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	Interpretiv forskning om livshistoria	Interpretiv narrativ forskning
Ämnesområde	Kvalitativa metoder	Kvalitativa metoder
Familj	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Ursprungsår	1920s–1980s (Chicago School origins; interpretive turn 1980s–1990s)	1990
Upphovsperson	Daniel Bertaux; Allison Cole & J. Gary Knowles (interpretive tradition)	F. Michael Connelly & D. Jean Clandinin
Typ	Qualitative interpretive research design	Qualitative research approach
Ursprungskälla	Cole, A. L., & Knowles, J. G. (2001). Lives in Context: The Art of Life History Research. AltaMira Press. ISBN: 978-0759101302	Connelly, F. M., & Clandinin, D. J. (1990). Stories of experience and narrative inquiry. Educational Researcher, 19(5), 2–14.
Alias	life history method, interpretive biographical method, life history inquiry, lived-life narrative research	interpretive narrative research, INI, hermeneutic narrative inquiry, narrative interpretation
Närliggande	6	6
Sammanfattning	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.	Interpretive narrative inquiry is a qualitative approach that treats human stories as the primary site of meaning-making and knowledge production. Drawing on Connelly and Clandinin's foundational framework and grounded in hermeneutic philosophy, it uses in-depth narrative interviews, field texts, and relational engagement to understand how individuals construct identity, experience, and sense of the world through the stories they tell and live.