scholarly journals Considering Indigenous Environmental Issues in Canadian Curricula: A Critical Discourse Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-128
Author(s):  
Gregory Lowan-Trudeau ◽  
Teresa Fowler
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Gas Pipeline ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
Analysis Methodology

This article presents insights from a curricular review of Canada’s ten provinces and three territories with a focus on critical Indigenous environmental issues. This inquiry was conducted amidst nationally prominent events and socio-ecological movements such as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Idle No More and numerous oil and gas pipeline protests. We share findings revealed through this review informed by Eisner’s (2002) three curricula—the explicit, implicit and null—and a qualitative critical discourse analysis methodology.

scholarly journals Constructing patriotism: How Canada's History Hall has evolved over 50 years

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Wallace-Casey
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
National Narrative ◽  
Canadian History ◽  
Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
National Capital ◽  
Past Wrongs ◽  
Indigenous Voices

In this article, I illustrate how the national narrative in Canada's Museum of History has evolved over 50 years. Located in the national capital of Ottawa, the new Canada's History Hall presents a concise overview of a nation, stretching from time immemorial to the present. It was opened on 1 July 2017 as a signature exhibition in celebration of Canada's sesquicentennial. It also represents a fourth manifestation of a national museum narrative for Canada. From humble beginnings in 1967 (when Canada celebrated its centennial), the narrative has changed substantially in response to national policies and societal values. Adopting a critical discourse analysis methodology, and drawing from archival evidence, I analyse how this national narrative has evolved. Canada's History Hall presents Canadian students with a concise national template for remembering Canada's past. Over the past 50 years, this narrative has changed, as curators have employed artefacts and museum environments to construct patriotic pride in their nation. Until 2017, this narrative was blatantly exclusionary of Indigenous voices. More recently, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada has called for reconciliation in education, including public forums for education. The Canadian Museum of History has responded to this call by weaving Indigenous voices into the national narrative of the new Canadian History Hall. In so doing, I argue, the museum has successfully entwined patriotism with reconciliation against past wrongs.

scholarly journals The Roots Of Practice: An Anti-Colonial Critical Discourse Analysis Of Western Nature-Based Mental Health Therapies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Chui
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Therapeutic Modalities ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Mental Health Practices ◽  
And Coping

<div>This study seeks to explore how nature-based therapies are understood in Western “mental health” practices. Specifically, horticultural and equine-assisted therapeutic models are examined for discursive themes tied to mind-body connections, attachment and healing. Additionally, texts used to teach specific therapeutic modalities are examined to further explore common concepts such as mindfulness and coping. In conducting a review of relevant literature, similar themes were revealed which contributed to a base knowledge for understanding the discourse around nature-based therapies. Engaging in an anti-colonial theoretical framework and a modified critical discourse analysis methodology, this qualitative study explores the research question: “What are the discourses which inform Western nature-based therapies?” Ultimately, this study aims to develop a more thorough understanding of how these therapies are linked to Indigenous approaches, how practices may be appropriated and used by Western practitioners, and the shift in social work towards more wholistic therapeutic practices. </div>

scholarly journals The Roots Of Practice: An Anti-Colonial Critical Discourse Analysis Of Western Nature-Based Mental Health Therapies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Chui
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Therapeutic Modalities ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Mental Health Practices ◽  
And Coping

<div>This study seeks to explore how nature-based therapies are understood in Western “mental health” practices. Specifically, horticultural and equine-assisted therapeutic models are examined for discursive themes tied to mind-body connections, attachment and healing. Additionally, texts used to teach specific therapeutic modalities are examined to further explore common concepts such as mindfulness and coping. In conducting a review of relevant literature, similar themes were revealed which contributed to a base knowledge for understanding the discourse around nature-based therapies. Engaging in an anti-colonial theoretical framework and a modified critical discourse analysis methodology, this qualitative study explores the research question: “What are the discourses which inform Western nature-based therapies?” Ultimately, this study aims to develop a more thorough understanding of how these therapies are linked to Indigenous approaches, how practices may be appropriated and used by Western practitioners, and the shift in social work towards more wholistic therapeutic practices. </div>

scholarly journals EKOLOGI BERBASIS SYARIAH: ANALISIS WACANA KRITIS PEMIKIRAN MUDHOFIR ABDULLAH

