Ricoeurs teori om fortellingens trefoldige mimesis og narrativ tilnærming til musikkpedagogisk forskningspraksis

Abstract

ABSTRACT -- Ricoeur’s theory about the threefold mimesis of narrative, and narrative approach to music education research practice. --- Narrative approaches are increasing within music education research. Following this, the interest towards methodological considerations, and ways to discuss quality in narrative research also are increasing in these research environments. This article provides frames and references for such considerations in a Scandinavian language, with examples from the Nordic area, in dialogue with international fields of literature on narrative inquiry in music education. Our research question is: How can narrative inquiry contribute to music education research? We first reflect on central concepts connected to narrative theory with a special interest in Paul Ricoeur’s threefold mimesis. We bravely apply his thoughts on narrative research. After that we describe ways of generating material for narrative analysis, and discuss different ways of understanding narrative data. The final theme we discuss is how to judge quality in narrative research. As a conclusion we suggest narrative approaches to be a contribution to existing research approaches that in unique ways can provide complexity and closeness to experiences in artful events. Keywords: narrative research, choir leader, Ricoeur, emplotment, mimesis