Narrative enquiry in transnational migratory contexts: Epistemological and methodological issues

Narrative analysis has become one of the most salient, consolidated areas of research and methodological analysis in the social sciences, in particular, in researching identity, social practice, cultural experience and beliefs. To engage junior and senior scholars in applied linguistics, discourse studies, sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and transnational studies, among other disciplines, in dialogue about the understanding of narrative as the object of study in migration contexts 2. Manuel de la Mata (University of Seville) gave the results of a large study he had undertaken with colleagues Andrés I. Santamaría Santigosa, Mercedes Cubero Pérez, Ma del Mar Prados Gallardo, Samuel Arias Sánchez and Rosario Cubero Pérez regarding the community cultural competence of social services professionals in the city of Seville (Spain). [...]she dealt with the need to differentiate the concepts of 'narrative as representation' and 'narrative as social practice'.