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Skrzypek, Emilia E. "Stories of the invisible mine : ethnographic account of stakeholder relations at the Frieda River Project, Papua New Guinea." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/11971.
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Located amid tropical rainforest, in an upper tributary of the Sepik River, the Frieda River area is home to one of the biggest undeveloped gold and copper deposits in the Pacific. Exploration of Frieda's rich deposits has been ongoing since it began in 1969, bringing together unlikely partners in a process of preparing for a large-scale resource extraction project. This thesis offers an ethnographic account of stakeholder relations as they were unfolding at Frieda over forty years after the first company arrived on the banks of the River. It presents the key stakeholders of the Frieda River Project as outcomes of relations which produced them, emergent from an interplay between prescribed roles and expectations of responsibilities, and on the ground activities of forming and negotiating social relations. Through an ethnographic study of the Payamo it describes a process through which the Frieda River Project's local stakeholders mobilized a range of complex and contested relations to turn Frieda's rich deposits into development, and to make the mine at Frieda happen. This study provides an ethnographic insight into complex and contested processes of planning for a resource extraction project as they were actually taking place. It proposes an analytical framework of looking at a mine as a social relation and argues that although it might not yet have the appearance which would make it visible to the company and the government, from the perspective of its indigenous stakeholders the Frieda River Mine is already happening, but it has not yet revealed itself.
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Martins, Joana Andreia Pedro. "Projetos de vida/carreira em pessoas com surdocegueira." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/16008.
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A Surdocegueira é ainda uma deficiência pouco estudada em Portugal, no entanto, tem sido cada vez mais objeto de estudo e de investigação científica nas áreas biológicas, da saúde, das tecnologias, bem como da educação. Dessa crescente importância e visibilidade, decorreu a relevância do presente estudo sobre a construção de projetos de vida e de carreira em pessoas portadoras dessa deficiência. Foi utilizada a metodologia de histórias de vida para analisar, num estudo de caso, a narrativa do participante sobre a construção do projeto de vida. A narrativa foi explorada a partir de um guião de entrevista proposto por McAdams (1993) e Savickas (2011), cujos resultados obtidos revelaram o processo de organização identitário dessa pessoa; ABSTRACT: The Deafblindeness is still a deficiency rarely studied in Portugal, however, it has been increasingly suject matter peals scientific investigations in biological, health and technological areas as well as in the educational area. This study ran from the relevance of life and career construction project in people with this disability. It was used the methodology of life stories to examine, in a study case, the participant´s narrative on the construction of the life project. The narrative was explored from a semistructured interview guide, built from the interview guidelines proposed by McAdams (1993) and Savickas (2011), whose results showed the process of organizing identity of that person.
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Santos, Renan Marcel Barros dos. "Narrativas: sentidos e contribuições da escola para os projetos pessoais de licenciandos em matemática." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/48/48134/tde-18082015-135155/.
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A dissertação aqui apresentada é fruto do estudo que teve duas questões nucleares: O que a escola faz com o sujeito? e O que o sujeito faz com aquilo que a escola lhe fez? Com isso, os principais objetivos da pesquisa foram identificar, compreender e analisar sentidos atribuídos à escola e às contribuições que essa traz para a constituição dos projetos pessoais dos que passam por esse processo. O estudo teve como corpus documental narrativas biográficas de sete estudantes do curso de Licenciatura em Matemática do Instituto de Matemática e Estatística da Universidade de São Paulo. Foram realizadas entrevistas narrativas biográficas, em que os colaboradores contaram suas histórias de vida seguindo os três eixos que estruturaram a pesquisa: antes, durante e depois da escola. No primeiro eixo, procurou-se entender como a escola era vista antes da entrada nessa, bem como a valorização da Educação, sobretudo escolar, para a família. Entretanto, os colaboradores apresentaram poucas lembranças acerca dessa fase de vida. A fase durante a escola foi assinalada, de um lado, por episódios de alegria por momentos que envolviam professores marcantes, situações de destaque e, por outro lado, acontecimentos que envolveram o sentimento de desprazer e frustração, por causa das dificuldades enfrentadas e da obrigatoriedade vivida dentro do sistema escolar. O terceiro eixo aborda como a escola teve papel fundamental para a escolha do curso de Licenciatura em Matemática, bem como a relação com a matemática; o ingresso e permanência na graduação; a inserção no mercado de trabalho e a iniciação à docência; e os projetos pessoais dos estudantes. Constatou-se que, entre os casos abordados, os principais sentidos atribuídos à escola foram as relações pessoais, a aprendizagem e a diversão. Ao considerar os projetos pessoais, os colaboradores pretendem dar continuidade aos estudos, sobretudo por meio de cursos em nível de pós-graduação. Para os sete colaboradores, a escola se fez como palco para constituição de diversos tipos de relações pessoais, entre elas relações de amizade e de amor. Nos casos estudados, os professores marcantes também trouxeram contribuições para os colaboradores. Se considerar a situação dos pais, em alguns casos, a escola também se fez como propulsora das mudanças atuais. A constituição de família também aparece muito forte para os colaboradores, com o pensamento de investir na Educação dos filhos, sobretudo escolar, na esperança de que a escola tenha importância significativa como teve em suas vidas. A escola e o ensino da Matemática se tornam uma opção bastante válida dentro do mercado de trabalho. No entanto, ser professor não é a única opção, uma vez que a formação em questão possibilita a atuação em outras áreas.The thesis presented here is the result of a study with two core questions: What does the school do with the subject? And What does the subject do with the things the school has done with him? Thus, the main objectives of this research were to identify, understand and analyze the meanings attributed to the school and its contributions to the formation of personal projects of those who had passed through this process. The study had as corpus biographical narrative interviews of seven undergraduate students from Teaching Degree in Mathematics at The Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, of University of São Paulo. In these interviews, collaborators were asked to tell their life stories following three bases that structure the research: before, during and after school. In the first basis, we tried to understand how school was perceived before starting school, as well as the familys values on Education, especially school education. However, the collaborators presented few memories around this stage of life. The phase during school was assigned, on one hand, by episodes of joy due to moments involving outstanding teachers and situations, and on the other hand, events surrounded by the feeling of displeasure and frustration because of the difficulties and the obligation experienced under the school system. The third basis addresses how school had its key role in the students choice of Teaching Degree in Mathematics as well as their relationship with mathematics; their admission and permanence in the course; their insertion in labor market and initiation to teaching; and their personal projects. It was found that, among the cases discussed, the main meanings given to school were personal relationships, learning and fun. When considering personal projects, the collaborators intend to continue studying, especially in graduate courses. For the seven collaborators, the school was the stage for constituting several types of personal relationships, including friendship and love. In the cases studied, the outstanding teachers also made their contribution. Considering the situation of their parents, in some cases, the school also has fueled current changes. Family constitution is also a very strong point for the collaborators when thinking of investing in the education of children, especially school, hoping that the school has the same significant importance as they had. The school and the teaching of mathematics become a very valid option inside the labor market. However, being a teacher is not the only option, as the course under consideration enables activities in other areas.
