Table 1

: Methodology adapted from critical discourse analysis and narrative analysis

Critical discourse analysisNarrative analysisFeminist perspectiveApproach in this article
Fairclough (2012), Cummings et al. (2020a) Dey and Steyaert (2010) Seferiadis et al. (2021) Building on the studies by Fairclough (2012), Dey and Steyaert (2010), Cummings et al. (2020b) and Seferiadis et al. (2021) 
Phase 1:identification of the social wrong
Step 1: selection of research topic that can be approached by focussing on text  The literature on E4D and stories of entrepreneurship in Ethiopia
Step 2: genealogy of past discoursesGrand narratives and counter-narrativesDominant grand narratives and feminist counter-narrativesDominant grand narratives, represented by the 5M and the 8M frameworks, with local stories to create a counter-narrative
Phase 2:selection and analysis of texts
Step 1: select appropriate texts“Little narratives” Local stories from fieldwork in Ethiopia
Step 2: analysis of the different texts  Analysis of transcriptions from fieldwork
Step 3: identify discourses in the text, based on past discourses identified in Phase 1  Identify discourses in the text, based on past discourses identified in Phase 1
Phase 3:describe how the text was created
Describe how the text was created  Describe how the local stories were created
Phase 4:possible solutions and way forward
Possible ways past the dominant discourse by creating new discourses, narratives and arguments  Possible solutions or ways past the dominant discourse by creating a counter-narrative based on local stories
  Possible solutions or ways past the dominant discourse in terms of creating new praxisPossible solutions or ways past the dominant discourse by creating a new framework of women's entrepreneurial activity potentially more suited to rural areas in low-and-middle-income countries

Source(s): Authors, adapted from Seferiadis et al. (2021) 

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