Open AccessHow to Tell the Story?
Author(s) -
Lars Bo Henriksen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pragmatic constructivism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2794-1558
DOI - 10.7146/jopracon.v11i1.127250
Subject(s) - narrative , construct (python library) , field (mathematics) , narrative inquiry , constructivist teaching methods , computer science , sociology , data science , literature , pedagogy , art , teaching method , mathematics , pure mathematics , programming language
In this paper I investigate the problems of data collection, data analysis and the final communication of the results of our research, when doing social science that we, ourselves, are part of. Central to this are the concepts life world, language games and stories and narratives. How do we collect stories and narratives in the field, how do we construct scientific narratives that are both reliable and valid? And finally, how do we, as researchers present our newly constructed narrative to a – hopefully – interested audience? That is, how do you, as a consumer of scientific narratives, read what I have been writing? Finally, I will discuss the problem of handing over research results to the people that we are doing research with. This is all done within a framework of a pragmatic constructivist paradigm.