scholarly journals Developing new Deaf screenwriting talent

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abigail Davies
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Work Group ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Cultural Complexity ◽  
Production Team ◽  
Training Opportunities ◽  
And Training

This paper examines how orthodox approaches to developing screenplays must be expanded when working with emerging screenwriting talent. It explores the particular issues and problems facing those working in Deaf film and TV, where production budgets are modest and training opportunities few. The analysis focusses on an individual case study: the year-long development of a half-hour TV drama between a professional hearing script editor and a novice Deaf screenwriter.The well-established formulation of the script editor is as a story expert supporting the screenwriter to hone her/his screenplay. Borrowing Gabriel’s idea of a ‘boundary rider’, the paper examines how the script editor works energetically to preserve the agency of the new screenwriter; to privilege experiential learning whilst responding to the demands of an industrial commissioning process and production specification. Drawing on Gramsci’s elaboration of the subaltern and the theories of Foucault and Bourdieu, it discusses the creative and cultural complexity of the editor - writer relationship.Macdonald’s proposed framework of the Screen Idea Work Group is employed to explore the lived experience of a dialogical process of shared creation, which expands out to include production team, actors and interpreters via a uniquely adapted Table Read situated at the heart of the script development process. The value of this powerful encounter for the screenwriter is reflected on as well as its cost. Overall it is contended that much greater investment is required to develop assured screenwriting voices that can craft compelling stories to connect with audiences for Deaf film and TV.

Expanding practice: Script development with new Deaf screenwriting talent

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-174
Author(s):  
Abigail Davies
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Work Group ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Reflective Practitioner ◽  
Television Drama ◽  
Cultural Complexity ◽  
Production Team ◽  
Film And Television ◽  
Training Opportunities

In Deaf1 film and television, modest production budgets and limited training opportunities present considerable challenges for emerging screenwriting talent. This article argues that orthodox approaches to developing screenplays must be expanded when working in this context. The analysis focuses on an individual case study: the development of a half-hour television drama between a professional hearing script editor and a novice Deaf screenwriter. The article discusses the creative and cultural complexity of the editor‐writer relationship, drawing on Schon’s ‘reflective practitioner’ concept, Ladd’s analysis of Deaf culture, Gramsci’s elaboration of the subaltern and the theories of Bourdieu, Foucault and Freire. More specifically, Macdonald’s Screen Idea Work Group is employed to explore the dialogical process of shared creation, which expands out to include production team, actors and interpreters via a uniquely adapted ‘table read’ situated at the heart of the development process. Reflecting on the value of this powerful encounter, the aim of the study is to address a gap in knowledge about this practice phenomenon and to contribute to Deaf filmmaking practice by proposing an original methodology. Overall, it is contended that greater investment is required to develop assured screenwriting voices to serve Deaf film and television audiences.

scholarly journals Resource Exchange: A Case Study

1982 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Nelson ◽  
Edward M. Bennett ◽  
James Dudeck ◽  
Richard V. Mason
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
School Board ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Resource Exchange ◽  
The Public ◽  
Exchange Program ◽  
The University ◽  
Training Opportunities ◽  
And Training

This paper describes a resource exchange program between two human service organizations: a public school board and a university. This case study illustrates the utility of the concept of resource exchange as a response to pressures for the effective management of limited human resources. With an emphasis on mutual goals, needs, and strengths, the resource exchange program expanded resources available to both organizations. For the public school board, new services in the form of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention programs were developed. For the university, research and training opportunities were created. Finally, the fragmentation between and within the organizations was reduced in correspondence with their increased mutual interdependence.

scholarly journals Notes from the hospital bedside: reflections on researcher roles and responsibilities at the end of life in dementia

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-211
Author(s):  
Caroline Margaret Swarbrick ◽  
Elizabeth Sampson ◽  
John Keady
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Ethics Committees ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Informal Carers ◽  
Person With Dementia

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the ethical and practical dilemmas faced by an experienced researcher in undertaking research with a person with dementia (whom we have called Amy). Amy died shortly after a period of observation had ended and the family subsequently consented to the data being shared. Design/methodology/approach This individual case study presentation was nested within a larger study conducted in England and Scotland between 2013 and 2014. The overall aim of the main study was to investigate how healthcare professionals and informal carers recognised, assessed and managed pain in patients living with dementia in a range of acute settings. Findings The presented case study of Amy raises three critical reflection points: (i) Researcher providing care, i.e. the place and positioning of compassion in research observation; (ii) What do the stories mean? i.e. the reframing of Amy's words, gestures and behaviours as (end of) life review, potentially highlights unresolved personal conflicts and reflections on loss; and (iii) Communication is embodied, i.e. the need to move beyond the recording of words to represent lived experience and into more multi-sensory methods of data capture. Originality/value Researcher guidance and training about end of life observations in dementia is presently absent in the literature and this case study stimulates debate in a much overlooked area, including the role of ethics committees.

scholarly journals Teaching inequality in Brazil: A study abroad exploration of race, class, gender, sexuality, and geography

2022 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-29
Author(s):  
Edvan P. Brito ◽  
Anthony Barnum
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Study Abroad ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Theory To Practice

This paper presents and analyzes a case study of a five-week study abroad course called Inequality in Brazil: An exploration of race, class, gender, sexuality, and geography. The course was constructed to teach social inequality in the context of Brazil by using place-based and experiential learning within the framework of critical pedagogy (Freire, 1989). By examining inequality through the lens of culture and geography, students were empowered to become student-teachers in their explorations of race, class, gender, and sexuality as they linked theory to practice and lived experience. This paper provides an example of how study abroad can be used to teach about issues of inequality by partnering with community members to build learning environments where students and community members can all benefit.

