Translator's Preface
Preface for Korean Readers
Acknowledgements
Introduction

Part 1: Starting with a Specific Perspective on Experience

Chapter 1 Experience
Chapter 2 Knowledge
Chapter 3: Embodiment
Methodology Notes

Part 2 Temporality

In the middle of chapter 4
Chapter 5 Memory
Chapter 6 Intergenerational Connectivity
Methodology Notes

Living Inside and Outside the Scenery Part 3

Chapter 7 Location
Chapter 8 Community
Methodology Notes

Part 4: Imagination, Exploration, Wonder, and Playfulness: Entering Liminality and Uncertainty

Chapter 9 Imagination
Chapter 10: Exploration and Wonder
Chapter 11: Uncertainty and Liminality
Chapter 12 Playfulness
Methodology Notes

Part 5 Relationships

Chapter 13 Political and Social Landscape
Chapter 14: Dedication, Responsibility, and Obligation
Methodology Notes

Epilogue
References
Translator's References
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Where did narrative inquiry come from, what is it, and where is it going?

Author Gene Clandinin first coined the term narrative inquiry and has developed and researched narrative inquiry methodology.
He was concerned that narrative inquiry was overemphasizing only the technical aspects, such as the techniques for conducting narrative inquiry and the process of writing a paper using narrative inquiry, and sought to counter the growing neglect by many researchers of the philosophical roots of research methods and phenomena.
At the same time, we wanted to counter the criticism that it was ‘lacking in theorization.’
But what we must be wary of is the expectation that we will find a single, unchanging source.
The roots this book speaks of are things that are connected and created through constant re-formation.
This book offers a glimpse into the authors' journey of finding the core ideas and grounding they need to think, research, and live narratively, then returning to their experiences and lives to vary and expand upon them.

Experience the study of narratives and experiences through narrative inquiry.

Each chapter delves into the core ideas of narrative inquiry.
What is noteworthy is 'how' this is handled.
Clandinin and his disciples chose a writing style and structure that connected their experiences with knowledge and drew on theories.
The names and works of pragmatist and feminist philosophers, as well as indigenous elders, novelists, and poets, appear, and the authors seem to be in conversation with them.
This clearly shows that the ideas contained in the book come from their lives, history, places, and social relationships.
Rather than dissecting ideas and explaining them in terms divorced from experience, it reveals the very act of playing with ideas based on imagination.
By delving into the authors' stories related to each idea, the reasons they tell those stories to readers, and the multi-layered and complex meanings contained within those stories, you will naturally learn what narrative inquiry is and what to consider when conducting research using narrative inquiry.
This book is a kind of narrative about narrative inquiry, and it allows you to experience the study of experience.

Methodological Notes for Narrative Inquirers

However, the readers of this book will be those who want to engage in narrative inquiry.
This means that we cannot separate our attention from techniques, procedures, and research results.
At the end of each section, the authors provide "methodological notes" that illustrate how the ideas discussed in this book—experience, knowledge, representation, memory, place, community, imagination, and playfulness—work in practice during the research process.
It reveals the research process of working with a refugee family from Syria to Canada and shows how this can be expressed narratively.
Each chapter deals with different ideas independently, but is brought together and revealed through methodological notes.