TY - JOUR
T1 - Reflections on The Narrative Study of Lives
AU - Josselson, Ruthellen
AU - Lieblich, Amia
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The Narrative Study of Lives (TNSL) was a series of eleven edited volumes which appeared (more or less annually) for the first time in 1993 and the last time in 2007. We co-edited all these volumes, the last five in conjunction with Dan McAdams as a third co-editor. The mission of the volumes was to provide a prominent space for the publication of narrative scholarship and research pertaining to the study of lives. In the months since we decided to terminate the publication of TNSL, we felt a growing need to reflect on this long-range project and to attempt to formulate some of our academic and personal conclusions about the meaning and impact of this venture. What have we achieved or failed to achieve in this Series? Why did we decide to terminate its publication? These questions were formed not only in our own minds, but also directed at us by colleagues, readers, and authors of the Series. Our quest to answer these questions, or reflect upon them, relate to the place of narrative psychology in the general field of psychology, and/or in the academic world, and to some broader aspects of the academic culture in general. As Journal or Series editors, scholars like us get acquainted with the academic culture from unique historical and sociological perspectives, which we would like to share in this essay.
AB - The Narrative Study of Lives (TNSL) was a series of eleven edited volumes which appeared (more or less annually) for the first time in 1993 and the last time in 2007. We co-edited all these volumes, the last five in conjunction with Dan McAdams as a third co-editor. The mission of the volumes was to provide a prominent space for the publication of narrative scholarship and research pertaining to the study of lives. In the months since we decided to terminate the publication of TNSL, we felt a growing need to reflect on this long-range project and to attempt to formulate some of our academic and personal conclusions about the meaning and impact of this venture. What have we achieved or failed to achieve in this Series? Why did we decide to terminate its publication? These questions were formed not only in our own minds, but also directed at us by colleagues, readers, and authors of the Series. Our quest to answer these questions, or reflect upon them, relate to the place of narrative psychology in the general field of psychology, and/or in the academic world, and to some broader aspects of the academic culture in general. As Journal or Series editors, scholars like us get acquainted with the academic culture from unique historical and sociological perspectives, which we would like to share in this essay.
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U2 - 10.1075/ni.19.1.10jos
DO - 10.1075/ni.19.1.10jos
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AN - SCOPUS:71849089642
SN - 1387-6740
VL - 19
SP - 183
EP - 198
JO - Narrative Inquiry
JF - Narrative Inquiry
IS - 1
ER -