Negotiating the Maximum-Security Offender Identity: Experiences From Incarcerated Women

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 691-707
Author(s):  
Sibulelo Qhogwana
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
No Value ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Incarcerated Women ◽  
The Other ◽  
Restricted Movement ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Maximum Security ◽  
Depth Interviews

The representation of women classified as maximum-security offenders continues to be a challenge due to paucity of research regarding their experiences. Generally, their stories are masked under the experiences of the other categories of incarcerated women. Drawing from a larger study conducted with incarcerated women in a South African correctional centre in Johannesburg, in this article I provide a thematic analysis of in-depth interviews on the lived experiences of negotiating the maximum-security offender identity by 13 women. The results suggest that the maximum-security offender identity is associated with rejection, dehumanisation, denial of agency, restricted movement, and labelling. The article also highlights the significance of providing agency to incarcerated women in deconstructing stereotypes that represent them as angry and uneducated with no value to society. A more balanced repositioning of their stories emerges as they get an opportunity to construct their own experiences.

Self-regulation of the newlyweds in Taiwan: Goals and strategies

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 2674-2690
Author(s):  
Szu-Chia Chang ◽  
Jenny Hsiu-Ying Chang ◽  
Meng-Yeow Low ◽  
Tzu-Chin Chen ◽  
Shih-Hsien Kuo
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Marital Relationships ◽  
The Other ◽  
Role Norms ◽  
Depth Interviews

The aim of this study is to explore the goals and strategies of self-regulation of the newlyweds in Taiwan. Through in-depth interviews with eight newlywed couples ( N = 16), qualitative data were gathered and analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings revealed that, under the influence of their cultural values, the newlywed participants pursue the goals of genuine harmony and superficial harmony in their self-regulation for marital adjustment. Genuine harmony can be attained through people’s fulfillment of their role norms in in-law relationships and establishment of affiliations with spouses in marital relationships. On the other hand, superficial harmony can be maintained by people through keeping sketchy relationships with their in-laws and inhibiting anger to prevent open conflicts with their spouses. To achieve relational harmony, various strategies of self-regulation were used depending on the situations involved. Such strategies direct to the principle of zhong-yong (the Doctrine of Mean) involving holistic information processing and avoidance of extremities in implementation. Gender differences in self-regulation were found in both goals and strategies.

scholarly journals El proceso vocacional del estudiantado universitario en condición de logro y rezago académico: Un análisis desde el enfoque evolutivo de Donald Super

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Raquel María Bulgarelli-Bolaños ◽  
José Antonio Rivera-Rodríguez ◽  
Manuel Arturo Fallas-Vargas
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
The Other ◽  
Vocational Development ◽  
Industrial Chemistry ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Academic Status ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article is based on an investigation whose main purpose was to analyze students’ vocational development in statuses of achievement and academic lagging in Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Chemistry at the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, during 2014, by implementing Donald Super’s evolutionary approach. A naturalist paradigm, a design of collective case studies of four people (two students from each academic status), four data gathering tools (in-depth interviews, semi-structured interviews, in-depth discussion meetings, and observation), and the categorical thematic analysis method were applied. It was found that there are differences in the vocational process of the four cases studied when referring to one academic status or the other, where the category of achievement is more leaning trend to a better vocational performance, even though it is not a predictor of this; while the academic lagging presents more difficulties in its different vocational stages. Therefore, it is recommended not to neglect academic, vocational and personal-social support to any of both populations, considering their particularities related to the specific vocational processes and the evaluations they carry out during the career. 

scholarly journals PARADOXICAL REPRESENTATION OF FEMALE NARATION IN THE SPIRIT OF MAK UNGKAI STORY

JURNAL BASIS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
Tomi Arianto ◽  
Simanjuntak Sapta Dairi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
The Other ◽  
Narrative Texts ◽  
Ghost Story ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Nature Preserves ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

The story of Mak Ungkai sea ghost is very commonly heard by old generation of Malay people in Batam coast. The sea ghost portrayed as a scary female ghost, disturbing humans, sinking fishing boats, and harassing coastal people. On the other hand, researchers suspected a paradoxical narrative of Mak Ungkai character which is relatively close to nature, preserves the environment, and counter-patriarch. This problem directed to examine more deeply the image of women in this phenomenon to reveal the interpretation behind the story. This research used an ecofeminist approach with the aim of reversing the stereotypes of women narrated by the community against the character of Mak Ungkai and its relation to the environment and nature. According to Shiva (1998), ecocritic is a new cosmology that views nature and women as having relationships that maintain, cooperate and protect one another. By using descriptive qualitative method, researchers collected data in depth interviews and immediately plunged into the community. Interviews were conducted directly with 5 speakers from the indigenous Malay community in Sebulang Island, Batam. The research used recordings and cameras which are then transcribed in narrative texts that are easily understood. The results of the study found that (1) the existence of patriarchal stereotypes through mak ungkai sea ghost story (2) the paradoxical representation of women based on ecofeminist framework behind the story.

