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The anthropology of dementia: a narrative perspective

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2009
AbstractThis article draws on recent thinking in the field of narrative gerontology to lend support to Mahnaz Hashmi's “anthropological perspective” on dementia. From a narrative perspective, the relational component of human life ‐ and thus of dementia ‐ is underscored. Moreover, when the narrative dimensions of memory are considered, the line between
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Dwelling Narratively: Exploring Heideggerian Perspectives in the Narrative Paradigm [PDF]

Philosophy & Rhetoric, 2019
ABSTRACTWalter Fisher's narrative paradigm has sparked intense debate about the role of narratives in rhetorical scholarship. The theory has subsequently been followed up by numerous criticisms and revisions. This article argues that especially the latter can benefit from a complementary phenomenological perspective that Fisher himself placed within ...
Qvortrup, Mads, Nielsen, Esben Bjerggaard   +1 more
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Theoretical perspectives on narrative inquiry

Collegian, 1998
Narrative inquiry is gaining momentum in the field of nursing. As a research approach it does not have any single heritage of methodology and its practitioners draw upon diverse sources of influence. Central to all narrative inquiry however, is attention to the potential of stories to give meaning to people's lives, and the treatment of data as stories.
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Narratives in conflict: A perspective

Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict, 2012
I offer a brief overview of the role of Soviet and post-Soviet national historical narratives in the ethnic conflicts in the South Caucasus, including possible strategies of narrative transformation towards reconciliation. I suggest that successful narrative transformations require a process of identifying and reflecting upon the existing patterns of ...
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The Constitution of Organizational Legitimacy: A Narrative Perspective

Organization Studies, 2007
This article recognizes a major dichotomy in the study of legitimacy construction at the organizational level. Scholars have either focused on agent-centred explanations of organizational legitimation, which favour its evaluative dimension, or on structural explanations, which highlight the isomorphic pressures imposed on individual organizations in ...
Golant, B., Sillince, J.A.
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Narrativity and the French Perspective

1992
Abstract This chapter is devoted to French critics whose work can be aligned in some degree or other with the author's own conceptual approach. The chapter is divided into two sections. The first section considers various French theories in so far as they claim to account for the logical or chronological and causal aspects of narrative ...
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Perspective, Memory, and Narrative

Art Journal, 1999
Basic perspective is one of the fundamental skills that a student acquires in a foundation-level drawing class. In the drawing and composition class I teach, I have attempted to interject personal narrative into the technical mastery of perspective.
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Identity, Narratives, and Psychopathology: A Critical Perspective

2021
According to today’s prevailing ethical stance, it is a value for individuals having the absolute and conscious control over their preferences and behaviour. This control usually takes the form of a story, made up of autobiography and public narratives which are consistent with the story of one’s own life.
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Perspectives on Prescribing: Pioneers' Narratives and Advice

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 2009
To recount "pearls of wisdom" concerning prescriptive privileges of the psychiatric nursing pioneers.A thematic analysis of documented "stories" from 32 psychiatric APNs concerning acquisition of and having prescriptive privileges.A thematic analysis of psychiatric APN stories revealed five major themes related to prescriptive authority: acquisition of
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Narrative & Perspective

Abstract This chapter discusses the narrative and perspective within Harold and the Purple Crayon. Using the term “short cut” as an example, it shows how the narrative style invites the readers to adopt Harold’s perspective. In voicing Harold’s thoughts, apparently while Harold is thinking them, Crockett Johnson’s narrator creates an ...
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