Empowermentby doing biographical work and through biographical research
Review
The article reveals the role of biographical research in a process of empowerment of individuals, a group and an organization. Biography as an empowerment strategy is discussed from socio-biographical approach, point of view of theory of structuration, critical, feminist, poststructural theories. Opportunities to combine research on narration of life history and social work practice of empowerment are delineated in the article.