lifestory
Lifestory refers to the narrative account of a person's life, assembled from memories, experiences, relationships, and events. In academic and literary contexts, lifestory is used as a form of life writing that centers an individual's interpretation of their own life or that of others as told to a narrator. The term often overlaps with autobiography and biography but emphasizes personal perspective, subjectivity, and the shaping of memory over time. Lifestory can be recorded in many formats, including oral histories, memoirs, diaries, photo-essays, and digital narratives.
Practitioners collect lifestories through interviews, written prompts, diaries, and archival materials. They may organize material chronologically
Ethical considerations include informed consent, privacy, the potential for harm, and accuracy. Since lifestories depend on
In scholarship, lifestory methodologies are used in narrative inquiry and qualitative research to study identity, power,