Lee, Jinah2026-02-162026-02-162025Lee, J. (2025, November 14-2026, November 16). Qualitative methods to capture the nuance of realities: My journey to explore their stories, our stories and my own stories [Conference item]. The 4th International Conference of Asian Qualitative Inquiry Association 2025, Jeju, South Korea.https://hdl.handle.net/10289/17934This study reflects on my research journey with qualitative methodologies — specifically narrative inquiry, autoethnography, and duoethnography — as ways to capture the nuanced and complex realities embedded in diverse contexts. Through revisiting four distinct studies, I demonstrate how these approaches offer rich possibilities for novice and early-career researchers seeking to engage deeply with lived experience. My doctoral research employed narrative inquiry to foreground their stories — the lived experiences of participants shaped and expressed through personal narratives. Building upon this foundation, I turned to autoethnography to explore my stories in relation to theirs, acknowledging the entangled nature of researcher and participant narratives and the emergence of our stories. Most recently, duoethnography has enabled collaborative meaning-making, where your stories and my stories intersect, challenge, and evolve together. Across these methodological explorations, I highlight the importance of reflection, reflexivity, retrospection, and iteration as central practices within qualitative inquiry. These elements not only support the construction and co-construction of realities but also foster deeper understanding of complexity and context. By critically positioning ourselves in relation to the stories we study, co-create, and share, researchers can cultivate spaces for ethical engagement, transformative insight, and relational accountability.enThis is a conference paper from Beyond Borders: Intersections of Culture, Knowledge, and Power as Qualitative Inquiry - the 4th Annual Conference of the Asian Qualitative Inquiry Association. © 2025 Asian Qualitative Inquiry Association. Used with permission.Conference Contribution