Life story analysis examines people's life histories through interviews to understand their unique experiences and common themes. The life story interview involves a collaborative process between the interviewer and interviewee to construct a narrative account. These life stories are then evaluated not based on factual accuracy but how people use accounts of their lives. Analyzing life stories highlights important influences, relationships, and life themes while also acknowledging personal perspectives and narratives.

1. what is life story analysis
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The life history has long been a primary methodology of anthropological field work. The life
history Interview and life story interview are very similar in their approaches but the specific
information sought and final products might be different. Some narrative researchers conceive of
the life story as a circumstantially mediated, constructive collaboration between the interviewer
and the interviewee. Life stories are evaluated not much for how well they accord with the life
experiences in question, but more in terms of how accounts of life are used by a variety of others.
There is much in each life story to identify the unique value and worth of each life, many
common elements and issues that all life stories express. Life themes also highlight important
influences and relationships. Life stories have gained respect and acceptance In many academic
circles. The movement toward life stories is a movement toward acknowledging personal truth as
well as a movement toward the validity of narrative.
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