livshistorier
Livshistorier is the term used in Danish and Norwegian for personal life stories or biographical narratives. In research and storytelling, it refers to the practice of collecting, composing, and analyzing autobiographical accounts to document a person’s life, experiences, values, and sense of self. The life history approach, used in sociology, anthropology, psychology, and education, treats life stories as data that connect individual experience to broader social processes, such as migration, class, gender, aging, or trauma.
Data collection typically relies on in-depth interviews, sometimes supplemented by diaries, letters, photographs, and archival records.
Ethical considerations include informed consent, confidentiality, data ownership, and the potential for emotional distress. Researchers and
Limitations include recall bias, subjectivity in storytelling, and power dynamics in interviews. The approach emphasizes meaning