‘Storying the self’: Autobiography as pedagogy in undergraduate creative writing teaching

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 91-107
Author(s):  
Jess Moriarty ◽  
Ross Adamson
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Creative Writing ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
The Self ◽  
Social Worlds ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Personal Stories ◽  
The World ◽  
Personal Histories

The telling and sharing of stories is synonymous with what it is to be human. The narrative threads reaching back through our personal histories can help us to make sense of who we are in the present and we already use these stories anecdotally, at school, on dates, over coffee, in the local, to make connections with people and our social worlds. At an academic level, storytelling that engenders meaning making is becoming legitimized as branch of qualitative research that can inform us about our culture and identity. Autoethnography is a methodology that links the self (auto) with ethno (culture) to research (graphy). Helping students to work in this way and make these connections in their assessed work can be a challenge, but it can also help them to identify the stories that already exist inside themselves and give them the confidence to believe that these stories might matter in the world beyond their writing journals and university lectures. In this article, the authors share personal stories to reflect on our pedagogic approach to undergraduate creative writing teaching.

Unpacking the self

Forum+ ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 29-37
Author(s):  
Manju Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Visual Arts ◽  
Personal Narrative ◽  
The Self ◽  
Cross Linking ◽  
Artistic Practice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Personal Stories ◽  
The World ◽  
Visual Artist ◽  
Sensitive Issues

Abstract In this essay, visual artist and writer Manju Sharma reflects on the use of autobiography as a methodology for storytelling in the visual arts. She focuses on the methods that she uses to explore the self and its relatedness to the world that she wishes to grasp. She also sheds light on how autobiography fits into her artistic practice as a means of finding hidden narratives and to keep the personal narrative related to the world. The essay touches upon the use of personal stories, cross-linking and note-taking to unpack everyday sensitive issues that can allow people to find their voice and to speak out.

The magnificent territory: Pausing to reflect on a lifetime of working with people and music

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Zeserson
Keyword(s):  
Meaning Making ◽  
The Self ◽  
Affective Meaning ◽  
The World ◽  
Biographical Account

In this biographical account of a musical lifecourse, I highlight the psychosocial, vocational, functional and affective meaning of music. Using my own musical journey as an illustrative example, I draw attention to the ways in which music can be a catalyst for understanding of the self, for meaning-making in the world and for developing understandings of one’s role in that world. My overarching message is that a musical lifecourse can frame our deepest relationships and most significant moments of profound joy.

scholarly journals Re-imagining Histories, Re-inventing the Self in Ian McEwan’s Atonement

2019 ◽  
pp. 165-176
Author(s):  
Vanja Vukićević Garić
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Existential Psychology ◽  
Ethical Dimension ◽  
Creative Imagination ◽  
Main Assumption ◽  
The Core ◽  
The World ◽  
Personal Histories ◽  
The Subject

Justifiably classified as an example of postmodern realism, or a “restorative metafiction” (O’Hara), Ian McEwan’s popular and critically acclaimed novel Atonement (2001) in its entirety reasserts its author’s frequently cited statement that “imagining what it is like to be someone other than yourself is at the core of our humanity.” Focusing mainly on the metafictional ending, which, as a kind of unusual post-scriptum, introduces a thematic, structural and an ontological twist re-directing the whole story, this paper explores the limits and the power of creative imagination to re-generate, amend and meaningfully extend personal histories, pointing to the fundamentally ethical dimension of the contemporary self-conscious fiction. The phenomenological connection between ars memoria, imagining, (re-)writing and the Self is seen through the main assumption of the existential psychology that the subject is capable of transcending oneself, recreating and re-inventing oneself in and by means of narrating the self as well as others. Analysing Briony Tallis as both a character and an author within the novel, in her narrative of her own as well as others’ histories, this paper will address ethical possibilities of the self-reflective fiction to connect subjectivity to the world questioning at the same time the boundaries of past, present and the idea of reality.

scholarly journals Formas de exercer a paternidade em Belém e Évora

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-41
Author(s):  
Adelma PIMENTEL
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Emotional Development ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
The Family ◽  
Living Together ◽  
The World ◽  
Civil Status ◽  
Strong Performance

