The Table Where Rich People Sit: A Turn Toward Narrative Inquiry as Method, Phenomenon, and Pedagogy

• In Event: Narrative Research: Ontological, Epistemological, and Axiological Wonders

Abstract

Drawing on Pinnegar and Daynes (2007) notion of turning to narrative inquiry, which stems from Schon’s (1982) conceptualization of the reflective turn, provides us with a theoretical frame to autobiographically inquire into experiences around turning to narrative inquiry. Throughout the paper we draw on “The Table Where Rich People Sit” to help illustrate the four turns conceptualized by Pinnegar and Daynes (2007). This autobiographical inquiry has allowed us to exemplify the ontological and epistemological commitments of narrative inquiry and to situate narrative inquiry amongst the broader research paradigms (Clandinin & Rosiek, 2007). This paper is then both profoundly an autobiographical narrative inquiry and at the same time, a paper that shows something about the shifting understandings of narrative inquiry.

Authors

• Lee Mason Schaefer, University of Regina

• Sean Michael Lessard, University of Regina