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Linderoth, Sara. "The Stories of My Life." Thesis, Konstfack, Institutionen för Konst (K), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-5163.
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Akerbergs, Ilze. "Stories about stories life story collecting as commemoration and social activism /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3274240.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, 2007.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-07, Section: A, page: 3081. Title from dissertation home page (viewed Mar. 28, 2008). Advisers: John McDowell; Inta Carpenter.
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Estrada, de Isolbi Ana Paula. "Documenting Life Stories through Artist Books." Thesis, Griffith University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/386567.
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I was there (vol. I and II) is a set of two limited-edition artist books that portrays and tells the life stories of Kevin and Esta, two unrelated older individuals who live close to my home. I was there translates my conversations with them into a material form through an unconventional combination of text, image, the blank space of the page, and the book structure itself. The tasks involved in the production of the artist books expanded to include photography, audio and video recordings, transcription, designing, printing and publishing.
Accompanying the artworks, this exegesis reflects a critical exploration of issues surrounding the notions of language, storytelling, portraiture and representation, and unpacks ideas that concern and respond to a wider ongoing conversation found in the literature. In particular, the research responds to and draws upon Mexican artist Ulises Carrión‘s definition of the artist book; Italian microhistorian Carlo Ginzburg‘s theory of signs; American literature professor Walter Ong‘s ideas on the impact of the invention of writing; and the work of German philosopher Benjamin Walter and French literary theorist Roland Barthes. Within this framework, the research outcome demonstrates an original way of communicating life stories and proposes the artist book as an alternative space for documentary work.Thesis (Masters)
Master of Visual Arts (MVA)
Queensland College of Art
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Welch, Edward Keith. "Distinctly Oscar Howe: Life, Art, Stories." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/202516.
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This dissertation presents the creative life of the Yanktonai Dakota modernist painter and educator Oscar Howe (1915-1983). The biography on Oscar Howe documents a comprehensive timeline of life events and traces the improbable educational odyssey from a shy and isolated boarding school student to emeritus professor with several honorary doctorates."Distinctly Oscar Howe: Life, Art, Stories" revisits and reinforces existing stories, and presents and interprets new stories in the biographical narrative of Howe's life as an influential figure in South Dakota's history as well as the history of American Indian art in the twentieth century. A talented artist uniquely isolated in South Dakota for much of his career, Oscar Howe was a principal figure and innovative artist who had a tremendous impact on the American Indian art world and beyond. Through words and actions, Howe symbolized a revolutionary individual at a time of great change for American Indian artists.Primary documents are the heart of this research. Letters, photographs, and artworks are reproduced to record the artist's relationship to the people, places, and ideas of central distinction to his life story in the twentieth century.This study reveals that Oscar Howe captured the nation's attention at a time in history when elements of his popularity stemmed from the nation's interest in its Indigenous people and pride in the nation's original American artists. Howe's chief importance in the field of American Indian art rests in three significant areas: (1) his role as an outspoken advocate of American Indian modernity, (2) his validation of the role of individualism and self-expression in American Indian art, and (3) the role of the arts within the greater community of people to teach about other cultures.
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Mccool, Jane A. "Life experiences of Cambodian-American refugee women : segmented life stories /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2003. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/dlnow/3115634.
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Vinson, Thomas M. "Congratulations, you've failed : evaluating collaborative projects through logical frameworks and stories." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2007. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2043/.
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To follow are 31 different retrospective logframes representing coded data from the NC-Exchange Community NETworker Demonstration. In my approach, I have taken interview data from project participants in three categories - NC-Exchange staff, NETworkers, and host organization directors - in addition to the original NETworker project proposal, and coded the information using the structure of the logical framework. In all, I have coded 26 separate items from different project sources. More specifically, I have placed each statement (or portion of a statement) made by the participants (or sentences, in the case of the proposal) into the box in the logframe matrix that I feel best represents the statement's meaning relative to its position within the overall system of the NETworker project. In this way, each statement becomes a disaggregated Wider Objective, Immediate Objective, Output, Activity, Indicator of Achievement, Means of Verification, or Assumption of the project. Because the individual retrospective logframes based on statements from the full interview transcripts are quite long (in some cases, more than 40 pages), I have also produced synthesized versions of several retrospective logframes in which I capture the main points in bullet-point format. In the long versions of the retrospective logframes, statements have been left intact; in the short versions, individual statements have been shortened or summarized into their key themes. In summarizing them, I have sought to leave the phrases in the same language used by the respondents in order to preserve the intended meanings. Statements that have not fit within the logframe categories have not been captured, though they remain accessible via the transcripts. For a more detailed description of the method, please refer to Appendix 6 of the thesis.
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O'Neill, Mary Katherine. "Old Stories and New Visualizations: Digital Timelines as Public History Projects." Master's thesis, Temple University Libraries, 2015. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/322948.
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This thesis explores the use and potential of digital timelines in public history projects. Digital timelines have become a popular and accessible ways for institutions and individuals to write history. The history of timelines indicates that people understand timelines as authoritative information visualizations because they represent concrete events in absolute time. The goals of public history often conflict with the linear, progressive nature of most timelines. This thesis reviews various digital timeline tools and uses The Print Center's Centennial Timeline as an in-depth case study that takes into account the multifaceted factors involved in creating a digital timeline. Digital history advocates support digital scholarship as an alternative to traditional narrative writing. This thesis illustrates that digital timelines can enable people to visualize history in unexpected ways, fostering new arguments and creative storytelling. Despite their potential, digital timelines often replicate the conventions of their paper counterparts because of the authoritative nature of the timeline form.
