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	Ricerca Biografica Partecipativa	Life History Research
Campo	Qualitativo	Qualitativo
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	1990s–2000s	Early 20th century (Thomas & Znaniecki 1918–1920); systematised as interview method in the 1990s
Ideatore	Intersection of biographical methods tradition (Denzin, Chamberlayne) and participatory action research (Lewin, Reason & Bradbury)	William I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki (sociological tradition); Robert Atkinson (interview method)
Tipo	Qualitative research design	Qualitative research method
Fonte seminale	Chamberlayne, P., Bornat, J., & Wengraf, T. (Eds.). (2000). The Turn to Biographical Methods in Social Science: Comparative Issues and Examples. Routledge. ISBN: 9780415196659	Atkinson, R. (1998). The Life Story Interview. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761904496
Alias	collaborative biography, participatory life history, co-constructed biographical inquiry, PBR	life history method, life-history interview, biographical research, personal narrative research
Correlati	6	6
Sintesi	Participatory Biographical Research (PBR) combines the in-depth life-story tradition of biographical methods with the collaborative ethos of participatory inquiry. Participants are not merely sources of data; they are active co-researchers who help design questions, interpret their own narratives, and validate emerging findings. The result is a richly layered account of individual lives that is jointly owned by both researcher and participant.	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.