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Freeplaying with narrative: A Jogando method in/as Capoeira research.

Authors :
Cruz, Joshua
Griffith, Lauren
Lawal, Idera
Source :
Qualitative Research. Feb2023, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p125-142. 18p.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

In this article, we rethink the ways that analysis within narrative research might occur based on the topic being studied and provide an example using the Afro-Brazilian martial art capoeira. Locating our work at the intersection of Derridean freeplay and the spirit of play present in the Afro-Brazilian martial art capoeira, we reconceive of the ways that narratives may be constructed, and suggest that the topic under study, capoeira, may actually become an analytic. This piece offers one of many potential directions for rethinking analysis of narrative data and representing participant experiences and suggests blurring lines between content and method of analysis. While our own analysis occurs using play as it appears in capoeira, we suggest that any number of research topics may be used to inform the ways that we analyze data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14687941
Volume :
23
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Qualitative Research
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
161987640
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/14687941211016164