The 'Collective Pierre Rivière': Using collective biography and ambling conversational methods to interrogate and re-present pivotal moments from the Pierre Rivière narratives

Page, Margaret; Speedy, Jane

Abstract

Collective biography is a research strategy that works at the level of bodily and emotional knowledge and moves beyond individualized versions of the subject, towards subjects-in-process and subjects-in-relation (Davies and Gannon, 2006). In this paper we, the authors, reflect upon and describe our experiences of using collective biography practices as a way of interrogating and writing our way into 'pivotal moments' within the Pierre Rivière texts (both book and film). The collective writing about 'pivotal moments' that our research group generated during workshops held at a university, exploring the 'Pierre Rivière' narratives have then been further reworked into a reflective, layered account, through an ambling conversational process. © 2012.

Citation

Page, M., & Speedy, J. (2012). The 'Collective Pierre Rivière': Using collective biography and ambling conversational methods to interrogate and re-present pivotal moments from the Pierre Rivière narratives. Emotion, Space and Society, 5(4), 235-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2011.11.005

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Nov 1, 2012
• Journal: Emotion, Space and Society
• Print ISSN: 1755-4586
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 235-242
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2011.11.005
• Keywords: collective biography, layered accounts, collaborative inquiry, ambling conversations
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/942510
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2011.11.005
• Additional Information: Additional Information : Available online 13 February 2012