Affective Contemplation, Conviction, and Resemblance: Narratives as Storied Entanglements in a Research Assemblage

• In Event: 64.076 - Speed Dating for Narrative Methodology

Abstract

The purpose of this presentation is to provide an account of the narratives that surfaced through the methodological unfolding that was part of a larger qualitative study on mainstream teachers of English learners. The narratives illustrate the affordances of identifying parallels and differences between the researcher, participant, and research context, and how affect emerged as a productive analytic construct. This inquiry employed Deleuze and Guattari’s rhizomatic concepts, including the rhizome, assemblage, becoming, and affect. Analysis of the data sources revealed instances of affective contemplation, conviction, and resemblance as storied entanglements of analytic prominence. Narrative excerpts that illustrate these emergent themes and instances of affect between the researcher, participant, and research setting are discussed with implications for narrative research.

Author

• Adrian D. Martin, New Jersey City University