An Example of Applying Fritz Schütze’s Concept of Trajectory Processes in Biographical Research into Young Adults
An Example of Applying Fritz Schütze’s Concept of Trajectory Processes in Biographical Research into Young Adults

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the possibility of applying Fritz Schütze’s concept of the trajectory of suffering in empirical research. The first part of the article presents the methodological assumptions of the research focusing on the biographical research method and the narrative interview technique. The following section analyses a biographical transcript obtained from a narrative interview. The interview participant was a 23-year-old man who told his narrative according to the scheme of trajectory of suffering, defined as an experience of losing control over one’s external circumstances.

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