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Chris<br><br>
</font><font size=4>Seminars in Narrative Research<br><br>
The Centre for Narrative Research, University of East London and
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the NOVELLA ESRC Research Node, Institute of Education and UEL<br><br>
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Revisiting 'Young Lives' interview data with a narrative lens:<br><br>
What insights does a narrative analytic approach offer to children's talk
about everyday life and growing up in Andhra Pradesh, India? <br><br>
<br><br>
Catherine Walker, NOVELLA, TCRU, IoE<br><br>
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Tuesday November 27th, 5.00-6.30<br><br>
The Library, Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of
Education, <br><br>
University of London, 27-8 Woburn Square, London WC1H OA<br><br>
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In this presentation I aim to present some insights from secondary
narrative analysis that I am currently carrying out on qualitative data
collected in Andhra Pradesh, India, as part of Young Lives, an
international study of childhood poverty in four countries based at the
Department of International Development, Oxford University. Through
applying a narrative lens to the data by looking at the stories told by
children in co-construction with other family members, peers and research
investigators, I aim to explore connections between personal narratives
and cultural narratives associated with boys' and girls' changing
responsibilities over time in family life in rural and urban Andhra
Pradesh. I will also look at how the personal narratives identified
may illuminate, trouble or extend themes identified in my initial
readings of the data and in doing so consider what a narrative lens
offers to the analytic process and to the interpretations reached. The
presentation will be somewhat<br>
exploratory in nature, as the work presented is still in progress,
and I welcome feedback from those who attend.<br><br>
Catherine Walker is a second year doctoral student based at the Thomas
Coram Research Unit, IOE. Through secondary analysis and primary data
collection in India and the UK, Catherine's research aims to explore the
environmental conditions, ideals and practices of a small number of
children in two countries, with attention to how children in different
social classes and rural and urban areas make sense of environmental
ideals and how these relate to their everyday lives and imagined futures.
Catherine's PhD research is linked to 'Family Lives and the Environment',
a constituent project of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods
Node 'NOVELLA' (Narratives of Varied Everyday Life and Linked
Approaches). Before taking up this PhD position, Catherine completed an
MSc in Globalisation and Latin American Development at the Institute for
the Study of the Americas, London School of Advanced Study, where for her
final dissertation she carried out independent research into young
people's<br>
participation in the design of environmental education programmes
in Brazil. Catherine also has a BA (Hons) degree in Hispanic Studies from
the University of Nottingham.<br><br>
<br><br>
All welcome, especially graduate students. For further details
contact Corinne Squire (c.squire@uel.ac.uk
<<a href="mailto:c.squire@uel.ac.uk" eudora="autourl">
mailto:c.squire@uel.ac.uk</a>> ) or Rowena Lamb (r.lamb@ioe.ac.uk
<<a href="mailto:r.lamb@ioe.ac.uk%3E%A0" eudora="autourl">
mailto:r.lamb@ioe.ac.uk> </a> ). Details are also on the CNR website:
<a href="http://www.uel.ac.uk/cnr/home.htm" eudora="autourl">
http://www.uel.ac.uk/cnr/home.htm</a>
<<a href="http://www.uel.ac.uk/cnr/home.htm" eudora="autourl">
http://www.uel.ac.uk/cnr/home.htm</a>> .<br><br>
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