Engaged Qualitative Research – an Autobiographical Perspective

Abstract

The presented article is an attempt to reconstruct/retrospect my professional biography in
its methodological section. It is a description of the way I went to become a biographic, narrative scholar. It is also a description of the reasons – theories, concepts, discussions and disputes that accompanied me on the way. I present my critical attitude towards Polish school
and Polish education, posing questions about education, school and teacher. The second matter that organizes my research is the question about interpersonal relationships,
intimacy, marriage, family and what is happening between: spouses, partners, parents and children. I ask what in our relationships with others favours a happy, good life and what hinders it, limits it and becomes a development obstacle.