scholarly journals Maritime anthropological studies in island and coastal areas in Southern Central and Southern Vietnam from narrative, oral History and life history approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
Phan Thi Yen Tuyet
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Oral History ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Southern Vietnam ◽  
The People ◽  
Southern Central ◽  
Maritime Anthropology ◽  
History Approach

This paper explores conversations of fishermen and residents in island and coastal areas in southern Central and Southern Vietnam within the framework of maritime anthropology. The conversations are presented in the forms of narratives, storytellings and memories from three different approaches: narrative, oral history and life history. Deloyed in anthropology, history, literature, folklore and other disciplines, these approaches share one common character – interviewing as the means of data collection. Only through interviewing, a researcher is able to engage his/her subjects into the process of commemorating their lived experience, both individually and collectively. From fragmented memories and stories about the past to vivid representation of contemporary social reality of the people in island and coastal areas, the researcher then needs to “combine” them spatially and temporally to reconstruct a comprehensive narrative. If we fail to do that, these precious narratives would eventually vanish. To embed these narratives into the scientific stream of social life, we need to double-check, investigate, study and analyze them from multi-disciplinary perspectives. This is a real challenge to researchers; however, the information we achieve after “cleaning up data” is remarkably meaningful both scientifically and pragmatically.

Anthropology of Food

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Kenji Tierney ◽  
Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Basic Element ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
The People ◽  
Group Identities ◽  
Anthropology Of Food

Food is an important indicator of social differentiation, which defines the boundaries between social groups, and social hierarchy, which entails class, status, and power inequality. Because food is a basic element of material culture and social life, it has occupied a central place in the discipline of anthropology from its earliest days. Anthropologists view food and foodways as tools with which to understand individual cultures and societies, especially when they are situated in the context of global and historical flows and connections. Ethnography, the methodology used by anthropologists and by some other social scientists, relies on a holistic and empathetic approach based on lived experience among the people being studied. Anthropologists have long been interested in commensality as both a source and an expression of group identities. Another way to probe sociality is to analyze gifts and manners.

scholarly journals “Taming the Beast”: Exploring the Lived Experience of Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Using a Life History Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-245
Author(s):  
Therese Burke ◽  
Steve Vucic ◽  
Joanna Patching
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Life History ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Relapsing Remitting ◽  
History Of ◽  
Remitting Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
History Approach ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

Background and PurposeThe aim of this study was to gain insights and understanding into the lived experience of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) in order to better inform patient-centerd nursing and healthcare.MethodsThis qualitative study used life history methodology, a form of focused ethnography, to explore the life history of 13 study participants living with RRMS. Semi-structured interviews were transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis.FindingsA total of eight key themes emerged, explaining the journey of living with RRMS. Commencing with “Piecing Together the Puzzle” of symptoms at the beginning of the RRMS journey, followed by “(Re)defining ME now that I have RRMS,” “Battling the Demons,” the experiences of “Surplus Suffering,” negotiating “High Invisibility,” gaining control by “Taming the Beast,” learning “The DMT Dance,” and ultimately “Holding Hands with Hope,” expressing hope and practising purposeful positivity.Implications for PracticeThe eight key themes of living with RRMS were reflective of the ebbs and flows of life. By gaining these insights into the world of people living with RRMS, it is anticipated that clinical nursing care and quality of life for people living with this chronic neurological disease may be improved.

scholarly journals Challenging presentism in journalism studies: An emotional life history approach to understanding the lived experience of journalists

Journalism ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 670-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Wahl-Jorgensen
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Embodied Experience ◽  
Emotional Life ◽  
News Values ◽  
Journalism Studies ◽  
History Approach ◽  
Journalistic Professionalism

This article argues that studying the emotional life histories of journalists will help us better understand the profound changes and challenges facing the profession. The article suggests that the field has been marked by ‘presentism’ and requires new tools and vocabularies for studying how transformations in journalism have shaped journalists as individuals and journalism as a professional identity over the longer term. It proposes that an emphasis on emotional life histories allows us to think differently about the big and recurring debates in the field by, (1) offering us a way of seeing historical transformations from the bottom up, on the basis of lived and embodied experience and (2) providing a vocabulary and a method for explaining changes in journalistic professionalism, practices, and self-understanding – including journalistic norms, role perceptions, identities, and news values.

