Conclusion: Small Stories and the Transformation of Empire

2021 ◽  
pp. 218-234
Keyword(s):  
Small Stories

Convivial linguistic practices: lived togetherness through language in the United Arab Emirates

Multilingua ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
William Robert Amilan Cook
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Everyday Language ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Language Choices ◽  
The Face ◽  
Small Story ◽  
Small Stories ◽  
Linguistic Practices ◽  
The City

Abstract This paper takes up conviviality as an analytical tool to investigate everyday language choices made by foreign residents living in Ras Al Khaimah, a small city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It draws on recent work in human geography and cultural studies to understand conviviality in terms of practices rather than outcomes. Specifically, it investigates some of the linguistic dimensions of conviviality deployed by residents of the city in everyday situations of linguistic contact and negotiation of difference. The paper focuses on participants’ “small story” narratives (Georgakopoulou, Alexandra. 2015. Small stories research: Methods – analysis – outreach. In Anna De Fina & Alexandra Georgakopoulou (eds.), The handbook of narrative analysis, 255–272. Malden: John Wiley & Sons) that exemplify everyday language choices in the face of a highly ethnolinguistically diverse as well as racially and economically stratified society. Considering the multitude of ethnolinguistic and socioeconomic divisions in the city and the country as a whole, the paper unpacks how such cross-border contact is negotiated through everyday language practices. The paper identifies four types of convivial linguistic practices described by my participants: language sharing, benevolent interpretation, language checks and respectful language choices. In the process, I also probe the limits of what studying conviviality can tell us about everyday linguistic togetherness in highly segregated societies marked by stark inequalities.

“Beholding the Man”: Viewing (or is it Marking?) John’s Trial Scene alongside Kitsch Art

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-264
Author(s):  
Andrew P. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Devotional Art ◽  
The People ◽  
Subject And Object ◽  
Ecce Homo ◽  
Small Stories ◽  
John's Gospel ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Point Of Departure

One of the grand scenes of the Passion narratives can be found in John’s Gospel where Pilate, presenting Jesus to the people, proclaims “Behold the man”: “Ecce Homo.” But what exactly does Pilate mean when he asks the reader to “Behold”? This paper takes as its point of departure a roughly drawn picture of Jesus in the “Ecce Homo” tradition and explores the relationship of this picture to its referent in John’s Gospel, via its capacity as kitsch devotional art. Contemporary scholarship on kitsch focuses on what kitsch does, or how it functions, rather than assessing what it is. From this perspective, when “beholding” is understood not for what it reveals but for what it does, John’s scene takes on a very different significance. It becomes a scene that breaks down traditional divisions between big and small stories, subject and object as well as text and context. A kitsch perspective opens up possibilities for locating John’s narrative in unexpected places and experiences. Rather than being a two-dimensional departure from the grandeur of John’s trial scene, kitsch “art” actually provides a lens through which the themes and dynamics of the narrative can be re-viewed with an expansiveness somewhat lacking from more traditional commentary.


scholarly journals Listening to old wives’ tales: small stories and the (re)making and (re)telling of research in HE/FE practitioner education

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 116-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Kendall ◽  
Melanie Gibson ◽  
Clare Himsworth ◽  
Kirsty Palmer ◽  
Helen Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Small Stories ◽  
Practitioner Education

In Reply to “Small Stories: In Defense of the Humble Case Report”

2017 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
pp. 1011
Author(s):  
Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar ◽  
Abdulrahman J. Sabbagh
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Small Stories

That’s how it is there

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 402-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwi Noverini Djenar
Keyword(s):  
Complex Structure ◽  
Abstract Concept ◽  
Shared Experience ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Spatial Environment ◽  
Small Stories ◽  
Philosophy Of Place

Recent sociolinguistic research on narrative has underlined the understanding of place as being both spatially defined and socially constituted through shared experience as well as contestation. Drawing on studies on the philosophy of place and the ‘small stories’ perspective, this study approaches place as an abstract concept in which spatial environment, people, objects, and activity come together as a unified, complex structure. Two Indonesian narratives are examined to illustrate the connectedness between the different elements that make up that structure. Ambiguous uses of temporal phrases and person references suggest that these elements (e.g., people and objects) are often undifferentiated. It is argued that the narratives are not simply stories about place but are stories enabled by place, that is, by presence in a spatial environment, encounter with people and objects, and engagement in shared activities through time, and which highlight self-identity as being deeply embedded in the identities of others.

scholarly journals La evaluación en fragmentos narrativos incrustados en conversaciones coloquiales

Texturas ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 161-181
Author(s):  
Maria Leticia Móccero
Keyword(s):  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Personal A ◽  
Small Stories ◽  
Estudiantes Universitarios

En este trabajo analizamos fragmentos narrativos incrustados en conversaciones coloquiales en los que los participantes comparten información personal a la cual el interlocutor no tendría acceso de otra manera, y que implica algún tipo de riesgo o vulnerabilidad para la persona que comparte la información (self–disclosure). El corpus de esta investigación está formado por 30 fragmentos narrativos incrustados en las conversaciones que conforman el corpus E.C.Ar. (Español Coloquial de Argentina), compuesto por 60 grabaciones de encuentros entre estudiantes universitarios argentinos de entre 18 y 28 años de edad. Entendemos por fragmentos narrativos tanto aquéllos que tienen una estructura genérica (Martin, 1992) como las historias de todos los días que encontramos frecuentemente en la conversación, denominadas «historias breves» (small stories) (Bamberg, 2006, Georgakopoulou, 2007). Abordamos los textos desde una perspectiva dialógico–performativa (Riessman, 2008, Bamberg, 2012). Estos autores sostienen que los participantes en una conversación no solo intercambian información, sino que «ponen en escena» una representación de la situación que quieren narrar empleando tanto medios lingüísticos como paralingüísticos. Los resultados preliminares indican que los hablantes intentan resaltar su vulnerabilidad: se presentan como «víctimas de alguna situación y/o revelan sentimientos (nostalgia, tristeza vergüenza, enojo, entre otros). A tal fin, utilizan diferentes recursos, entre los que se cuentan distintos tipos de elementos evaluativos (léxico–gramaticales y prosódicos).

Negotiating Identity and Power during a Crisis: An Analysis of ‘Small Stories’ Told by Australian Christian Priests during the COVID-19 Health Crisis

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 25-43
Author(s):  
Margo Louise Turnbull
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Social Constructionist ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Crisis Period ◽  
Everyday Activities ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Small Stories

Abstract The COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 and localised government responses have led to fundamental changes in the conditions in which organisations operate. This article draws on a social constructionist understanding of identity as multiple and performed (Angouri 2016; Butler 1990) to explore the experiences of a group of six Australian Christian priests during this crisis period. Drawing on in-depth interview data, the article presents a narrative analysis of the storying of identities and power relations within church communities whose everyday activities were suddenly curtailed. In contrast to linguistic studies of narrative which often focus on structural features of canonical discourse ‘events’, this article takes up Bamberg and Georgakopoulou’s (2008) extension of narrative analysis to focus on ‘small stories’ which reflect the everyday, situated practices in which identities and power relations are negotiated and performed. This article contributes unique insights into the operation and practices of religious organisations in a crisis context.

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