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Alkhudair, Maha. "Unveiling Artists: Saudi Female Artists Life Stories." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/37502.
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This study tells the life stories of four Saudi female artists. Using life story narrative approach, I focused on the following research questions: How are Saudi female artists fulfilling their aspirations as artists in the conservative Saudi society? What are the common and divergent themes in the life stories of the Saudi women artists, namely Safeya Binzagr, Maha Almalluh, Tagreed Albagshi, and Fida Alhussan? The artists were interviewed using open-ended questions and asked to discuss their artwork. The postmodern feminism and social construction theories were used to understand their life experiences and how they came to be “successful artists” in the conservative Saudi society. The findings showed that family and formal education played an important role in these women’s life journeys as artists. The Saudi society was also a major influence, sometimes supporting them, at other times obstructing them. These artists share many personality features such as being persistent, believing in themselves, taking risks, facing challenges, being independent, being responsible as artists and as part of society, and being honest in their artwork. This study contributes to the art education curriculum in Saudi schools and universities. Globally, it contributes to women’s studies and to social and cultural studies in shedding light on the Saudi society, especially as it is experienced by women.
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Blinkhorn, Jessica Elaine. "Stories from a Chair: A Life Exquisite." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2010. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/art_design_theses/58.
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Exquisite is defined as carefully selected or sought out. I believe myself to be a selected soul placed in a body of circumstance. My work is self-explorative and telling of those circumstances in hopes of evoking empathy. Our bodies function and exist on many different levels. What I understand as normal for most differs vastly from what is normal for me. I aim to offer my perspective on the world, establish understanding, and blur the lines of normalcy.
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Ellis, Lynette R. "Stories of Life and Other Such Happenings." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1554749869971974.
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Welch, Alisa Eve. "Short Stories." PDXScholar, 2012. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/811.
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In these six intertwining fictional short stories, one fateful decision ripples through the lives of multiple generations. Annie is an unmarried young mother during World War II when she leaves her young daughter in the care of a childless couple. When Annie fails to return for the child after days and then years, a new and fragile family is formed only to be tested by Annie's eventual return. The other stories in this collection follow the daughters and granddaughters who have to navigate their own lives in the shadow of this abandonment. Spanning multiple decades, Annie's decision remains a pivotal psychological scar imprinted in her descendants and those left to care for the child that she could not.
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Cox, Alexander Todd. "Life In Imperfect Forms." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1302452721.
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Devilbiss, Urith Ann. "Life stories and life strategies of parents and their children with dyslexia." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/228.
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Thesis (Ed. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2004.Thesis research directed by: Curriculum and Instruction. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Greenough, Christopher. "Undoing theology : life stories from non-normative Christians." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2016. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/7050/.
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The primary aim of this thesis is to explore the biographies and theologies of non-normative Christians. Prioritising the importance of sharing life stories as a source for theology, this thesis mobilises self-produced narratives from three individuals. By exploring the lives of the protagonists, we see how biographies and beliefs are revisited and revised throughout individual life courses. Mobilising resistance and rupture as characteristics of queer theory, I engage in a process which breaks free from traditional research paradigms. Thus, the secondary aim of this work became the development of an 'undoing' methodology, which liberates the researcher and allows me to approach and analyse the life stories using intuitive, reflective and creative methods. My critical insights on these participant stories reveal that all theologies are fluid, thereby exposing the temporal nature, but not significance, of all theology. Theologising from the basis of experience is always subject to revision. The process of 'undoing' theology points to a belief system based on experience which can never be rigidly fixed. The thesis reveals how 'undoing' theology is characterised by contingency, temporality, fluidity, becoming and unbecoming as its key indicators.
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Smith, Kenneth. "Iraq: My Stories of Life, Liberty and Leadership." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2014. http://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/319.
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...this war is lost, and the surge is not accomplishing anything...
- Harry Reid, April 19, 2007
Human nature prevails. Our desire is to live. Our unalienable right is to be free; to enjoy the fruits of our labor. How we spend our limited time on this earth pursuing happiness is up to each of us: uniquely, individually, with our own distinctive personality, intellect and motivation. In the following personal exploration and scholarly analysis, I discuss how our inherent gift of life and the desire for liberty form an integrated platform from which leadership personifies itself in the lives of many. I examine how my life and the lives of others from both Iraq and America connected on the plains of Al Anbar Province to form a common bond of humanity - not of clashing cultures - that ultimately led a nation of thirty million people to freedom; and identify how leadership decisions led to an Islamist invasion from Syria that threatens that very freedom that 4,400 Americans died to provide I integrate conversations with Iraqis to inform my conclusions about the utility of our occupation, the role leadership played and the implications for theory and practice. This dissertation explores the political, economic and religious distinctions and underlying similarities between perceptions and reality as they relate to life, liberty and leadership in disparate cultures framed by war and peace, and concludes with suggestions how multi-cultural organizations in general, and educational leadership communities in particular, can practically apply what I learned in their daily work processes and relationships.
If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent ruin.
- Samuel Adams, 1780
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Marsh, Russell. "It will be the good life then stories /." Birmingham, Ala. : University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2009. https://www.mhsl.uab.edu/dt/2009m/marsh.pdf.
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Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2009.Additional advisors: Daniel Anderson, Alison Chapman, Christopher Metress. Description based on contents viewed June 5, 2009; title from PDF t.p.
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Feledy, Nicole P. "Listening to the Career Life Stories of Teachers." Thesis, Griffith University, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/410456.
