Collaborative Cross-Cultural Narrative Inquiry: Embracing Curiosity, Cultural Humility, and the Imagination

Collaborative Cross-Cultural Narrative Inquiry invites readers to participate in the experience of engaging in and reflecting on the author’s collaborative cross-cultural narrative research online with Parvana, an Afghan woman living in Afghanistan until August 2021.

Storied reflections along with excerpts from interviews, storied data, doctoral assignments, peer feedback, analytic memos, and more illustrate how ethical practice, vulnerability, and care informed the collaborative exploration of Parvana’s life story and her daily multiple literacy practices for navigating Afghan society as an Afghan woman. Each chapter of this book offers reflections on individual elements of our cross-cultural narrative research to give readers an evocative account of our collaborative journey; at the end of each chapter, reflective prompts invite readers to engage in focused practice and explorations as they develop their own meaningful and mindful narrative studies. With its emphasis on research and relationship ethics, self-reflective practice, cultural humility, and creative approaches to analysis and representation, the cross-cultural narrative study at the heart of this textbook also offers readers insights into developing mindful and meaningful cross-cultural narrative research rooted in curiosity, humility, and the imagination.

This textbook is suitable for qualitative researchers, professors, students, and others from a wide variety of fields who are interested in teaching, researching, or learning more about designing and engaging in narrative research.

Cathy Raymond has worked in international education for over thirty-five years and is passionate about cultivating collaborative cross-cultural relationships informed by curiosity, cultural humility, and the imagination. She currently holds the position of Associate Professor of Practice in English at the American University of Afghanistan.