Method evidence record

Critical life history research

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.

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Critical Life History Research

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Goodson, I. F., & Sikes, P. (2001). Life History Research in Educational Settings: Learning from Lives. Open University Press. · ISBN 978-0335205530
Weis, L., & Fine, M. (Eds.). (2004). Working Method: Research and Social Justice. Routledge. · ISBN 978-0415948500

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