In the final part of the article I focus on showing the narrative structure of identity and autobiography. I treat auto/biography-narrative research as a means of exploratory conduct, based on the narrator’s biography data, also considering the researcher’s autobiographical thought. Next I present my own model of auto/biography-narrative research inspired by hermeneutic and phenomenological traditions of thinking about experiencing reality. As a starting point I present a definition of identity understood as the whole life process of finding identification. For those who work with older persons these techniques should prove very useful.ĭirectory of Open Access Journals (Sweden)įull Text Available This article is a proposal of identity research through its process and narrative character. After discussing the history of spiritual autobiography as a genre, the author compares and contrasts four approaches to autobiography: the structured life review, the guided autobiography, the intensive journal workbook, and autobiographical work in twelve step programs. Writing and reflecting on one's autobiography enhances spiritual growth and can be therapeutic freeing people from outlived roles and self-imposed images. It is associated with creativity, play, wisdom, faith, and a sense of oneness. Spirituality involves connectedness to oneself, others, nature and to a larger meaning. In this article autobiography is defined as a dialogue of the self with itself in the present about the past for the sake of self-understanding.
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