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Learning, Continuity and Change in Adult Life [Wider Benefits of Learning Research Report No. 3] [PDF]

, 2002
This report presents results from extensive fieldwork carried out by the Wider Benefits of Learning research team. It presents an original analytical framework developed specifically for this study, combined with empirical results from 140 in-depth ...
Brassett-Grundy, Angela, Green, Andy, Hammond, Cathie, Preston, John, Schuller, Tom   +4 more
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The role of external broadcasting in a closed political system [PDF]

, 2011
This article investigates the role and impact of external broadcasting (radio and television) on a closed political system, through the example of the two post-war German states: the West German Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the East German ...
Andreas Scheu, Browne DR, Castells M., Corbin J., DeFleur ML, Der Spiegel, Hafez K., Hahn O., Hesse KR, Hopkins M., Hyman HH, Infratest, Infratest, Infratest, Infratest, Jansen M., Lindlof T., McQuail D., Merritt AJ, Merritt AJ, Meyen M., Michael Meyen, Parta RE, Perse EM   +23 more
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Queer configurations: The female divine, regional identity, and Queer‐religious belonging in South India

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
wiley   +1 more source

Biography and Social History: An Intimate Relationship [PDF]

, 2004
Biography has been considered as outside the discipline of history by many historians. Since the chronological framework of the study is pre-deter-mined, given the subject\u27s life, it has been argued, it does not meet the fundamental historical test of
Salvatore, Nick
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Caught in the fire: An accidental ethnography of discomfort in researching sex work

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on fifteen years of engagement with researching Israel's sex industry, this article uses accidental ethnography to propose discomfort‐as‐method for feminist anthropology. I argue that discomfort is not a by‐product of fieldwork but a constitutive condition that disciplines researchers and shapes what can be known.
Yeela Lahav‐Raz
wiley   +1 more source

On the Life and Work of S. Helgason

, 2013
This article is a contribution to a Festschrift for S. Helgason. After a biographical sketch, we survey some of his research on several topics in geometric and harmonic analysis during his long and influential career. While not an exhaustive presentation
Olafsson, G., Stanton, R. J.
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Integrating General and Vocational Education to Sustain and Renew Traditional Chinese Culture: A Case Study of Chongqing Three Gorges Vocational College

Future in Educational Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how a Chinese higher vocational college can align skills training with the inheritance and innovative development of fine traditional Chinese culture. Grounded in perspectives that view vocational education as cultural transmission and identity work and informed by the lenses of general‐vocational integration and ...
Yuchang Xu, Dequan Zhu, Jiancheng Tan, Xue Pan, Fukui Zhao, Dufan Cao, Ning Wang, Ying Tang   +7 more
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Review: Barbara Merril & Linden West (2009). Using Biographical Methods in Social Research

Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 2011
The return of the subject in the social sciences reflects growing interest in the study of subjectivity. This refers to opportunities for individuals to make meaning of their lives within the institutions of society.
Vanessa Garcia Diaz
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Life Re-Decisions – Stories That Divide in Order to Connect

Horyzonty Wychowania
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The aim of this article is to explore the narrative thread My Own Voice – (Not) My Own Voice, reconstructed through an analysis of the life stories of women who have declared making significant, transformative life changes.
Aleksandra Chmielińska, Monika Modrzejewska-Świgulska   +1 more
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Pedagogical potential of narrative and life history research in education [PDF]

, 2017
This paper aims to explore and reflect on the pedagogical potential of the narrative and biographical research methodology in education to illuminate and address issues related with immigration, inclusion and social justice.
Herrera Pastor, David, Mancila, Iulia
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