Writing Qualitative Inquiry
Self, Stories, and Academic Life
I, like so many others, developed my narrative roots by reading outside
of the academy. I read novels and poetry, drama and investigative journalism. I, too, was frustrated by the lack of compelling stories coming
out of my discipline (at the time) as well as by the general lack of respect
for narratives within my scholarly community. There seemed to be a
need for a bridge between what I was reading outside the academy—compelling stories—and what I was reading in my scholarly journals and
books.
I was strongly attracted to academic literature—great ideas, interesting theories, inspired applications—and the ongoing conversations
about them. I was also dismayed by the tough going that characterized
much of the prose that was used to write theory and report on practice.
Why couldn’t a research-based form of inquiry also be a compelling
narrative?
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