ABSTRACT
One of the persistent concerns when engaging in any narrative inquiry is participant's location. In a review of the literature of narrative inquiry in early childhood research, people learned that most narrative inquiries with young children are undertaken when children and families become involved with institutions. As people engage in narrative inquiry with children and youth, we need to make visible the importance of attending to the multiplicity within the lives of children and youth and to the ways their lives are interrelated with familial and community experiences. However, as a narrative inquirer, Vera lived in this conversation tentatively. In part, the sexual exploitation of children and youth was a reality about which Vera was deeply concerned, given her earlier narrative inquiry alongside women who had experience working in the sex trade. Engaging in narrative inquiries outside of institutional places still requires completion of university research ethics and ongoing negotiation of the relational ethics that shape narrative inquiries.