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Maghfur Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Religious Text ◽  
Study Context

Abstract: This study aims at analyzing Mudhofir Abdullah's thought on environmental conservation as the final aim of sharia. Up to present, there have been five principles of sharia, al-maqasid al-syari’ah, which includes nurturing religion, souls, dignity, wealth and descendants. Environmental problems (al-bi’ah) have never been included in the analysis of al-maqasid al-syari’ah. Through literature study with critical discourse analysis approach, the results of this study indicate that: (1) Al-Quran as a source of knowledge, provides insights and discusses ecological and environmental issues, (2) as a religious text, verses in Al quran which deal with ecological and environmental issues should be contextually understood by employing eco-ushulfiqh; and (3), without ecological and environmental guarantee, al-maqasid al-syari’ah may not be able to be achieved. Therefore, according to Mudhofir's thought, ecological and environmental issues should be the top concern in sharia. Within Islamic study context, Mudhofir has broadened the horizon on how Islamic teaching can answer the challenge of ecological and environmental problems within society.Abstrak: Kajian ini menganalisis pemikiran Mudhofir  mengenai konservasi lingkungan sebagai tujuan tertinggi syariah. Selama ini, al-maqasid al-syari’ah hanya membahas lima prinsip utama, yaitu menjaga agama, jiwa, kehormatan, harta benda, dan keturunan. Problem lingkungan (al-bi’ah) tidak masuk kategori kajian ini. Melalui riset pustaka, dengan analisis wacana kritis, kajian ini mengungkap bahwa: (1) al-Qur’an sebagai sumber pengetahuan, banyak mengungkap dan memberi isyarat tentang pengelolaan ekologis; (2) sebagai teks keagamaan, ayat-ayat ekologis harus dipahami sesuai konteks, dengan bantuan eko-ushul fiqh; (3) tanpa ‘jaminan lingkungan’, al-maqasid al-syari’ah tidak akan pernah terjaga. Sebab itu, konservasi lingkungan, menurut Mudhofir, berada dalam prioritas utama tujuan syariah. Dalam konteks studi Islam, Mudhofir telah melebarkan horizon, topik kajian dan perspektif yang lebih luas, dalam rangka Islam menjawab problem krisis lingkungan.

The Enactment of a “Postfeminist Sensibility”: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Teens’ Constructions of Dating Abuse Among Their Peers

Affilia ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 088610992097855
Author(s):  
Heather L. Storer ◽  
Erin A. Casey
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Personal Responsibility ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Abuse Survivors ◽  
Structural Determinants ◽  
Dating Abuse ◽  
Analysis Methodology

At a societal level, postfeminist and neoliberal companion discourses have minimized structural determinants of dating abuse while elevating individual characteristics such as personal responsibility and agency. Adolescent survivors of dating abuse most frequently seek help from their peers; thus, the substance of that support is critical to reduce stigma and support survivor’s well-being. Using critical discourse analysis methodology, this article examines how postfeminism has been enacted in teens’ discursive constructions of dating violence and describes the ramifications of such constructions. Analysis used structured questions to unpack teens’ constructions and discursive formations of dating abuse. Teens participated in 11 in-person and online focus groups nationally. Results indicate that teens discursively construct abuse survivors in ways that privilege postfeminist discourses of personal choice, agency, and empowerment. Specifically, teens employed discourses of direct and indirect culpability to describe why survivors enter and remain in abusive relationships. Such framings contribute to constructing a “stigmatized identity” for abuse survivors consistent with postfeminist discourse. Multitiered interventions must be developed that both challenge postfeminist discourses and support teens in developing more empathetic responses to abuse survivors.

