Symbolic–Narrative Processing Model
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Symbolic–Narrative Processing Model

A formal conceptual diagram showing how observed evidence is processed through method, interpreted through qualitative frameworks, and transformed into collective meaning and identity formation.

Symbolic–Narrative Processing Model A layered concentric model showing evidence, method, interpretive approaches, meaning, and identity formation. Evidence Observed Data Method Framework Processing Ethnography Grounded Theory Observation Collective Memory Symbols Narrative Identity Formation
Figure 1. The Symbolic–Narrative Processing Model describes a recursive system in which observed evidence is processed through structured methodologies, interpreted through qualitative frameworks, and transformed into collective meaning and identity formation.