Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Ερευνητική Σχεδίαση Ιστορικού Ζωής με Ερμηνευτική Προσέγγιση	Αφηγηματική Διερεύνηση
Πεδίο	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι	Ποιοτική Έρευνα
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1920s–1980s (Chicago School origins; interpretive turn 1980s–1990s)	2000
Δημιουργός	Daniel Bertaux; Allison Cole & J. Gary Knowles (interpretive tradition)	D. Jean Clandinin and F. Michael Connelly
Τύπος	Qualitative interpretive research design	Method
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Cole, A. L., & Knowles, J. G. (2001). Lives in Context: The Art of Life History Research. AltaMira Press. ISBN: 978-0759101302	Clandinin, D. J., & Connelly, F. M. (2000). Narrative inquiry: Experience and story in qualitative research. Jossey-Bass.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	life history method, interpretive biographical method, life history inquiry, lived-life narrative research	Narrative Analysis, Narrative Research, Life Story Method
Συναφείς	6	3
Σύνοψη	Interpretive life history research is a qualitative design in which the researcher and participant collaboratively construct a detailed account of the participant's entire life course — or a significant portion of it — and then interpret that account to understand how identity, context, and meaning-making unfold over time. Grounded in an interpretive epistemology, it treats the narrator's life story not as a neutral record of facts but as a meaning-laden construction shaped by culture, social position, and lived experience.	Narrative inquiry is a qualitative research methodology that treats stories and life narratives as primary data, analyzing how individuals construct meaning and identity through storytelling. Developed by D. Jean Clandinin and F. Michael Connelly (2000), narrative inquiry examines the narratives people tell about their lives, experiences, and transitions, understanding that people make sense of experience through narrative.