Collaborative Storying

“...we need to acknowledge our participatory connectedness with the other research participants and promote a means of knowing in a way that denies distance and separation and promotes commitment and engagement” (Bishop, 1996, p. 23).

This method was initially developed by Bishop (1996) as a means of gathering stories from researchers working within a Kaupapa Māori framework. This form of storying is closely related to narrative interviews as they are intended to draw out participants accounts of significant events. The point of difference however with this method is the critical and co-joint reflection on experiences, and the co-joint construction of meaning and interpretation of these experiences amongst the participants and the researcher. “....a position where the stories of the other research participants merge with that of the researcher in order to create new stories” (Bishop,1996, p. 26)

Examples:

Bishop, Russell. (1996) 'Collaborative Research Stories: Whakawhanaungatanga'. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press .

Jenkins, Kuni. (2002) 'Mauri Ora: Maori Womens’ Stories', Wellington: Maori Womens Welfare League.

Further Reading:

Bishop, Russell. (1996) 'Interviewing as collaborative storying'. Educational Research and Perspectives, 24, (1), 28-47

Bishop, Russell. (1996) 'Collaborative Research Stories: Whakawhanaungatanga', Palmerston North:Dunmore Press.