Uncovering the Lives of Women in Post-War Oxfordshire: An Oral History Approach

Rural History ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANGELA DAVIS
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Oral History ◽  
Women’S Experiences ◽  
Rural Living ◽  
Women's Experiences ◽  
History Approach ◽  
Post War ◽  
Oral History Interview ◽  
Group Characteristics

AbstractWriting in 1960 Margaret Stacey asserted that, ‘Women, compared with men, tend to show group characteristics regardless of other social factors like class. Their training from childhood sets them apart from boys and together as potential wives and mothers.’ This article will question whether Oxfordshire women did indeed believe that there was a commonality in their experiences at this time, irrespective of the locality in which they lived or the class to which they belonged, or whether these differences were more significant than their shared gender. The first objective of this article is therefore to analyse the role class played in determining women's experiences of life in Oxfordshire at this time. Leading on from this, the second objective is to investigate the importance of locality upon lived experience, and to engage, in Charles Phythian-Adams' words, in the process of ‘unravelling localized identities’ (1987). Using Oxfordshire as a case study it is possible to examine a range of communities: rural, urban and suburban. This article will demonstrate how the nature of these different communities affected women's experiences of living within them. The third objective is to discuss the ways in which the women I interviewed expressed their experiences of rural living through the oral history interview, and how their accounts relate to contemporary debates and existing historical interpretations.

CHARACTERIZATION OF RELIGIOUS STYLE AS A FUNCTIONAL STYLE IN LINGUISTICS

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 236-242
Author(s):  
Barnokhon Kushakova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Religious Language ◽  
Religious Texts ◽  
World Outlook ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Functional Features ◽  
The Creation

This article discusses the conditions, reasons and factors of characterization of religious style as a functional style in the field of linguistics. In addition, religious style and its main peculiarities, its importance in the social life, and the functional features of religious style are highlighted in the article. As a result of our investigation, the following results were obtained: a) the increase in the need for the creation and significance of religious language, particularly religious texts has been scientifically proved; b) the possibility of religious texts to represent the thoughts of the people, culture and world outlook has been verified; c) the specificity of religious language, religious texts has been revealed; d) the development of religious style as a functional style has been grounded.

Popularitas Tari Piring sebagai Identitas Budaya Minangkabau

Panggung ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Indrayuda
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Life Style ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Origin Area

ABSTRACT This article aims to explain the existence of Tari Piring dance as a culture identity of Minang- kabau people, both the people who live in the origin area and outside the area. Tari Piring dance is a traditional cultural heritage of Minangkabau people which is used and preserved by Minangkabau people in their life so that it becomes culture identity of Minangkabau people. As the identity of Minangkabau people, Piring dance is able to express attitudes and behaviors as well as the charac- teristics of Minangkabau people. The dance can serve as a reflection of social and cultural life style of Minangkabau society. Through Tari Piring performance, the outsider can understand Minangkabau people and their culture. Tari Piring, therefore, is getting more adhere to the social life of Minang- kabau people in West Sumatra and in the regions overseas. In the spirit of togetherness, Minang- kabau society preserves the existence of Piring dance as the identity and cultural heritage up to the present time. Keywords: Piring Dance, Minangkabau culture  ABSTRAK Artikel ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan keberadaan Tari Piring sebagai identitas bu- daya masyarakat Minangkabau, baik yang berada di daerah asal maupun di daerah peran- tauan. Tari Piring merupakan warisan budaya tradisional masyarakat Minangkabau yang digunakan dan dilestarikan oleh masyarakat Minangkabau dalam kehidupannya sehingga menjadi identitas budaya Minangkabau. Sebagai jati diri masyarakat Minangkabau, Tari Piring mampu mengungkapkan sikap dan prilaku serta karakteristik orang Minangkabau. Tari Piring dapat berperan sebagai cerminan dari corak kehidupan sosial budaya masyara- kat Minangkabau. Melalui pertunjukan Tari Piring, masyarakat luar dapat memahami orang Minangkabau dan budayanya. Oleh karena itu, sampai saat ini Tari Piring semakin melekat dengan kehidupan sosial masyarakat Minangkabau di Sumatera Barat maupun di daerah perantauan. Dengan semangat kebersamaan, masyarakat Minangkabau mampu mempertahankan keberadaan Tari Piring sebagai identitas dan warisan budayanya hingga masa kini. Kata kunci : Tari Piring, budaya Minangkabau

