When reading through both Narrative Inquiry’s many questions, opinions, and thoughts ran through my mind. Clandinin and Connelly’s piece I was able to get more out of and understand easier than Situating Narrative Inquiry by Clandinin alone. This long piece was extremely drawn out for what was talked about. I pulled out some quotes that really stood out to me while reading both of these pieces and explained what I felt they meant.
1. "Telling stories of ourselves in the past leads to the possibility of retellings"
I really loved this quote; I believe they are trying to say that the stories of our lives can live on in the hopes that others will retell the stories to others and so forth. This allows for stories to keep alive for many years and for many people to hear.
2. "The answer to the question, Why narrative? is, Because experience."
This quote basically is saying that without experiences throughout our lives we would have nothing to write about. I know many of my writings are based around events in my life that have made an impact on me and if it weren’t for those experiences I would not know and understand certain things I do today. When writing a narrative it allows for us as the author to let the readers know the lessons, feelings, and events that make up our personal “experiences” so they can understand fully about what took place.
3. “ Narrative inquirers embrace the power of the particular for understanding experience and using findings from research to inform themselves in specific places at specific times”
Narrative inquires allow for us to be able to focus on specific instances that make up our experiences. This is where we are able to narrow down the importance of what bounded certain experiences into our brain and why they stick our as essential to us.
1. "Telling stories of ourselves in the past leads to the possibility of retellings"
I really loved this quote; I believe they are trying to say that the stories of our lives can live on in the hopes that others will retell the stories to others and so forth. This allows for stories to keep alive for many years and for many people to hear.
2. "The answer to the question, Why narrative? is, Because experience."
This quote basically is saying that without experiences throughout our lives we would have nothing to write about. I know many of my writings are based around events in my life that have made an impact on me and if it weren’t for those experiences I would not know and understand certain things I do today. When writing a narrative it allows for us as the author to let the readers know the lessons, feelings, and events that make up our personal “experiences” so they can understand fully about what took place.
3. “ Narrative inquirers embrace the power of the particular for understanding experience and using findings from research to inform themselves in specific places at specific times”
Narrative inquires allow for us to be able to focus on specific instances that make up our experiences. This is where we are able to narrow down the importance of what bounded certain experiences into our brain and why they stick our as essential to us.
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