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The issue of teacher retention attracts worldwide attention as governments, administrators and researchers look for strategies to keep their quality teachers. However, much of the research to date adopts a deficit approach by considering the systemic, procedural and policy changes needed to improve teaching conditions. Less often considered are individual factors within teachers’ control that contribute to personal satisfaction and success. Therefore, this qualitative study used narrative inquiry to address a gap and listened to the stories of late career teachers to discover how they sustain their careers over time. Using a phenomenological approach to examine the life and career of three Australian secondary school teachers who have been teaching for more than eighteen years, the study recognised individual teachers’ continuity of experience and relationships, across time and within the various geographic, professional and social places that teaching occurs. Late career teachers were the focus of this study because they have the ability to reflect on past teaching experiences in the context of current positions with a view to future teaching expectations. They have also navigated their teaching career in conjunction with living a life outside of school. Life story interviews were used to access stories about teaching in the context of life as it was lived and attention given to what was working for individual teachers. As teachers re-storied their experiences, they created a teaching narrative. Exploring this narrative, in the context of broader life experiences, provided an opportunity to examine different perceptions of teaching and notice when perceptions changed for the individual at different times throughout a career. The aim was to discover factors contributing to individual teachers’ enjoyment of and commitment to, their profession. The findings confirmed previous research that highlighted the importance of intrinsic and altruistic motivations and added a nuanced understanding to the relationship between the choices an individual teacher makes throughout their career and their individual motivations, values, beliefs, and perceptions of identity. In particular, passion for particular aspects of teaching, the opportunity to fulfil a personal purpose and, stimulating relationships with students and colleagues, were identified as energising, motivational and key to sustaining a rewarding teaching career. However, each participant had different needs in terms of fulfilling their passion, achieving their purpose and measuring what constituted a stimulating relationship. As teachers re-storied their career they noticed where, when and how their specific passion, individual sense of purpose and valued relationships helped sustain their career. Deliberate attention to their own stories helped the teachers in this study focus on how they could consciously craft a successful, self sustaining career. Therefore, results of this research may contribute to a greater understanding of how individual teachers can manage their teaching experience across their career and offer valuable insights into teacher retention.Thesis (Masters)
Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
School Educ & Professional St
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Rajagopalan, Neethi. "Environmental life-cycle assessment of highway construction projects." Thesis, [College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1465.
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Thompson, Jessica Jane. "Multiple narratives : how underserved urban girls engage in co-authoring life stories and scientific stories /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7596.
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Waters, Beecher A. "A collection of short stories : finding the center." Virtual Press, 2003. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1260491.
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Finding the Center is a collection of short stories with characters that search within themselves for answers to who they are and what is their place in the world. Through descriptive language, well-rounded characterization, and sometimes by use of experimental writing forms, the author examines themes such as mankind's place in nature, materialism, globalization, and the corporatization of America. Through a psychoanalytical approach toward writing, the characters grapple with their relationship; whether it is an understanding of one another or a clearer understanding of the role the environment plays in each of their lives. Uses of ancient myth as well as the creation of new myth hold up Midwestern rural values for inspection. The collection explores and develops images that are icons for the Midwest in the same way cowboys and rodeos are the iconographic images of the west, or like southern hospitality and genteel manners are icons of the south.Department of English
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Clarke, Patricia, and n/a. "Life Lines to Life Stories: Some Publications About Women in Nineteenth-Century Australia." Griffith University. School of Arts, Media and Culture, 2004. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20040719.150756.
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This thesis consists of an introduction and six of my books, published between 1985 and 1999, on aspects of the history of women in nineteenth-century Australia. The books are The Governesses: Letters from the Colonies 1862-1882 (1985); A Colonial Woman: The Life and Times of Mary Braidwood Mowle 1827-1857 (1986); Pen Portraits: Women Writers and Journalists in Nineteenth Century Australia (1988); Pioneer Writer: The Life of Louisa Atkinson, Novelist, Journalist, Naturalist (1990); Tasma: The Life of Jessie Couvreur (1994); and Rosa! Rosa! A Life of Rosa Praed, Novelist and Spiritualist (1999). At the time they were published each of these books either dealt with a new subject or presented a new approach to a subject. Collectively they represent a body of work that has expanded knowledge of women's lives and writing in nineteenth-century Australia. Although not consciously planned as a sequence at the outset, these books developed as a result of the influence on my thinking of the themes that emerged in Australian social and cultural historical writing during this period. The books also represent a development in my own work from the earlier more documentary-based books on letters and diaries to the interpretive challenge of biographical writing and the weaving of private lives with public achievements. These books make up a cohesive, cumulative body of work. Individually and as a whole, they make an original contribution to knowledge of the lives and achievements of women in nineteenth-century Australia. They received critical praise at the time of publication and have led to renewed interest and further research on the subjects they cover. My own knowledge and expertise has developed as a result of researching and writing them. The Governesses was not only the first full-length study of a particular group of letters but it also documented aspects of the lives of governesses in Australia, a little researched subject to that time. A Colonial Woman, based on a previously unpublished and virtually unknown diary, pointed to the importance of 'ordinary' lives in presenting an enriched view of the past. Pen Portraits documented the early history of women journalists in Australia, a previously neglected subject. Three of the women I included in Pen Portraits, Louisa Atkinson, Tasma and Rosa Praed, the first two of whom were pioneer women journalists as well as novelists, became the subjects of my full-length biographies. In my biographies of women writers, Pioneer Writer, Tasma, and Rosa! Rosa!, I recorded and interpreted the lives of these important writers placing them in the context of Australian cultural history as women who negotiated gender barriers and recorded this world in their fiction. My books on Louisa Atkinson and Tasma were the first full-length biographies of these significant but largely forgotten nineteenth-century women writers, while my biography of Rosa Praed was the first for more than fifty years. Each introduced original research that changed perceptions of the women's lives and consequently of attitudes to their creative work. Each provided information essential for further research on their historical significance and literary achievements. Each involved extensive research that led to informed interpretation allowing insightful surmises essential to quality biography.
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Clarke, Patricia. "Life Lines to Life Stories: Some Publications About Women in Nineteenth-Century Australia." Thesis, Griffith University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365578.
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This thesis consists of an introduction and six of my books, published between 1985 and 1999, on aspects of the history of women in nineteenth-century Australia. The books are The Governesses: Letters from the Colonies 1862-1882 (1985); A Colonial Woman: The Life and Times of Mary Braidwood Mowle 1827-1857 (1986); Pen Portraits: Women Writers and Journalists in Nineteenth Century Australia (1988); Pioneer Writer: The Life of Louisa Atkinson, Novelist, Journalist, Naturalist (1990); Tasma: The Life of Jessie Couvreur (1994); and Rosa! Rosa! A Life of Rosa Praed, Novelist and Spiritualist (1999).
