654
Different Perspectives on Life Stories

Saturday, July 19, 2014: 8:30 AM-10:20 AM
Room: Booth 60
RC38 Biography and Society (host committee)

Language: English

The session enables the presentation and discussion of methodological approaches and methods of analysis in biographical research. Participants from different theoretical and cultural backgrounds and with different methodological approaches are asked to exemplify their way of doing a biographical case study analysis using the same biographical-narrative interview provided ahead of time by the session organizers. In the session, the invited researchers will demonstrate their analysis of the case, their methodology and "technique" as a basis for comparison and discussion with each other and the audience. The format of this session has become something of a tradition at the world congresses and enjoys great interest.
Session Organizers:
Tazuko KOBAYASHI, Hitotsubashi University, Japan and Irini SIOUTI, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Co-chairs:
Tazuko KOBAYASHI, Hitotsubashi University, Japan and Irini SIOUTI, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
654.1
Text and Contexts: A Pragmatic Approach to the Interpretation of Biographical Interviews (Oral Presentation)
Bettina DAUSIEN, University of Vienna, Austria

654.2
Analyzing Recurring Themes in a Life Story with Social Context in Mind (Oral Presentation)
Catherine DELCROIX, Université de Strasbourg, France

654.3
Ethnographic Biography (Oral Presentation)
Yosepha TABIB-CALIF, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

654.4
Returning Refugees' Life Stories (Oral Presentation)
Sirpa KORHONEN, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, Finland

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