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Morning Different Approaches Life Stories Life Events Small Stories Betty Tells her Story The Davie Hogan Story. Afternoon Conceptualizing “ small stories ” & ‘ Positioning Analysis’ Working with “ small stories ” in groups Reconvening: Final dscussion.
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Morning Different Approaches Life Stories Life Events Small Stories Betty Tells her Story The Davie Hogan Story Afternoon Conceptualizing “small stories” & ‘Positioning Analysis’ Working with “small stories” in groups Reconvening: Final dscussion Narrative Analysisworkshop overviewMichael Bamberg + Alexandra Georgakopoulou
Workshop Focus: SMALL Stories • Stories • that go unnoticed • that are embedded • often not very ‘tellable’ • co-constructed with others (more than one teller) • Several moral stances • uncertain re linearity (temporal + causal order) THE BUIDING BLOCKS FOR LIFE EVENT STORIES AND BIOGRAPHIES
SMALL STORY # 1: Topic: gay kids at school J: actually I know a few of them I don’t know them but I’ve seen them Ed how can you tell they’re gayAlex yeah you can’t really tellJ:no like how do I know they’re gayEd yeahJ:well he’s an 11th grade student the kid I know I’m not gonna mention namesEd alright who are they (raising both hands up)J:okay um and I’m in a class with mostly 11th gradersJosh: and his name is (rising intonation)
ah and and ah and um a girl who is umm very honest and nice she has she has a locker right next to him and she said he talked about how he is gay a lot when she’s there not with her like um so that’s how I know and he um associates with um a lot of girls not many boys a lot of the a few of the gay kids at Cassidy
before BIL: My ex-girlfriend had like 12 ex-ex-ex-ex boyfriends She had 12 of them and she takes// the good stuff and she brakes up After VIC: But she was tall when she was in preschool she was like// BIL: She is short now VIC: No she is huge - Heidi Olson? BIL: Yes to you Small Story # 2Linda used to call me her little honey
Linda used to call me her little honeyfor some strange reason We used to go to preschool together, right And there was that big mat In the little in the reading area And I used to like get there wicked early Coz my dad used to work for the city, right And I used to hide in that pillow So Linda couldn’t find me, right And she used to run up there And she used to pounce on the ball She said Victor I’M GONNA FIND YOU And the I just sit there going oughhhh
Betty tells her storybut she tells the same story twice • Betty is invited to the Governor’s Ball • She buys the MOST beautiful dress - one that makes her feel she’s never felt before • Then she loses the dress • And with the dress she loses that particular kind of feeling
Stories about others:the Davie Hogan story Positioning with Davie Hogan. Stories, Tellings & Identities. In C. Daiute & C. Lightfoot (Eds.), Narrative analysis: Studying the development of individuals in society. London: Sage. (2003) ABOUT: “it’s about a pie-eating contest” “this kid is our age but he’s fat, real fat” “this fat kid that nobody likes named Davie Hogan” “the greatest revenge idea a kid ever had”