Biography and Story in Sociological Analysis. The Contribution of the BNIM (Biographic-Narrative Interpretive Method) School

Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (REIS)

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关键词: Social Change;    Open Interviews;    Phenomenology;    Hermeneutics;    Immigration;    Job Market;    Biographical Method;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper outlines the epistemological and methodological specificities of the Biographic-Narrative Interpretive Method, developed in Britain (under the name "BNIM") and Germany (where it is known as ?Interpretative Biografi eforschung?). Based on phenomenology and hermeneutics, this method seeks to express subjects? past and present frames of meaning through the use of a non-directive interview. This interview is analysed by a reconstructive process that differentiates between the "lived life" and the "told story", and subsequently connects both dimensions. The main steps for the application of the method are explained through the case study of Adriana, taken from a R&D&i research project on immigration and the labour market.

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