The form of exert the paternity in the world is modifying itself. However living together in the same culture traditional and attempt of the establishing a new identity for the father. Brazil and Portugal are two countries whose the man’s cultural formation is still marked by patriarchal gender orientations that they set a strong performance of the man in functions less participation in the family, what resound in the affectionate estrangement and in the children’s education. This horizon based the accomplishment of the exploratory qualitative research accomplished in Belem, Para, Brazil and in Ever, Portugal, trying to delineate some characteristics in the ways that Brazilian and the Portuguese fathers exercise the paternity. Objective: To identify the self-perception of the paternity focusing models, functions, values and the conception of love of the informers. Procedures: Application of 89 questionnaires: 70 in Évora and 19 in Belem to the fathers of the children’s in kindergarten. Analyze were focalized for the singular and the intersubjetive. in the results we found: presence of the pater sense as nutritor, that is, the parents had the intention of to conceive the son and to form with them a stable entail; the civil status (married or stable union) it doesn’t mean that there is an united participation with the mother in the care with the children, in other words, in the healthy emotional development that requests the father’s presence or at least the quality of the coexistence.

scholarly journals HAK PENDIDIKAN PEREMPUAN MENURUT FUQAHA’ SYAFI’IYAH DENGAN PERSPEKTIF GENDER

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Baidhillah Riyadhi ◽  
Farida Asyari
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
The Self ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Education Process ◽  
The Ideal

With all the potential capital God gave, it is believed that man will be able to carry out his duties well. Then it is normal for God to place man as ' masterpiece ' of His own universe.     In Shari'ah there is always a balance between the vertical and horizontal dimensions, the ideal and the realistic side, the constant doctrine (the Sabbath) and the Elastic (Murunah), the interests of the world and the Hereafter, the aspect of birth and the inner, interest of individuals and society, and Etc. The principle of benefit is no less important than the principle of balance. This remembers that it was the cause of the point-of-decline, the takeoff and the final goal in the formulation of a law (Maqashid Syari'ah). This research uses qualitative research methods by examining the Library Research related to the opinions of scholars ' followers of Imam Shafi'i on gender issues. Conclusion of the study: women have the same learning opportunities as men, both in material and learning methods, to achieve what is the essential goal of the education process. That is to achieve the perfection of the Insani that comes down to the self-approach (Taqarrub) to God and the realization of happiness in the world and the hereafter.

scholarly journals Between History and Universality: Understanding Identity in the Public Sphere

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-36
Author(s):  
Nisar Alungal Chungath
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Being ◽  
The Public ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The World ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The One

Identity is not a fixed and frozen prison-house for the self, but a liquid continuum, affected and shaped by the ‘outside’ or the world. The self, which is situated and which undergoes revisions and transformations, keeps identity as a frame within which it makes sense of things. On the one hand, there is a ‘history’ within which an identity is rooted and through which meaning-making is made possible, and on the other hand, every person aspires to be a ‘universal’ and recognition-worthy human being. Both inherent identity and inherent universality of the self should be considered in their interactions in the public sphere, which has been traditionally viewed as a space of discrete individualities. The ontological force of this argument aside, the paper demonstrates that reduction of an identity without crediting its aspiration for universality and consideration of universality without crediting the historical underpinnings of identity are both acts of violation. 

scholarly journals Aweと意味生成

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masataka Nakayama
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Process ◽  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
The Self ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Human Adaptation ◽  
Meaning Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
Meaning System ◽  
The Relationship

Creating a meaning system is fundamental to human adaptation. This article reviews how the emotion of awe, characterized with perceived vastness and the need for accommodation, plays a crucial role in meaning making. Empirical evidence suggests that the experience of awe alters how people construe the world, the self, and the relationship between them, in finding meaning in life. Directions for future research are discussed by focusing on how the dynamic process of meaning making through awe would be constrained by cultural meaning systems and how sharing awe experiences with others, in turn, would contribute to collective meaning making processes.

scholarly journals Meaning-making among intentionally childless women

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Constructivism ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Main Category ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Childless Women ◽  
The World ◽  
Feminist Theories ◽  
Intentional Childlessness

This paper is a summary of a qualitative research project that focused upon meaning-making processes as described by intentionally childless women. A grounded theory exploration, it involved semi-structured interviews with 30 cisgendered women aged 27–61 who chose childlessness early in life. Based on principles inherent to social constructivism and feminist theories, the subjective voices of the participants were analyzed as normative expressions of female identity. The main category that accompanied intentional childlessness was a sense of freedom. In addition, two additional thematic categories focused on ways the women view their contributions to their communities and experience belonging and a sense of meaning in the world. Some negative experiences associated with being intentionally childless were also reported. The majority of the women in this study noted that they feel no regret or have no second thoughts about their decision, while a third of the participants spontaneously noted that they experience their lives as superlative.