At the time they were published each of these books either dealt with a new subject or presented a new approach to a subject. Collectively they represent a body of work that has expanded knowledge of women's lives and writing in nineteenth-century Australia. Although not consciously planned as a sequence at the outset, these books developed as a result of the influence on my thinking of the themes that emerged in Australian social and cultural historical writing during this period. The books also represent a development in my own work from the earlier more documentary-based books on letters and diaries to the interpretive challenge of biographical writing and the weaving of private lives with public achievements. These books make up a cohesive, cumulative body of work. Individually and as a whole, they make an original contribution to knowledge of the lives and achievements of women in nineteenth-century Australia. They received critical praise at the time of publication and have led to renewed interest and further research on the subjects they cover. My own knowledge and expertise has developed as a result of researching and writing them. The Governesses was not only the first full-length study of a particular group of letters but it also documented aspects of the lives of governesses in Australia, a little researched subject to that time. A Colonial Woman, based on a previously unpublished and virtually unknown diary, pointed to the importance of 'ordinary' lives in presenting an enriched view of the past. Pen Portraits documented the early history of women journalists in Australia, a previously neglected subject. Three of the women I included in Pen Portraits, Louisa Atkinson, Tasma and Rosa Praed, the first two of whom were pioneer women journalists as well as novelists, became the subjects of my full-length biographies. In my biographies of women writers, Pioneer Writer, Tasma, and Rosa! Rosa!, I recorded and interpreted the lives of these important writers placing them in the context of Australian cultural history as women who negotiated gender barriers and recorded this world in their fiction. My books on Louisa Atkinson and Tasma were the first full-length biographies of these significant but largely forgotten nineteenth-century women writers, while my biography of Rosa Praed was the first for more than fifty years. Each introduced original research that changed perceptions of the women's lives and consequently of attitudes to their creative work. Each provided information essential for further research on their historical significance and literary achievements. Each involved extensive research that led to informed interpretation allowing insightful surmises essential to quality biography.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy by Publication (PhD)
School of Arts, Media and Culture
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Johnson, Jaime Mecholle. "Life in Balance: The Work-Life Balance Stories of Black Female School Leaders." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2018. https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2529.
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The purpose of this study is to examine the work-life balance experiences of Black females school leaders. Due to the inherent intersectionality of race and gender that is experienced by Black females, a study of their unique experiences with work-life balance is valuable to the field of educational leadership. The responsibilities associated with school leadership positions are extensive and those school leaders who also have spouses and children must figure out a way to fulfill responsibilities associated with each role. Work-life balance is important to understand for school leaders whose career responsibilities may interact with those associated with their personal lives. The theoretical framework, Black Feminist Thought, guided the data collection and analysis processes, and provided the basis for the resulting narrative findings. This study gave voice to an otherwise silenced, marginalized group, Black female school leaders. All data was synthesized into narratives and from these narratives came six themes: (1) Familial Sacrifice; (2) Servant Leadership; (3) Informal and Formal Work-life Balance Policies; (4) Notion of Self-Care; (5) Upbringing and Black Females’ Prideful Identity; and (6) Black Females having to prove themselves. While this study does not show evidence of school leaders having achieves work-life balance, the findings will inform the practices of perspective Black female school leaders and add the voices of Black female school leaders to the literature on Black female school leader’s experiences with work-life balance.
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Combs, Cassondra Bird. "The Gate and Other Stories." PDXScholar, 2016. http://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2917.
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The Gate is a collection of short stories by Cassondra Bird Combs. Combs' first collection is heavily inspired by the small Northern California towns she grew up in, and the disillusioned characters who live there. The Gate marks the introduction of an incredibly sympathetic voice, a voice hard to find in modern literature, that didn't rise from New York or Iowa but from a youth spent in solitude in the redwoods. Combs' characters range from a fifteen-year-old girl trapped in an endless abusive cycle to a young man whose parents have suddenly left him to a older woman trying to end her marriage by burning Christmas trees in the street.
In these seven stories, Combs reminds us time and time again of the advantages and disadvantages of a rural life, and forges connection between character and reader in a remarkable way. In "Little World" a little girl is paralyzed by fear of the dark but is stronger than she knows. In "Turn" a young woman has to make peace with her past and escape. In "B-Side" a recovering addict realizes the thing he needs isn't the thing he wants. In a voice entirely in tune with the hum of the woods and alive with unusual descriptions and deft character traits, Combs' collection will keep you reading.
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Buckley, Laura Jane. "Narrating the elusive : stories of wellbeing in later life." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2015. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/12703/.
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In recent years, there has been significant interest in the concept of wellbeing in the academic literature. Likewise, Government strategies are increasingly being aligned with the promotion of positive mental health, as opposed to merely the treatment of illness. Experiencing wellbeing in later life has, however, been labelled by some as a ‘paradox’, as the conditions of older age are assumed to be negative and thus at odds with those which sustain wellbeing. On the whole, the notion of wellbeing as applied to older adults has been defined by ‘experts’, and the small number of studies that have examined this from the perspective of older adults have often reduced this to the life domains which support or undermine quality of life. Therefore, in order to gain a richer understanding of this topic, the aim of this study was to further explore older adults’ perceptions and experience of wellbeing. In this qualitative study, a combination of narrative inquiry and photographic methods were used to elicit wellbeing stories from older adults. Thirteen participants aged 56 – 82 years took photographs of the factors they associated with their wellbeing, which they discussed in narrative interviews. Analysis of these data revealed that there were six ‘narrative types’ present in the stories told by participants; namely Continuity, Proactivity, Opportunity, Recovery, Acceptance and Disruption. These findings were considered in relation to the narrative elements of tone, plot, agency, temporality and pace. Comparisons were made between the six ‘narrative types’ and the ‘narrative of decline’ which is assumed to shape the stories told by older adults. It emerged that, on the whole, the narratives which were present in my study were positive in tone, had plots of stability or progression, displayed high levels of agency in the storytellers, were placed in the present and within a coherent life story, and revealed a busy pace of life. The ‘narrative of decline’ was found to have little influence over the stories which were told. In addition, it seemed that there may be a new ‘wellbeing’ narrative which is more pertinent to those in younger-old age. Thus my findings suggest that wellbeing can be experienced in later life and that the ‘narrative of decline’ should no longer be automatically cited as the one which shapes the stories older adults can tell about their lives.
