RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Abkhezr, Peyman A1 McMahon, Mary A1 Campbell, Marilyn A1 Glasheen, Kevin YR 2020 T1 Exploring the boundary between narrative research and narrative intervention: Implications of participating in narrative inquiry for young people with refugee backgrounds JF Narrative Inquiry VO 30 IS 2 SP 316 OP 342 DO https://doi.org/10.1075/ni.18031.abk PB John Benjamins SN 1387-6740, AB Abstract

Researchers need to be cautious and reflective about the boundaries between narrative research and narrative intervention. Pursuing the ethics of care and the responsive and responsible practice of narrative inquiry obliges qualitative researchers to remain sensitive about the implications of engaging participants in narrative inquiry. This is accentuated with narrative inquiry into the life experiences of marginalised or disempowered populations. This study explored the implications of engaging recently resettled young African participants in narrative inquiry interviews. Thematic analysis uncovered four themes and 11 subthemes from the interviews. The Future Career Autobiography (FCA; Rehfuss, 2009, 2015) was used to understand these participants’ narrative themes and explore the possibility of narrative change as a result of participating in narrative inquiry interviews. The findings illustrate the transformative function of narrative inquiry as uncovered by the FCA, and how narrative inquiry could potentially cross a boundary with narrative interventions such as narrative career counselling., UL https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/ni.18031.abk