Composed by international researchers, the Handbook of Narrative Mapping a Methodology is the first comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the developing methodology of narrative inquiry. The Handbook outlines the historical development and philosophical underpinnings of narrative inquiry as well as describes different forms of narrative inquiry. This one-of-a-kind volume offers an emerging map of the field and encourages further dialogue, discussion, and experimentation as the field continues to develop.
While I didn't read this book cover-to-cover I did find quite a few chapters quite useful in thinking about and designing my narrative inquiry project.
It is a most pleasing time to read this handbook of narrative inquiry because I started to, in earnest, think of the meaning of change in the relationship between the researcher and the researched and the number used and words written/told as data that I've collected. Had you been deep in thought of your topic(s) of academic research, play, drama, music or secret diary whatever, you would have likely been into investigation and interrogation of particular, local, and contextual stories disclosed around you where your participants live and labor as a subject rather than cause-and effect relationship and logical proof.
focused on the chapter 1, Locating narrative inquiry historically: Thematic in the turn to narrative (Pinnegar & Daynes, 2007).