The Qualitative Report (ISSN 1052-0147) is a peer-reviewed, on-line monthly journal devoted to writing and discussion of and about qualitative, critical, action, and collaborative inquiry and research. The Qualitative Report, the oldest multidisciplinary qualitative research journal in the world, serves as a forum and sounding board for researchers, scholars, practitioners, and other reflective-minded individuals who are passionate about ideas, methods, and analyses permeating qualitative, action, collaborative, and critical study. These pages are open to a variety of forms: original, scholarly activity such as reports of completed qualitative research, reports about qualitative research, and reviews of recently published books pertaining to qualitative research.
Current Issue: Volume 29, Number 12 (2024) Volume 29 Number 12 - December 2024 - Narrative Practice Research Network Special Issue
Introduction
This special issue, a collaboration between The Qualitative Report and the Narrative Practice Research Network, is a rich and diverse collection of papers linking Narrative Therapy/Community Work and qualitative research. In four sections, authors explore narrative practice research innovations, practitioners doing research and influencing practice via Research As Daily Practice, insider knowledge/insider research towards broader social movement politics, and research in service of broader change. The special issue organizers and contributors hope this collection leads to more conversation and collaboration.
The first December article, an interview by David Denborough with TQR's Ron Chenail, Sally St. George, and Dan Wulff, serves as a “preface” to this special issue. In it, David Ron, Sally, and Dan recount histories of the interconnections between The Qualitative Report and the world of narrative therapy.
Articles
Narrative Practice Research Network Special Issue Introduction: Qualitative Research Meets Narrative Therapy and Community Work: A Confluence of Practice and Politics
David Denborough, Claire Nettle, Sally St. George, and Dan Wulff
The Experience and Identity Interview: Narrative Therapy in Research Interviewing
Janet E. Conti, James T. M. Calder, and Rebekah Rankin