Paul Atkinson
List of John Benjamins publications in which Paul Atkinson is involved.
Articles
2011 Accounting for discovery: Genetic scientists’ narratives Narrative Inquiry 21:1, pp. 88–108 | Article
The paper presents an analysis of genetic scientists’ accounts of a 1992 scientific breakthrough. Members of the research team were interviewed in the course of a wider study of the history of the discovery and its implications for clinical practice. The isolation of the genetic basis for myotonic… read more
2007 Rescuing narrative from qualitative research Narrative – State of the Art, Bamberg, Michael (ed.), pp. 195–204 | Article
We review some of the recent trends that have made the collection and exploration of narratives especially prominent among the social sciences. While we acknowledge the significance of narratives in many aspects of social life, we sound a note of caution concerning the popularity of ‘narratives’,… read more
2006 Rescuing narrative from qualitative research Narrative – State of the Art, Bamberg, Michael (ed.), pp. 164–172 | Article
We review some of the recent trends that have made the collection and exploration of narratives especially prominent among the social sciences. While we acknowledge the significance of narratives in many aspects of social life, we sound a note of caution concerning the popularity of ‘narratives’,… read more