Family Involvement and Practices of Special Education Classes: A Case Study on SPED Program of West City Central School, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Ruby Regalado Lago
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Family Involvement ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Family Education ◽  
The Family ◽  
Regular Family ◽  
Training Opportunities ◽  
And Training ◽  
Survey Questionnaires

There were primary concerns partnered with challenges and issues in ensuring the delivery of quality Special Education (SPED) Program. The study aimed to assess the family involvement and practices in educating the school learners with special needs.  It focused on determining the extent of the families’ involvement and practices at West City Central School, Cagayan de Oro City Philippines. A survey research design was used to achieve the objectives of the study. Moreover, a total of 47 respondents were selected to complete the survey questionnaires concerning the involvement of families in school’s activities and programs. The questionnaires were collected personally, and descriptive statistics was utilized to obtain accurate results from the data gathered. As a result, there were seen opportunities for the families to portray further their roles as primary partners of the school; there were methods employed to promote accepting atmosphere for them; and contrariwise, there were few family education and training opportunities provided; few schools policies related to SPED were created and explained to them; and not all their needs and state’s standards were met. Henceforth, the families should receive regular family-teacher conferences and increase family involvement opportunities.

Application of Hyperbaric Therapy Following Traumatic Amputation. Case Report

2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-119
Author(s):  
Edyta Zagozda ◽  
Krystyna Frydrysiak ◽  
Łukasz Kikowski
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Bacteria ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Medical Society ◽  
Traumatic Amputation ◽  
Hyperbaric Chamber ◽  
Hyperbaric Medicine ◽  
Hyperbaric Therapy ◽  
And Training ◽  
Interview Questionnaire

Introduction: The origin of hyperbaric therapy can be traced back to 1662, when the world’s 1stchamber was built and used for this type of treatment. The original precise indications for its use were presented in 1977 by the Executive Committee of the Undersea Medical Society. In 1994, the 1st European Congress on Hyperbaric Medicine was held, clarifying the indications for hyperbaric therapy, the educational requirements and training of staff and equipment for hyperbaric centres. Over the years, the list of indications for hyperbaric chamber treatments has become longer. Aim: The aim of the study was to present the validity of using hyperbaric therapy in a patient after traumatic amputation of the left lower leg. Material and Method: The study was conducted in Hyperbaric Therapy Centre CREATOR in Lodz. An individual case study of a patient with traumatic amputation was used as the method. The report analyses the individual’s interview questionnaire and available medical records. Conclusion: Hyperbaric therapy can be an effective method for treating infections with anaerobic bacteria.

Omunanamwengu (The Mad One): A Multiple Case Study of Individual and Familial Experiences of Madness Among the Northern Namibian Aawambo

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 597-615
Author(s):  
Theodore T. Bartholomew
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Family Involvement ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Suggested Approach ◽  
Multiple Case

To understand mental illness in cultural contexts, research should focus on locally informed concepts of illness and the lived experiences of such conditions. Understanding mental illness, its prevalence, and its influence on people’s lives in Namibia represents one such context where attention to the lived experience of mental illness remains understudied. The purpose of the current study was to build upon ethnographic findings about mental illness as madness ( eemwengu) among the Namibian Aawambo. To that end, a multiple case study design was used to explore the lived experience of being omunanamwengu (the mad one). Data were collected from four cases that were bound by the experience of mental illness. Within each case, the individual experiencing illness ( omunanamwengu), family members, and both omunanamwengu and family members were interviewed formally (via a semi-structured interview protocol) or informally due to participants’ preferences for not being recorded. Using Stake’s suggested approach to multiple-case study cross-case analysis, each individual case is described and cross-case themes (Development and Symptoms of Mental Illness; Marginalization and Omunanamwengu; Family Roles in the Lives of the Distressed and Eemwengu; Belief in Treatment) were identified. Findings are discussed in light of the role of beliefs in treatment as well as family involvement, the potential influence of discrimination on mental illness, and implications for practice and cross-cultural psychology.

Drowning in negativism, self-hate, doubt, madness: Linguistic insights into Sylvia Plath’s experience of depression

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zsófia Demjén
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Medical Humanities ◽  
Sylvia Plath ◽  
Individual Experience ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Linguistic Methods ◽  
Linguistic Approach

This paper demonstrates how a range of linguistic methods can be harnessed in pursuit of a deeper understanding of the ‘lived experience’ of psychological disorders. It argues that such methods should be applied more in medical contexts, especially in medical humanities. Key extracts from The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath are examined, as a case study of the experience of depression. Combinations of qualitative and quantitative linguistic methods, and inter- and intra-textual comparisons are used to consider distinctive patterns in the use of metaphor, personal pronouns and (the semantics of) verbs, as well as other relevant aspects of language. Qualitative techniques provide in-depth insights, while quantitative corpus methods make the analyses more robust and ensure the breadth necessary to gain insights into the individual experience. Depression emerges as a highly complex and sometimes potentially contradictory experience for Plath, involving both a sense of apathy and inner turmoil. It involves a sense of a split self, trapped in a state that one cannot overcome, and intense self-focus, a turning in on oneself and a view of the world that is both more negative and more polarized than the norm. It is argued that a linguistic approach is useful beyond this specific case.

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