Developing concept

Narrative Capture

How interpretations of a person’s account become established as evidence.

A developing area of inquiry informed by narrative ethics, epistemic injustice, and institutional interpretation.

Area of inquiry

Clinical accounts are necessarily selective. This research considers how attention, documentation, and institutional purpose shape what becomes visible to later readers.

Questions in development

The project examines the relationship between lived accounts, documentary practices, and the authority granted to particular interpretations.

References and further reading

  1. Ricoeur, Paul. 1992. Oneself as Another. Translated by Kathleen Blamey. University of Chicago Press.
  2. Bowker, Geoffrey C., and Susan Leigh Star. 1999. Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences. MIT Press.