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Review of Harvesting freedom: The life of a migrant worker in Canada by Gabriel Allahdua

open access: yesCanadian Food Studies, 2023
The question of migration, land, labour, and food are intricately intertwined. In this book Harvesting Freedom: The Life of a Migrant Farmworker in Canada is a living narrative that recounts life in St.
Noura Nasser
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Let Seizing Truths Lie: Witnessing “Factions” in Lauren Slater’s Lying

open access: yesHumanities, 2017
In her memoir, Lying (2000), Lauren Slater fabricates most of her life narrative. Her text frustrates those who resent the combined fact and fiction—or “faction”—that she spins. This readerly response is understandable.
Eden Wales Freedman
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"Pamiętnik dla dzieci" Heleny Masalskiej – świadectwo polszczyzny łotewskiej XX wieku

open access: yesActa Baltico-Slavica, 2020
Pamiętnik dla dzieci [A Memoir for Children] by Helena Masalska: A Testimony of Twentieth-Century Latvian Polish This article presents Pamiętnik dla dzieci [A Memoir for Children] by Helena Masalska, a text which may not be very long but is certainly ...
Małgorzata Ostrówka   +2 more
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Martin Gilbert

open access: yesS: I. M. O. N.
This article explores the methodology and contributions of Sir Martin Gilbert, one of the few historians of the twentieth century to integrate the Jewish experience into the broader historical narratives of the Second World War and the Holocaust. Gilbert’
Esther Gilbert
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Excerpts from Bridging Cultures: International Women Faculty Transforming the US Academy

open access: yesJournal of Transnational American Studies, 2012
This is a pair of excerpts from the anthology Bridging Cultures: International Women Faculty Transforming the US Academy. The book is composed of a series of memoirs by foreign-born women scholars working in various disciplines, in which they reflect on ...
Sarah R. Robbins   +2 more
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“Like an object pushed from place to place” – resilience in the time of war and exile in "Those We Throw Away Are Diamonds" (2021) by Mondiant Dogon

open access: yesAutobiografia
The article discusses the form and functions of Mondiant Dogon’s memoir "Those We Throw Away Are Diamonds: A Refugee’s Search for Home". After a short introduction on the position of the author/narrator/protagonist of the memoir as well as the trauma and
Katarzyna Macedulska
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Finding voice through memoir writing: An exploration of the expression of grief in undergraduate students’ narratives

open access: yesReading & Writing
Background: Memoir writing can be a powerful tool for authors to reflect on past events and express their emotions, especially those related to grief. Research suggests that, beyond narrating stories, memoir writing can fulfil a therapeutic purpose when ...
Sydney F. Maluleke   +2 more
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Assessing interdisciplinary understanding: Disciplinary crossroads in the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Assessing interdisciplinary learning within school curricula remains a persistent challenge in educational research. Difficulties in articulating shared assessment criteria, alongside differing disciplinary and pedagogical perspectives, have contributed to ongoing uncertainty around how interdisciplinary learning should be evaluated.
Hermione Paddle
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Marina Warner’s Inventory of A Life Mislaid: An Unreliable Memoir. From Memoir to Filiation Narrative

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Life Writing
Marina Warner’s Inventory of a Life Mislaid: An Unreliable Memoir (2021) is her second work belonging to the genre of life writing, more particularly the memoir.
Souhir Zekri Masson
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Waving at Soldiers

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Life Writing, 2015
For most writers the first experience of narrative comes from within the family. Facts, opinions, distortions and – very occasionally – truth, are shaped into family stories.
Heather Richardson
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