The ambition of "co-producing" narratives with participants in a research is omnipresent in the social sciences. However, when the final outputs of a project take the form of texts, as they often do, sharing narrative authority is often more easily said than done. Collaborative storytelling is a promising avenue, and I would certainly like to learn more about experiences you might have had with this approach. Also, any thoughts on the possibility of maintaining participants' engagement of participants right through the authoring process would be most welcome.
I suggest you contact the oogeroo unit at QUT Brisbane Australia, the validity of shared narrative around Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the stolen generation and the effects of colonisation - are powerful narratives that may provide a starting point for you - good luck
www.qut.edu.au
I don't have any personal experience with this, but just yesterday I read an article that you might find interesting. The authors used "collaborative ethnography" and might have some insights into the process of sharing narrative authority: Article Fatness, Fitness, and the Moral Universe of Sport and Physic...
Fine, G. A., & Corte, U. (2017). Group pleasures: Collaborative commitments, shared narrative, and the sociology of fun. Sociological Theory, 35(1), 64-86.
Sclater, S. (2017). The Uses of Narrative: Explorations in sociology, psychology and cultural studies. Routledge.
San Pedro, T., & Kinloch, V. (2017). Toward projects in humanization: Research on co-creating and sustaining dialogic relationships. American Educational Research Journal, 54(1_suppl), 373S-394S.
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