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Swedish title Från vad till hur, narrativ metod inom vård och omsorgsforskning
English title From what to how; contemporary narrative methodology in health care research
Course number 2670
Credits 4.0
Responsible KI department Institutionen för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle
Specific entry requirements
Grading Passed /Not passed
Established by The Board of Doctoral Education
Established 2014-03-05
Purpose of the course
Intended learning outcomes - Ability to design relevant narrative study based on own research question.
- Ability to perform narrative analyses on own data material with supervision.
- Ability to analyse and discuss quality and relevance of narrative methodology in relation to own question and relevant discourses n health care science.
Contents of the course - Positioning of narrative analysis in relation to other qualitative methodology.
- Definitions of central concepts used in narrative methodologies
- Three methodological approaches in narrative methods that focus on:(1) verbal data, (2) observed action, and (3) processes utilizing multiple data materials.
- Design of a study based on own research question that is well suited for narrative methodology.
Skill training in use of narrative strategies in analyses of data from own project.
Teaching and learning activities The course will be given over one semester with course meetings in the form of workshops. The workshops will consist of lectures, seminars, and study groups with supervision. Student will participate in study groups depending on the form of narrative analyses they choose to practice. This training format targets the learning needs of each student. Student will use their own data material and be supervised by an expert in the most suitable narrative methodology in the study groups. Between workshops, student will collaborate with help of an IT based platform.
Compulsory elements Participation is mandatory at workshops. In case of absence students will be given additional assignments
Examination Criteria for pass; Fulfillment of learning outcomes.
Students will be given written feedback on assignement in relation to learning outcomes.
Literature and other teaching material Mandatory literature:

Hyden, L-C. (1997). Illness and narrative. Sociological Health Ill, 19(1), 48-69.

Josephsson, S. & Alsaker, S. (In manuscript) To act in in the midst of evolving stories; Narrative methodology as a tool to access unfolding and situated meaning in occupation.

Josephsson, S., Asaba, E., Jonsson, H., & Alsaker, S. (2006) Creativity and order in communication: Implications from philosophy to narrative research concerning human occupation. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 13 (2), 86-93.

Mattingly, C. (1998). Healing dramas and clinical plots: The narrative structure of experience. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Recommenderad literature:

Bruner, J. (1986). Actual minds, open worlds. Cambridge, MA: Harward University Press.

Clark, F., Ennevor, B.L. & Richardson, P.L. (1996). A grounded theory of techniques for occupational storytelling and occupational story making. In R. Zemke & F. Clark (Eds.), Occupational Science: The evolving discipline. (pp. 339-361). Philadelphia: F.A. Davis.

Jonsson, H., Heuchmer, B. & Josephsson, S. (2008) Narrativ Analys. In B. Höglund (Eds) 13 kvalitativa metoder inom hälsoområdet. Lund. Studentlittertur

Kleinman, A. (2006). What really matters: Living a moral life amidst uncertainty and danger. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Mondaca, M. & Josephsson S. ( 2013) Bridging through Occupation: Stories of Elderly Survivors of Human Rights Violations Living in Sweden. Journal of Occupational Science. 73-86.

Nyman, A., Josephsson, S. & Isaksson, G. (2012) Being part of an enacted togetherness: Narratives of elderly people with depression. Journal of Aging Studies.26(4) 410-418.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (1995). Narrative configuration in qualitative analysis. Qualitative Studies in Education, 8(1), 5- 23.

Polkinghorne, D. E. (1996). Transformative narratives: From victimic to agentic life plots. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 50, 299-305.

Catherine Kohler Riessman (2008). Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences. CA, USA: SAGE Publications.
Ricoeur, P. (1985). Time and narrative. (Vol 1). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Reissman K. C. (1993). Narrative Analysis. (Vol. 30). London: SAGE Publications.
Course responsible Staffan Josephsson
Institutionen för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle
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Staffan.Josephsson@ki.se

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