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Johnson, Julie. "Stories of social construction, writing a life into existence." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1996. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/MQ37814.pdf.
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Sanderson, Alexandra J. "A narrative analysis of behaviorally troubled adolescents' life stories." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/NQ64838.pdf.
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Clark, Sian. "Life-stories of young people labelled with autistic spectrum." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/e5aeaca7-8c2f-4cc9-8077-8410f0b012c3.
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This study explored the life experiences of young people labelled with autistic spectrum, through collaboratively creating their life-stories with them. Implications for educational psychology practice were subsequently considered. Although there is an abundance of autistic spectrum research within medical and developmental psychology fields, the voice of young people themselves, who are labelled with autistic spectrum, is often marginalized or absent. The current study sought to remedy this gap. Life-stories were undertaken with five young people attending a specialist autistic spectrum provision within a large rural county. The stories were analysed using a thematic narrative analysis technique and the themes to emerge from the stories were explored. These included a strong focus on the social barriers experienced by participants, although autistic spectrum impairments were also evident. Implications of the findings were noted with regard to professional educational psychology practice.
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Smith-Tran, Alicia. "Racialized Runners: Life Stories of Middle-Class Black Women." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1523195798958536.
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Forsythe, Ruth. "From barrenness to birth stories of impossibilities and life /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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Smith, Bryan Robert. "The good life of the city and other stories." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0004681.
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Gready, Paul. "South African life stories under apartheid : imprisonment, exile, homecoming." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1997. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/29574/.
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Apartheid South Africa was variously imprisoned, exiled, and engaged in the task of homecoming. This troika permeated society as reality, symbol and creative capital; as a political reality each of the experiences distilled the diverse human possibilities and potentials of apartheid. This is a study of the linked political encounters of detention/imprisonment, exile and homecoming, as well as the more general dynamics of oppression and resistance and the culture of violence, through the life story genre. Within the dynamics of struggle the focus of the thesis is on the transformative nature of resistance, in particular auto/biographical counter-discourses, as a means through which opponents of apartheid retained/regained agency and power. The main aim of the thesis is to articulate and apply a theory of life story praxis in the context of political contestation. The theory has five main components. Firstly, the life story in such contexts is marked by the imperative for narratives to be provisional, partial, tactical, to be managed in accordance with an evolving political purpose. The second component relates to the violent collaboration of state and opponent in identity construction and interpretation. This argument facilitates, as the third theoretical premise, a broad definition of texts that either are auto/biographical or impact upon the context and process of narration. Fourthly, lives are told many times over, identities are repeatedly un/remade, within an arena that is dense with prior versions and/or a discursive void. Finally, I argue that the ownership and meaning of life story narratives are provisional and contested while retaining a dominant narrative and political truth. In the main body of the thesis this theory is applied to the life stories of incarceration, exile, and homecoming.
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Tolley, Rebecca. "Review of Life Stories of Women Artists 1550-1800." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5654.
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Nagamatsu, Jeremy. "Life Around the Event Horizon." OpenSIUC, 2013. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1136.
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Elberfeld, Mark. "The Life of Thomas." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/english_theses/141.
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In this collection of linked stories and shorts, the narrator reflects on important people and events in his life, particularly his high school and college years, primarily through first and second person points of view. The stories “Joanna” and “Honor Roll” are first-person narratives, while “Mr. Finethreads” is told from the third person. “Pictures from a Wedding” and “College | Collage” are considered modular fiction, which create a mock-autobiography out of the disparate pieces of the overall mosaic.
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McLean, Brian C. "Structuring Lives and Stories." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1503150956925467.
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Roth, J. Peter. "Thousands or Millions: Stories." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1101.
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This collection explores various aspects of Indonesian culture. From remote government settlements off the coast of Sumatra to the urbanized and commercial beaches of Bali, these stories take a look at the complexities, differences and adjustments felt by people of both the East and West. An attempt has been made to detail confusion, frustration, disorientation, struggles, prejudices, misunderstandings as well as epiphanies without Orientializing (to borrow Edward Said's term) various ways of life within the archipelago. To most fairly convey the intricacies and differences between the broad generalities of the two cultures, multiple voices and points of view are incorporated. Americans, a Scottish citizen, and of course, Indonesians are all given significant space here--displaying both intolerant and tolerant notions--in order to maintain the humanity and dignity of all cultures and worldviews involved.
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FERREIRA, DIONISIO CRISTOVAO. "WORK, WOMEN AND AIDS: LIFE PROJECTS, DREAMS AND PAINS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2008. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=13093@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROEste estudo busca analisar a lógica que rege a inserção de mulheres soropositivas no mercado de trabalho, a partir das experiências das mulheres no grupo de ajuda-mútua Viva a Vida, do Hospital dos Servidores do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Nesse sentido buscou-se compreender como a lógica do capitalismo contemporâneo promove uma interface entre a inserção das mulheres no mercado de trabalho, as relações de gênero e a epidemia de AIDS. O presente texto, portanto, sistematiza-se a partir das categorias trabalho, gênero e AIDS, que subsidiaram uma pesquisa de caráter quanti-qualitativo, privilegiando a história de vida destes sujeitos. Os resultados do estudo evidenciam que a lógica do capital, longe de excluir as mulheres do trabalho apropria-se das especificidades e vulnerabilidades inerentes ao gênero e à AIDS, inserindo-as em um mercado de trabalho informal e precarizado, a partir de necessidades tanto mercantis, quanto individuais.
This study searchs to analyze the logic that conducts the insertion of HIV infected women in the work market, from the experiences of the women in the Viva a Vida Group (Alive the Life) , of the Hospital dos Servidores do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Hospital of the Servers of the State of Rio de Janeiro). In this direction one searched to understand as the logic of the contemporary capitalism promotes an interface enters the insertion of the women in the work market, the relations of kind and the epidemic of AIDS. This text, therefore, systemizes from the work, kind and AIDS categories, that had subsidized a research of quanti- qualitative character, privileging the history of life of these citizens. The results of the study evidence that the logic of the capital, regardless excluding the women of the work, assume of the especificities and inherent vulnerabilities to the kind and the AIDS, inserting them in an informal and insufficient work market, from mercantile necessities, how much in such a way individual.
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Demastus-Bowman, Laura Shannon. "Legacy of Life." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1227626574.
