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| Komparativ livshistorisk forskning× | Biografisk forskning – Livshistoria och biografisk metod× | |
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| Ämnesområde | Kvalitativa metoder | Kvalitativa metoder |
| Familj | Process / pipeline | Process / pipeline |
| Ursprungsår≠ | 1920s (life history origins); comparative variant prominent from 1980s–1990s | Late 19th–early 20th century (Dilthey ~1883; Thomas & Znaniecki 1918–1920) |
| Upphovsperson≠ | Ivor Goodson; influenced by C. Wright Mills and W. I. Thomas & Florian Znaniecki | Wilhelm Dilthey (hermeneutic foundations); Thomas & Znaniecki (sociological application); Norman Denzin (interpretive biography) |
| Typ≠ | Qualitative comparative research design | Qualitative research method |
| Ursprungskälla≠ | Goodson, I. F. (Ed.). (1992). Studying Teachers' Lives. Routledge. ISBN: 978-0415064248 | Denzin, N. K. (1989). Interpretive Biography. Sage Publications. link ↗ |
| Alias | comparative life history, cross-case life history, comparative biographical method, comparative biographical life history | life history research, biographical method, life story research, biographical narrative inquiry |
| Närliggande | 6 | 6 |
| Sammanfattning≠ | Comparative life history research is a qualitative approach that collects extended first-person accounts of individuals' lives across two or more cases, groups, or social contexts, then systematically compares these accounts to identify shared patterns, divergences, and the social forces that shape biographical trajectories. It bridges the depth of life history with the analytical leverage of cross-case comparison, making it especially powerful for understanding how social structure, culture, or institutional context shapes individual experience over time. | Biographical research is a qualitative method that examines individual lives in depth — through life-history interviews, personal documents, letters, and autobiographical narratives — to understand how personal experience intersects with social, historical, and cultural forces. Rooted in Wilhelm Dilthey's hermeneutics and made prominent in sociology by Thomas and Znaniecki's study of Polish immigrants, it treats the individual life story as a window onto broader social structures and processes. It belongs to the narrative inquiry subfamily alongside oral history and life-story research. |
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