Principles of a Successful Social Life, In The Light of Islamic Teachings

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-50
Author(s):  
Muhammad Suleman Nasir
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
The People ◽  
Analytical Research ◽  
Sound Foundation ◽  
Human Intellect ◽  
Islamic Society

Society means a group of people who are living together. People need society from birth to death. Without a collective life, man's deeds, intentions, and habits have no value. Islamic society is the name of a balanced and moderate life in which human intellect, customs, and social etiquette are determined in the light of divine revelation. This system is so comprehensive and all-encompassing that it covers all aspects and activities of life. Islam is a comprehensive, universal, complete code of conduct, and an ideal way of life It not only recognizes the collectiveness of human interaction. Rather, it helps in the development of the community and gives it natural principles that strengthen the community and provides good foundations for it and eliminates the factors that spoil it or make it limited and useless. The Principles of a successful social life in Islamic society seem to reflect the Islamic code of conduct and human nature. Islam is the only religion that advocates goodness and guarantees well-being. Islam gives us self-sacrifice, generosity, trust and honesty, service to the people, justice and fairness, forgiveness and kindness, good society and economy, good deeds, mutual unity, harmony, and brotherhood. Only by practicing the pure thoughts, beliefs, and unparalleled ideas of the religion of Islam, can a person live a prosperous life and he can feel real peace and lasting contentment in the moments of his life. A descriptive and analytical research methodology will be used in this study. It is concluded that for a prosperous social life it is necessary to abide by the injunction of Islamic principles, which provides a sound foundation for a successful social life here in the world and hereafter.

“Scrap-Heap Storiesˮ: Oral Narratives of Labour and Loss in Scottish Mining and Manufacturing

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (2-2018) ◽  
pp. 8-21
Author(s):  
Arthur McIvor
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Oral History ◽  
Job Loss ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Oral Narratives ◽  
Industrial Work ◽  
Working Lives ◽  
Plant Closures ◽  
The Impact

This article is an attempt to comprehend deindustrialisation and the impact of plant downsizing and closures in Scotland since the 1970s through listening to the voices of workers and reflecting on their ways of telling, whilst making some observations on how an oral history methodology can add to our understanding. It draws upon a rich bounty of oral history projects and collections undertaken in Scotland over recent decades. The lush description and often intense articulated emotion help us as academic “outsidersˮ to better understand how lives were profoundly affected by plant closures, getting us beyond statistical body counts and overly sentimentalised and nostalgic representations of industrial work to more nuanced understandings of the meanings and impacts of job loss. In recalling their lived experience of plant run-downs and closures, narrators are informing and interpreting; projecting a sense of self in the process and drawing meaning from their working lives. My argument here is that we need to listen attentively and learn from those who bore witness and try to make sense of these diverse, different and sometimes contradictory stories. We should take cognisance of silences and transgressing voices as well as dominant, hegemonic narratives if we are to deepen the conversation and understand the complex but profound impacts that deindustrialisation had on traditional working-class communities in Scotland, as well as elsewhere.

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