Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Ερευνητική Μεθοδολογία Κρίσιμης Βιογραφίας	Έρευνα Βιογραφικής Ιστορίας
Πεδίο	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1980s–1990s	Early 20th century (Thomas & Znaniecki 1918–1920); systematised as interview method in the 1990s
Δημιουργός	Ivor Goodson; influenced by critical theory traditions (Freire, Habermas, feminist scholars)	William I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki (sociological tradition); Robert Atkinson (interview method)
Τύπος	Qualitative research design	Qualitative research method
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Goodson, I. F., & Sikes, P. (2001). Life History Research in Educational Settings: Learning from Lives. Open University Press. ISBN: 978-0335205530	Atkinson, R. (1998). The Life Story Interview. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761904496
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	critical biographical research, critical life history, critical life history method, critical biographical inquiry	life history method, life-history interview, biographical research, personal narrative research
Συναφείς	6	6
Σύνοψη	Critical life history research combines the biographical depth of life history methodology with critical theory perspectives — drawing on feminist, Marxist, postcolonial, or critical race frameworks — to examine how structural power relations, social inequalities, and institutional forces shape individual lives. Rather than treating a life story as a purely personal account, this approach reads it as evidence of wider social and political conditions, using individual narratives to surface systemic patterns of oppression, resistance, and agency.	Life history research is a qualitative method that captures the full arc of an individual's life — or a significant portion of it — through extended biographical interviewing and analysis of personal documents. Rooted in early Chicago School sociology, the method treats each life story as a window into broader social, cultural, and historical forces. The researcher and participant co-construct a narrative account that illuminates how personal experience is shaped by, and in turn shapes, wider social structures and processes.