ABSTRACT
This chapter, author revisited several stories of participants that constructed as victims or heroes in earlier studies. To disrupt those depictions, he drew on Ahearn's theory of agency as effective action within a social context, as multifaceted and as variably perceived. The process of revisioning these stories involved looking at the findings and data in new ways. Retelling Roberto's story would have meant conscientiously pursuing deeper data. Revisioning stories is particularly important in the current times when the marginalised are blamed and demeaned for their socio-economic positioning. If people as heroes for having overcome adversity, they absolve ourselves of any responsibility for contributing to their original difficulties. If people position them as victims, they become objects of sympathy, but they are also impotent and needy, and thus dependent on support. They can use their contacts with outside groups to insist on grounded, nuanced analyses of the situations of marginalised people.
