Contextualising Narrative Inquiry: Developing methodological approaches for local contexts

The contributors to this edited collection have all used narrative inquiry for a range of topics and in a range of contexts, including:

• Leadership styles of Asian women
• The Deaf community in the UK
• Voluntary celibacy in Malta
• Administrators in Ghanaian higher education
• Multiculturalism in primary education in Cyprus
• Teacher identities in Hong Kong
• The reflective practitioner in higher education in Malaysia.

The diversity of the topics illuminates the potential for narrative inquiry to be used to investigate a broad range of issues in many contexts by people with a wide range of backgrounds. A common thread throughout is a reflexive discussion of how each contributor used narrative inquiry as a methodological approach; highlighting not only its affordances, but also the complexities of using it in specific cultural, social and historical contexts.