Using A Story-Building Approach To Research Comprehensive Community Initiatives

Authors

Lori Messinger, North Carolina State UniversityFollow

Abstract

This article is the story of the author's experiences as a researcher-storyteller. She delineates the process used to "build a story" of the planning and development of a rural comprehensive community initiative. In a critically reflective look at this approach to community research, the author describes how she selected the research topic, defined the purposes of the research, selected the methods used in data collection and analysis, and approached the construction process of building the story through literary elements such as plot, scene, and voice. The strengths and pitfalls of this approach and suggestions for future research are discussed.

Keywords

qualitative research

Publication Date

3-1-2001

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2001.2008

Recommended APA Citation

Messinger, L. (2001). Using A Story-Building Approach To Research Comprehensive Community Initiatives. The Qualitative Report, 6(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2001.2008