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Sheehan, Dinah Belle. "Central Stories." PDXScholar, 2011. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1215.
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Central Stories is a series of interconnected stories about students at a fictional high school. Each story focuses on a pair or small group of students who are grappling with issues of gender identity, sexual orientation, and changing friendships. These stories explore varying aspects of the coming out processes, as well as attendant character-developments related to adolescence.
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Egelström, Sandra, and Agnes Levander. "Turning points for criminality and drug addiction : Real life stories." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för samhällsvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-31963.
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Since the effects caused by drugs and criminality puts a strain on society's resources it is important to find ways of preventing individuals from starting these behaviours and to find out how people who already developed them, are able to desist from them. The processes that cause life to take positive or negative turns are very complex and hard to understand. The best way of exploring these processes were by asking the people who have experienced them to explain their perception of them. If recurring factors between these processes could be found, it could be of great meaning for the development of new treatment methods. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine if there were recurring factors in the individual negative and positive turning point processes of people recovering from criminality and substance abuse, by analysing the participants own life stories. A narrative approach was chosen and the sample consisted of members from the local KRIS organization, who all had a history of criminal behaviour and drug addiction. The data collection was conducted through narrative interview method and a holistic-content method was used in the analysis together with an application of the Age-graded theory of informal social control on the results. The study found that there were different sorts of connections between the processes, but that these were individually formed after each person's own life-course. The negative turning point processes showed more similarities between the participants than the positive turning point processes. The conclusion was that attachments to family and the social context one chooses to be a part of, were recurring factors which had important effects on both the negative and the positive turning point process. Informal social control through attachments to society and family seemed to affect criminality and the use of drugs in general.2017-06-01
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Burke, Dominic Francis. "Stories of stress: feeling, thinking and the flourishing of life." University of Southern Queensland, Faculty of Education, 2007. http://eprints.usq.edu.au/archive/00004780/.
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[Abstract]: This research responded to calls in the literature for more studies into subjective components of student stress as well as for innovative studies of appropriate counselling interventions. An innovative, individualised, body-mind intervention was offered to university students experiencing emotional stress overwhelm. Integral to the intervention was an extensive list of feelings, representing the approach-avoidance structure of the motivational system. Feelings qualitatively differentiate emotional experiences, and the list was found to be useful for identifying the feelings around emotional experiences. It was proposed that how one thinks about feelings is a key to resolving emotional stress and would facilitate the flourishing of life.There have been recent calls for development of first-person methodologies for investigating experiences, and, since the intervention was individualised, analysis of the unique data set took a narrative interpretive approach. Narrative data, evoked by the feelings list, were interpreted to formulate students’ “stories of stress” then analysed to study their stressful emotional experiences.This study demonstrates an innovative method for resolving emotional stress. Feelings were identified clearly, prompting students to think differently about emotional experiences. The study also demonstrates a method for researching those experiences of emotion. Analyses of consultants’ notes highlighted inter-connections and relationships between feelings and experiences throughout clients’ life-stories. Analyses of the data demonstrated a way of making sense of “emotional stress” and how the use of the feelings list could facilitate an individual’s thinking differently about experiences and resolving personal issues. For the participants of this study, feelings of grief and guilt were identified more than feelings of fear of loss for the issues discussed, suggesting that student's behaviours were motivated more by guilt than by fear. The study concludes with a discussion of how the research contributes to the counselling field and with suggestions for continuing research.
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Liversage, Anika. "Finding a path : labour market life stories of immigrant professionals /." København, 2005. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/508703395.pdf.
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Peachey, Valerie. "Staying the course: the life stories of eight entrepreneurial women." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/433.
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The impetus for this study was my own curiosity about how seasoned entrepreneurial women were able to stay the course. As someone who has experienced the world of the employee and that of the entrepreneur, my goal was to better understand how, within their varied personal contexts, the lifelong learning experiences of seasoned entrepreneurial women were shaped by socio-cultural influences, significant individuals, gender, and learning challenges.
Theories and research on lifelong and biographical learning, entrepreneurial learning, women's learning, and entrepreneurial women's learning helped to frame the study. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews and focus groups with eight women entrepreneurs between the ages of 40 and 60, with 16 to 30 years' experience in running their service-oriented enterprise were conducted.
These women's stories illustrate how serendipitous their careers were, that is, they did not begin their working lives thinking they would become entrepreneurs, rather, it became the path that best supported their desires, independence and creativity. They were shaped by and sometimes resisted parents' messages about the role that education, work and marriage with children should play in women's lives. How they faced and learned from adversity and from the support of business mentors and friends were also significant. As they reflected back on their lives, they have a strong sense of mastery. Success for them did not focus on finances, rather, their autonomy, freedom, and control over the direction of their lives and the development of strong caring relationships with others, were key. Their learning was dynamic and experiential, it was both self directed and drew on others' knowledge.
Women contemplating an entrepreneurial path may find this study of interest as they can learn how others, particularly family, shape their dreams, how they might meet challenges and learn from adversity, and overall, how central lifelong learning is to the development of their entrepreneurial careers. Educators and policymakers need to appreciate the serendipitous nature of entrepreneurship, how they can create entrepreneurial experiences for students, and expose the learners to not only essential skills required to run a business, but also to the stories regarding the self-development of successful entrepreneurs
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Cowburn, Malcolm. "Men and violence : life hi/stories of male sex offenders." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2002. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/3438/.
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This study is a study of men who have been convicted of sexual offences. However, unlike many studies of, this group of men this research seeks to understand them as men. The chosen method of inquiry is the life hi/story approach. Nine men imprisoned for sex offences agreed to tell their life hi/stories. All of the interviews took place in prison. The interviews were semi-structured and allowed the men to tell their stories from their earliest memories to their current situation, using transitions (e. g. entry to school, work) as prompts for memories. Additionally the emotional responses to life events were explored in depth. The transcripts of the interviews were analysed initially looking for common themes and links in the stories, and latterly using the tripartite structure (power relations, production relations, and cathexis) developed by Connell (1995). The analytical process produced a massive amount of material. In this study one aspect of the life hi/stories is presented in detail; deriving from both power relations within the family and close emotional relations implied by cathexis, this study focuses on what the men said about their relationships with their fathers and also what they said about being fathers. The study is located in traditions of Social Science research, particularly both psychology and sociology. Ontological and epistemological issues are reviewed in depth and related to hermeneutic approaches to understanding/ interpreting the life hi/stories of men. Within the context of hermeneutical interpretation and feminist standpoint theory the study is undertaken from an explicitly pro-feminist orientation. The values, gender and standpoint of the researcher and how they relate to the study are critically examined and explored. These issues are starkly brought into focus given the area of the study: sexually abusive men. The impacts of undertaking research in this area are also considered.