scholarly journals MENGATASI STRESS PADA REMAJA SAAT PANDEMI COVID-19 DENGAN TEKNIK SELF TALK

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 248
Author(s):  
Sherien Sekar Dwi Ananda ◽  
Nurliana Cipta Apsari
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Psychological Development ◽  
The Self ◽  
Mental Condition ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Self Talk ◽  
The World ◽  
One Step ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRAKPerkembangan Virus Corona saat ini semakin menunjukkan bahwa masyarakat harus semakin waspada dengan segala sesuatunya. Virus ini berdampak bagi kehidupan masyarakat di seluruh dunia dimana mempengaruhi berjalannya sektor-sektor pembangunan. Kehidupan para remaja pun nyatanya ikut terpengaruh seiring dengan dilakukannya berbagai kebijakan untuk mengurangi dampak dari pandemi ini. Kondisi mental para remaja semakin diuji dan tidak sedikit dari mereka yang akhirnya menjadi stress. Stress adalah salah satu tanda bahwa pemikiran seseorang menjadi irasional/negatif. Langkah yang bisa dilakukan salah satunya dengan menerapkan teknik Self Talk yang bermanfaat bagi pekembangan psikologis para remaja. Dalam menerapkan teknik ini, para remaja akan melakukan pembiasaan untuk melatih cara pandangnya, dimana lebih mengutamakan pikiran mereka yang positif daripada negatif. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan dalam tulisan ini adalah penelitian kualitatif dengan metode deskriptif yang menjelaskan tentang bagaimana cara untuk mengatasi rasa stress yang dialami oleh para remaja di kala pandemi Virus Corona seperti sekarang ini dengan teknik Self Talk. Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu agar remaja dapat mengontrol emosi serta memprioritaskan self talk positif saat berada di situasi tertentu. Kata Kunci : corona, remaja, stress, self talk. ABSTRACTThe world situation shows that the Corona Virus is growing faster and faster. it proves that the community must be increasingly aware of everything. This virus has an impact on the lives of people throughout the world that affect the development of the development sector. The lives of adolescents were in fact affected along with the implementation of various policies to reduce the impact of this pandemic. The mental condition of adolescents is increasingly tested and not a few of them eventually become stressed. Stress is a sign that someone's thoughts become irrational / negative. One step that can be taken is by applying the Self Talk technique which is beneficial for the psychological development of adolescents. In applying this technique, teenagers will make it a habit to practice their perspective, which prioritizes their positive thoughts rather than negativity. This type of research used in this study is a qualitative research with descriptive methods that explain how to deal with the stress experienced by adolescents during the Corona Virus pandemic as it is today with the Self Talk technique. The purpose of this study is that adolescents can control their emotions and prioritize positive self talk while in certain conversations.Keywords: corona, adolescents, stress, self talk.

Judging

2020 ◽  
pp. 82-113
Author(s):  
Mona Sue Weissmark
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
System P ◽  
Evolutionary Advantage ◽  
The World ◽  
Personal Histories ◽  
Kurt Lewin ◽  
The Mind

This chapter discusses the limits of the cognitive view of the mind, most significantly that it attributed the skills and processes of judging, evaluating, and meaning making to pre-assigned information. However, the mind is not a machine of mere inputs and outputs. Instead, according to postcognitive researchers, the human mind is “embodied” and reliant on unconscious judgments and knowledge about the world accumulated intuitively in interaction with the world and other people. Therefore, the post-cognitive view posits that people are active—not passive—participants in the generation of meaning by judging, evaluating, and engaging in transformational interactions: they enact a world. The chapter then considers the limitations of laboratory-controlled studies concerning prejudice and conflict reduction and introduces the concept of “action research.” Coined by the psychologist Kurt Lewin, the term “action research” refers to the triangle of research, training, and action in producing social change. To date, the relatively few studies conducted in this area have yielded no reliable, durable, observable evidence, in part because most of this research has relied on traditional cognitive theories of the mind. Personal histories, memories, and emotions were not considered. The postcognitive revolution, however, recognizes the need for a parallel “affective revolution” to help understand how the emotions are related to the biology of cognition and more specifically to judgments. Moreover, the evolutionary advantage of an affective system is initially evident as a danger signal system.

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