Linganisha mbinu

	Utafiti wa Historia ya Maisha ya Kidijitali	Uchunguzi Simulizi
Nyanja	Mbinu za Kimaelezo	Utafiti wa Kimaelezo
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Mwaka wa asili	2000s (digital turn in life history; rooted in life history tradition since ~1920s)	2000
Mwanzilishi	Building on Goodson, Roberts, and broader biographical research traditions; digital extension from 2000s onward	D. Jean Clandinin and F. Michael Connelly
Aina	Qualitative biographical research design	Method
Chanzo asilia	Goodson, I., & Gill, S. (2017). The Narrative Turn in Social Research. In I. Goodson & M. Andrews (Eds.), Considering Counter-Narratives (pp. 1–24). John Benjamins.	Clandinin, D. J., & Connelly, F. M. (2000). Narrative inquiry: Experience and story in qualitative research. Jossey-Bass.
Majina mbadala	digital life story research, DLHR, online life history method, digital biographical method	Narrative Analysis, Narrative Research, Life Story Method
Zinazohusiana	5	3
Muhtasari	Digital Life History Research is a qualitative biographical method that investigates how individuals construct, narrate, and preserve their life stories using digital tools and environments. It extends the classical life history tradition into online spaces — gathering data through video interviews, asynchronous email narratives, digital diaries, social media timelines, and multimedia life documents — to understand personal and social experience across time.	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.