Lived Experiences and Social Transformations

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
CL Wren Radford
2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athanasia Chalari

<p>The aim of this study is to investigate how Greeks as individuals experience the ways society is changing and to understand the lived experiences of the Greek economic crisis, as an example of the global economic crisis. This study focuses on the ways three different generations experience the Greek crisis: the younger (20-30), the middle (30-40) and the older (40-55) by examining the different ways that lived experiences are revealed. It has been confirmed that the impact of the dramatic economic, political, historical and social transformations in Greece is twofold: there has been an undeniably negative and harmful effect on Greeks’ everyday lives as well as a re-prioritisation of ways of thinking, acting and behaving. The Greek case serves as an example of a society that is currently undergoing significant social, political and economic alterations reflected in the dramatic change in everyday living, thinking and acting. This study may provide an initial overview of the possible effect of social changes that individuals have to confront in their everyday lives due to the consequences of the economic depression.</p>


2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey L. Barrenger ◽  
Emily K. Hamovitch ◽  
Melissa R. Rothman

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica A. Chen ◽  
Hollie Granato ◽  
Jillian C. Shipherd ◽  
Tracy Simpson ◽  
Keren Lehavot

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 51-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Hodges

Bodyweight—the number on the scale—has been constructed as an objective measure of health, and weight loss as synonymous with healthier. Weight has been used as a way of classifying and controlling people, ignoring the embodied, relational, and cultural meanings attached to health and weight. Instead, these subjective experiences are lumped into a numerical category. Our society's obsession with weight is weighing us down and most of us should toss out our scales. Scale stories offer a departure from canonical narratives about physical health and body image by emphasizing emotions and lived experiences instead of bodyweight and numerical categories.


2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-49
Author(s):  
Tzu-Hui Chen

This narrative aims to explore the meaning and lived experiences of marriage that a unique immigrant population—“foreign brides” in Taiwan—possesses. This convergence narrative illustrates the dynamics and complexity of mail-order marriage and women's perseverance in a cross-cultural context. The relationship between marriage, race, and migration is analyzed. This narrative is comprised of and intertwined by two story lines. One is the story of two “foreign brides” in Taiwan. The other is my story about my cross-cultural relationship. All the dialogues are generated by 25 interviews of “foreign brides” in Taiwan and my personal experience.


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