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Dawson, Kathleen A. "A time out| Authentic leader development through life-stories analysis." Thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3746349.
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For over seventeen years, I have dedicated my life as both a teacher and an administrator to serving our children, especially our children of color and those of lower socio-economic status. I have lived and felt the successes of our children and teachers as well as the pain of public education. I have striven to be an authentic leader, keeping our children at the forefront of why we do what we must in order to provide ALL of them with equitable access to a quality education and opportunities. This has come at a heavy cost to me both professionally and personally.
During a “time out” in my career, this dissertation granted me an opportunity to reflect and analyze who I have been, who I am, and who I might become. More specifically, it allowed me to take a look at certain life stories of my past, and thus to better understand my professional experiences so that I may work towards becoming a more effective and authentic leader.
This study used an autobiographical framework with a qualitative design to analyze my life-stories and thus address the following questions: • What meanings am I taking away from my life stories? • How do my life-stories help my development as an authentic leader? • How has the notion of authentic leadership helped me understand what has happened to me professionally thus far? • What influence will this process have on who I might become? • Can this strategy help others develop into authentic leaders?
The study notes the importance of personal growth for professional growth and argues that being true to oneself does not necessarily lead to authentic leader development. Authentic leader development requires individual, systematic, and routine reflection on selected life-stories and an external catalyst to promote the discovery of deeper meaning in both the leader and his/her followers.
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Oliveira, Marta Ramos. "Weaving life stories : healing selves in native american autobiographical narratives." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/16452.
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No presente trabalho faz-se uma reflexão sobre as narrativas de vida indígenas a partir da hipótese de que, em contraposição ao modelo canônico ocidental, elas apresentam uma concepção de self marcada por uma posicionalidade social diversa tanto a nível de experiência histórica quanto da visão epistemológica e ontológica. Meu objetivo é mostrar como os escritores indígenas se apropriam de um modelo ocidental que, na sua configuração canônica, servia para sustentar narrativas de individuação e o utilizam para curar feridas históricas resultantes da violência do processo colonizatório e suas conseqüências e, com isso, criar possibilidades de sobrevivência coletivas. Com esse propósito, faço uma breve revisão de dois momentos fundamentais do desenvolvimento do gênero no ocidente que, num primeiro momento, confundem a história da autobiografia com a confissão cristã e, num momento posterior, com o processo de individuação. Numa perspectiva mais contemporânea, discute-se a impossibilidade lingüística de se falar do eu sem se deparar com uma série de descontinuidades e becos sem saída que parecem impor uma fragmentação total do eu, a ponto de se pensar ser impossível dizer o dêitico "eu." A esta visão canônica da história do gênero, contraponho as narrativas indígenas que se valem das histórias de vida como forma de buscar as experiências que lhes dão sustentação tanto como forma de reavaliação do vivido quanto como abertura para novas possibilidades no futuro. Num segundo momento, reviso a noção de tempo ocidental mostrando como, apesar da concomitância de várias cronosofias que definem o tempo como cíclico, linear ou a-direcional, nossas sociedades se estruturam a partir do modelo de progresso, que fundamenta o binômio modernidade/colonialidade. Em outras palavras, a visão linear do tempo aliado ao processo histórico de subjugação dos povos e conquista de territórios, estabeleceu um modelo que se auto-define como inovador, ou de ponta, relegando todas as outras formas de organização humanas a estágios mais atrasados do mesmo processo. Baseando-me no paradigma de co-existência, discuto outras visões epistemológicas, contrapondo esta visão do tempo linear e progressivo à forma como os indígenas concebem o espaço como catalisador das histórias que sustentam as relações indígenas com o Outro. Importante ressaltar que a noção de Outro usada aqui abrange tudo aquilo que está em relação com o eu, incluindo, além dos seres humanos, animais, plantas, rios, a terra, o sol, e mesmo entidades não físicas. Finalmente, analiso em Storyteller de Leslie Marmon como os escritos de vida indígena manifestam este modo de ser e seu potencial curativo.In this dissertation, I reflect upon Native American life stories building on the hypothesis that, in opposition to Western canonical autobiographies, they present a different conception of self derived from a social positionality marked by different historical experiences and different epistemological and ontological views. My aim is to show how indigenous writers have appropriated a Western model which, in its canonical configuration, was used to sustain narratives of individuation and how they use it to heal historical wounds resulting from the violent colonization process and its consequences so as to envision collective survival. To do that, I briefly revise two foundational moments in the Western development of the genre which, in a first moment, mingle the history of autobiography with Christian confession and then with the process of individuation. From a contemporary perspective, much has been discussed about the linguistic impossibility of saying "I" without bumping into a series of discontinuities and dead ends, which seems to impose the total fragmentation of self to the point where it may seem impossible to utter the deictic pronoun "I" I contrast this canonical history of the genre with indigenous narratives which use life stories to rescue experiences to sustain themselves both as a reevaluation of the past and as an opening to future possibilities. In a second moment, I revise the Western conception of time showing how, despite the fact that several chronosophies that define time as linear, cyclical or non-directional coexist, our societies are structured on the idea of progress, which sustains the binomial modernity/coloniality. In other words, the linear view of time allied to a historical process of subjugation of peoples and territorial conquest has established a model that defines itself as innovative, or state of the art, classifying all other human forms of organization as primitive stages of the same process. Using the paradigm of co-existence, I present other epistemological views, contrasting this linear and progressive time to the ways Native Americans discuss space as a catalyst of the stories that sustain indigenous relationships to the Other. It is important to emphasize that the concept of Other used here encompasses everything which is in relation with the self, including besides other human beings animals, plants, rivers, the land, the sun, and nonphysical entities. Finally, I analyze how indigenous life writing manifests this way of being and its healing potential in Leslie Marmon Silko's Storyteller.