ABSTRACT
Relational ethics live at the heart of narrative inquiry; they direct the authors to see ethical action as situated within, and central to, relationships with participants. Ethical matters need to be narrated over the entire narrative inquiry process. In thinking with relational ethics, there is a sense of living with responsibilities and friendships that carries across times. Authors invited Hiroko Kubota to compose a chapter in relation to the narrative inquiry that she has been engaged in with three participants who are experiencing homelessness in Japan. As a doctoral student in nursing and a former nurse, Hiroko brought rich experiences that shaped her community-based study. The ideas that Dustin Brass continues to think with, write with, and hold on to within the institution highlight the dimensions of relational ethics in narrative inquiry. Dustin shows how relational ethics are lived embodiments made visible through silence, contemplation, and stillness.
