Bringing Socio-Narratology and Visual Methods to Focus Group Research

Informed by narrative inquiry, this chapter makes a unique contribution to the theorizing of focus groups. It uses empirical data from research into perceptions of physically active older adults across the life course to critically examine the work that stories can do within a focus group setting. According to Frank (2010), the work of stories is to animate human life by working with people, for people, and always on people. Conceptualizing …