scholarly journals POSITION AND ROLE OF WOMEN IN IRANIAN FEMINIST: CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS (NOUSHIN AHMADI KHORASANI)

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-239
Author(s):  
Borahn Razyani ◽  
Akbar Salehi ◽  
Sayed Mehdi Sajadi
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
New Research

Purpose of the study: The purpose of this study is a critical discourse analysis of position and role of women in the contemporary Iranian feminist, based upon Norman Fairclough theory as well as writings, books, speech and stories of feminists, such as Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani, at three levels: 1) description 2) interpretation and 3) explanation. Methodology: Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis is used as a research method. “Discourse analysis” methodology seeks to study production structure and its general relationship using apparent effects of speech and writing, in critical discourse analysis, examined texts at three levels of description, interpretation, and explanation. The researcher accurately analyzed the works of Ahmadi Khorasani at three levels of description, interpretation, and explanation. Main Findings: findings indicate that, at the description level, highly frequent words referring to “women” and “family” have limited the women’s rights. At the interpretation level, writings and stories portray a very pathetic image of a woman; at the explanation level, sexual view, dominant patriarchal discourse, and power ruling women can be seen in the stories. Applications of this study: Application of this study can be used for the analysis of other writing in all over writers, special writers who work about women's rights and Women's Education. Also, finding this research help another researcher in doing critically studies for improving his/her research. Finally using this finding of research can help the reader to find hidden Ideology in writing. Novelty/Originality of this study: one of the main new aspects of this research is to paying attention to view’s Noshin Ahmadi Korasani. She is one of the women who try to change the law about human rights in Iran. There is no research about her writings & stories, especially from the critical aspect, so this research and finding is new research about women's rights.

scholarly journals “B” (Accompanying My Daughter Through Life): Critical Discourse Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-60
Author(s):  
Marcela González Hage
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Love Letter

This study analyzes the poem “B” by Sarah Kay, through the interpretation of the various metaphors that compose it. This was poem was first published in 2011 and it is a love letter that the author sends the daughter she does not yet have. In order to do this a critical discourse analysis methodology is used (Fairclough, 1995), as well as an interpretation of the metaphors that are present in the poem (Lakoff, 2003).

scholarly journals Suggesting reconciliation at the hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Afrika Focus ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 18 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annelies Verdoolaege
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
South African ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
The South ◽  
Specific Kind ◽  
Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
African Context ◽  
The One

The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) took place under unique circumstances and in a very particular historical context. This article will explore how such a specific kind of reality gave rise to a specific kind of discourse, a so-called 'reconciliation discourse'. On the one hand, this discourse offered the apartheid victims a lot of opportunities regarding linguistic expression. On the other hand, though, this discourse was also regimented and limited to a certain extent. By means of fragments from the TRC victim testimonies, this article will deal with one aspect of this linguistic manipulation, namely the introduction of the concept of reconciliation. In the first part of the article, I will explain which linguistic methods were used during the TRC hearings in order to emphasize the notion of reconciliation in the narratives of the testifying victims. In doing so, a lot of attention will be paid to the concrete interaction between the testifiers and the TRC commissioners. In a second part, I will try to investigate why the construction of this specific reconciliation discourse was necessary in the South African context. We will see that, amongst others, also political considerations played a role in the control exercised over the discourse of the TRC victims. In this way, we will understand that the reconciliation discourse of the Commission was a reflection of a very ambiguous social attitude: this discourse had to reveal as much as possible about the apartheid past - and this in a manner as spontaneous, as transparent and as open as possible -, but it also had to be adapted to certain socio-political needs. This will tell us that also a quasi-judicial institution such as the TRC involves an inevitable interplay between language on the one hand and ideology and society on the other.Key Words: South Africa, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, victim testimonies, critical discourse analysis, reconciliation, apartheid 

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