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<\/a> a course on ‘Doing Narrative Analysis’\u00a0could help\u00a0me both to explore more this area and to expand\u00a0my own\u00a0understandings\u00a0of my\u00a0future research task\/stage\u00a0(i.e. being the analyst of the data I will gather).\u00a0 Having no expectations whatsoever of the course, I attended it with an open mind.<\/p>\nI was surprised to know that people from different disciplines (e.g. Biology, Geography,\u00a0 Education, Psychology) where doing narrative research. For instance, a\u00a0researcher from Chile was exploring how the narratives of visually impaired\u00a0University students\u00a0could help to build up an app which could allow them to transit around the campus with the minimum possible risk. I thought that was an amazing idea and a good way to contribute to our society.<\/p>\n
There were many interesting themes. I personally, got engaged in the ‘grand narratives’ \/ ‘sociocultural narratives’ discourse. I realised how significant it is to explore\u00a0and\/or\u00a0take into account\u00a0the ‘grand narratives’ in which people live in order to understand their impact\u00a0on people’s lives and personal trajectories. Understanding that\u00a0people\u00a0create ‘counter narratives’ based on their own lived experiences, beliefs\u00a0and perceptions in\u00a0order to make sense of\u00a0their world became an interesting element which\u00a0for instance I had not considered for my own research.\u00a0Neither I had\u00a0thought\u00a0deeply about how our own contexts, backgrounds and personal trajectories can impact the way we think, behave and act in our society. I believe this new understanding of ‘grand narratives’ will help me to look at my data with wider\u00a0 lenses.<\/p>\n
Nahielly Palacios<\/p>\n
Interesting links about Narrative Technology <\/strong>and the course I attended:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.utwente.nl\/igs\/lifestorylab\/narrativetec\/<\/a><\/p>\n