Confronting Freedom to Inform With Freedom of Expression

2021 ◽  
pp. 269-296
Author(s):  
Gifty Appiah-Adjei
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Free Expression ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Journalists ◽  
The Media ◽  
Depth Interviews

Globally, there is an increase in online attacks on journalists with gender dimensions to these attacks. Also, it is established that digital innovations have augmented free expression and the augmentation allows means for online attacks. Though evidence submits that studies on the problem of online attacks on journalists abound, there is dearth of such studies in Ghana and this chapter attempts to fill this gap. Using the feminist theory, this chapter explores the types and sources of online attacks on male and female journalists in Ghana and investigates whether an increase in free expression is a contributing factor to the problem. To achieve this aim, the study employs qualitative methods of in-depth interviews and document reviews and offers a thematic analysis of the qualitative data to understand the lived experiences of Ghanaian journalists. Findings revealed that journalists frequently experience psychological and sexist online attacks when perpetrators express their views on unfavourable coverage from the media.

scholarly journals Negotiating morality and ethics: the post-Millennial perspective on TikTok

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Scalvini
Keyword(s):  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Moral Orientation ◽  
Moral Issues ◽  
Moral Conflicts ◽  
Moral Principles ◽  
Depth Interviews

<p>This study focuses on the contradiction between the alleged inclusivity and diversity that TikTok promotes and its apparent indifference for ethical standards. Specifically, the goal is to explore how post-Millennials (those born after 2000) perceive TikTok and how they adopt moral rationalizations to reconcile ethical and moral conflicts. Relatively little research has focused on young people’s moral reasoning in social media and no study to date has provided the opportunity to voice a user’s own experience with moral issues as they perceive them through their use of TikTok. A thematic analysis of 47 in-depth interviews is applied to explore how young users define the ‘good’ and what significance they attribute to moral principles. Two dimensions of moral reasoning are identified: one that should lead to a more group-oriented mindset, which should, in turn, lead to empathy, whereas the other dimension focuses on moral orientation from a narcissistic perspective.</p>

Between Remembering and Forgetting

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tova Band-Winterstein ◽  
Zvi Eisikovits ◽  
Chaya Koren
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
The Other ◽  
Abused Women ◽  
Jewish Women ◽  
Phenomenological Perspective ◽  
Depth Interviews

‘Lived experiences’ of forgiveness of older abused women throughout a life in intimate partner violence are described and analysed from a phenomenological perspective. Semistructured in-depth interviews were conducted with 21 older abused Jewish women in Northern Israel. The data were analysed along two dimensions: one related to the need to explore who forgives whom; the other to various ways of forgiving, starting from not forgetting and not forgiving, moving through forgiveness experienced as burden, the struggle between forgetting and remembering as an obstacle to forgiveness at the same time, remembering without verbalizing violence, ‘giving in’, and ending with forgiving and not forgetting. The discussion deals with the ways forgiveness enables the bridging between suffering, martyrdom, strength resulting from wisdom of age and survival. The meaning of being an older abused woman in the light of this duality is explored.

scholarly journals Walking Through a Maze: The Struggles of Accountancy Students with Online Learning in the Context of the COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-38
Author(s):  
Grace L. Lopena ◽  
Nenette D. Padilla ◽  
Dennis V. Madrigal
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Abrupt Change ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Remote Learning

This descriptive phenomenological paper reflects the students' lived experiences metaphorically likened to 'walking through a maze,' their struggles with online learning in the context of COVID-19 construed as obstacles. Such experiences play a role in their academic successes or failures, shaped by various factors like learning environment, peers, instructors, living situations, and curriculum. Given the COVID-19 pandemic and urgency for remote learning, it becomes imperative to understand the effects of this abrupt change. Thus, this paper seeks to narrate the lived experiences of accountancy students from a higher education institution (HEI) in Bacolod City. Four participants were selected for in-depth interviews through a gatekeeper who was the Accountancy program head. Through a thematic analysis, findings revealed the students' difficulties. These struggles, however, were integral to cultivating resilience and capacity for adaptation. While the concluding outlook is perceived as positive, the need to mitigate the effects of students' negative lived experiences remains crucial.

Lived experiences of the adjustment of older employees to re-employment in Singapore: A Bourdieusian perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 144078332110188
Author(s):  
Jianbin Xu ◽  
Kalyani K Mehta ◽  
David Wan
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Older Employees ◽  
Adjustment Strategies ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Insight Into

The Singapore government promulgated the Retirement and Re-employment Act in 2012 to promote extending working life. This article offers insight into the utility of Bourdieu’s conceptual framework of habitus, field and capital in exploring how older employees in Singapore adjust to re-employment. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 10 re-employed older persons consisting of four women and six men. The thematic analysis of the data indicated that a series of adjustment strategies underpinned by the realism-, positivity-, productivity- and proactivity-oriented habitus synergized to empower research participants to navigate through the field of re-employment. The article proposes that in the Singapore context policy makers and employers need to take a habitus-sensitive approach to re-employed older persons, developing a habitus-friendly field of re-employment.

The Final ‘Thank You’

Derrida Today ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-36
Author(s):  
Grant Farred
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Jacques Derrida ◽  
Political Transition ◽  
The Other ◽  
World Cup ◽  
The Core ◽  
Nelson Mandela ◽  
Black President ◽  
The Moment

‘The Final “Thank You”’ uses the work of Jacques Derrida and Friedrich Nietzsche to think the occasion of the 1995 rugby World Cup, hosted by the newly democratic South Africa. This paper deploys Nietzsche's Zarathustra to critique how a figure such as Nelson Mandela is understood as a ‘Superman’ or an ‘Overhuman’ in the moment of political transition. The philosophical focus of the paper, however, turns on the ‘thank yous’ exchanged by the white South African rugby captain, François Pienaar, and the black president at the event of the Springbok victory. It is the value, and the proximity and negation, of the ‘thank yous’ – the relation of one to the other – that constitutes the core of the article. 1

Two Gambling Women

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-49
Author(s):  
Tzu-Hui Chen
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Immigrant Population ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mail Order ◽  
Foreign Brides ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The Relationship

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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