Chapter 3
Chapter 3 explores citizen storytelling as a form collective media production that links qualitative research and activism as a mode of participation in public life. Using audio documentary to conduct qualitative studies in cooperation with local residents can contribute to public dialogue and debate about important historical and contemporary issues and can ultimately function as an opportunity for qualitative researchers to share knowledge and skills in an effort to extend a vision of education we like to call the classroom without walls. We begin with an analysis of citizen storytelling as a way to tap into community assets and then move to a detailed discussion of the types of citizen-storytelling efforts that can be adopted by qualitative researchers.