Books by Vera (University of Alberta Caine

Introducing key ideas of narrative inquiry, this is the first book to explore in depth the theoretical underpinnings of the methodology. The authors open up ways of thinking about people's experiences and their lives, which are situated and shaped by cultural, social, familial, institutional, and linguistic narratives. The authors draw on a range of theorists, creative nonfiction writers, poets, and essayists. The book is arranged into five parts covering a range of topics including: embodiment, memory, knowledge, wonder, imagination, community, responsibility, and place. Each section ends with a methodological discussion of their work involving refugee families with young children from Syria.

Vera Caine and Judy Mill outline the basic steps and issues in the community-based research process. Using examples from numerous projects from around the world, they discuss topics from collaboratively designing and conducting the research with community members, to building community capacity and negotiating complicated questions of researcher control and ethics.