042 | Directed Storytelling |
Gathering rich stories of lived experiences using narrative conversational prompts
- Directed storytelling is rooted in narrative inquiry, whereby researchers understand people and document their experiences from personal stories.
- It starts with a prompt by the researcher to the storyteller: “Tell me a story about the last time you . . .”
- Additional guiding questions are posed in terms of who, what, when, where, and how, to keep the storyteller in a comfortable narrative flow.
- Ideas emerging from stories can be clustered using affinity diagramming, looking for consistent patterns and themes within and across experiences.
- Themes that characterize experiences can be modeled into a tangible framework, with maps or diagrams of what is most significant about participant experiences.
- The method may provide subtle reinforcement and validation of existing design directions or identify the need for additional research.
See alsoCritical Incident Technique • Interviews • Picture Cards
Guiding questions for directed storytelling might include the following: When and with whom did you interact? What aspects of the environment affected your experience? How did you feel?
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