Lang, L. orcid.org/0000-0002-7598-6949, Fenton, L. orcid.org/0000-0002-8747-9960 and Tinkler, P. orcid.org/0000-0002-9918-9821 (2024) Living with other women’s lives: ‘research resonance’ in the context of life history interviewing. Women's History Review, 33 (5). pp. 626-641. ISSN 0961-2025
Abstract
This article reflects on the ways researchers are affected by their engagement with the stories they encounter in research. It proposes the notion of ‘research resonance’ to capture the experience of living with research participants’ stories, and by extension, their lives. The article draws on data collected for the ‘Girlhood and Later Life’ project, which investigated youth experiences and transitions to adulthood of women born between 1939 and 1952 in Britain. Reflecting on examples from a music elicitation exercise and life history narratives, the researchers on this project explore and conceptualise their experience of living with ‘sociological memories’. Their accounts address how life history researchers may be challenged or affected on a personal level through their professional practice. The article concludes by outlining the key implications of ‘research resonance’ for the craft of analysing life-course interviews.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
Keywords: | Research resonance; Sociological memories; life histories; interviews; reflexivity; later life |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Medicine and Population Health |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2024 15:20 |
Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2024 14:45 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Informa UK Limited |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09612025.2023.2288304 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:207889 |