusing on storytelling as a temporal and lived experience.
- Recognize the protagonism and authority of narrators, empowering participants as co-authors.
- Understand truth as contextual and emergent, produced through understanding rather than discovered as objective fact.
- Situate research within the social and psychological context of active, reflective individuals.
Speakers / Sources Featured
- Unnamed main speaker: Provides the detailed theoretical and methodological discussion.
- References to the Chicago School of Sociology as an influential tradition.
- Mention of Gadamer (likely Hans-Georg Gadamer) regarding the concept of truth as an event and understanding.
This summary captures the core ideas and lessons presented about narrative, biographical, autobiographical, and Life History Research, emphasizing their dynamic, participatory, and interpretative nature.
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Educational
