Introduction

Narratives in Educational Research—Methodological Perspectives explores and illustrates novel ways of conducting research on and with narratives in the educational field. This chapter introduces the significance and story of the book. It discusses how narratives are employed in research and argues that relations are a key characteristic of research on and with narratives. It then provides an overview of the chapters. The book consists of five parts: (1) researcher positionings and positioning analysis, (2) peer interviews and analysing peer narration, (3) visual and embodied ways of narration, (4) creative writing and analysis, and (5) rhetoric and comprehensive perspectives on narratives. The chapter ends with concluding thoughts on the chapters and their contributions.