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Narrative formatting, chronotopic orderings, and moralization in ex‐gay stories
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.Abstract Formatted stories rely on spatiotemporal cues to evoke recognizability through linearity, which prescribes a particular template for meaning‐making. This article examines stories narrated by ex‐gay members of a Christian organization in Singapore and considers how chronotopes within the stories are ordered to regiment ways of feeling for ...
Vincent Pak
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Futures of Everyday Life: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Future Personas in Scenarios
FUTURES &FORESIGHT SCIENCE, Volume 8, Issue 1, April 2026.ABSTRACT Scenario reports, holding a long‐standing tradition in foresight and futures studies, act as an essential document for organizations to prepare for possible, plausible, and alternative futures. Focusing on descriptions and representations of everyday life, we examined 29 future persona narratives from six publications—covering a wide field ...
Gerhard Schönhofer +3 more
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Référenciation et construction du point de vue : l’établissement de la visée argumentative du texte
Lenguaje, 2009 Considérant une conception non représentationnelle de la référence, que nous concevons comme un phénomène discursif, cet article a pour objectif de démontrer que la réalisation de la référence est directement liée à la construction des instances ...
Suzana Cortez
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Game‐Making for Cultural Change and Empowered Youth Participation
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, Volume 42, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT Background Game‐making has the potential to foster cultural participation and empowerment, yet its role as a form of culture‐making remains underexplored. Existing approaches to cultural engagement often overlook the creative and participatory possibilities of game‐making for addressing pressing cultural challenges and promoting youth ...
Kim Holflod +5 more
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Mother Tongue, la contradiction performative
Transposition, 2011 Zineb Sedira’s Mother Tongue video triptych (2003) appears as the minimal looping of an anecdote, the story of a school day transmitted between three generations in a same family. It seems that beyond the obvious factuality, what is presented is a common
Nadia Fartas
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Deconstructing Theory, Engaging Practice
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, Volume 47, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT This article revisits longstanding differences between modern and postmodern theory within systemic and family therapy and discusses its implications for practice. Drawing on Derrida's understanding of deconstruction as an ethical relation, it proposes a hospitable stance that holds theory lightly and irreverently, opening practice to multiple
Glenn Larner
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Traces linguistiques d’impolitesse dans l’échange d’informations : les énoncés négatifs
Multilinguales, 2014 In this paper, we attempt to explore linguistic impoliteness in French in the course of ordinary conversation and mostly in the exchange of information. Due to its highly functional character, the exchange of information is an ideal place to observe the ...
Ruth De Oliveira
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Disintegration, Salvation, and/or Madness in Dostoevsky
International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Volume 23, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT Psychological fragmentation and derangement suffuse Dostoevsky's fiction. This paper argues that the madness of Dostoevsky characters derives from intense wounds to the self: humiliating lacerations that impel fugue and disintegration. Such vulnerable, frangible characters seek to escape and deny themselves to avoid being seen for who they are.
Jerry Piven
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Acta Scientiarum: Language and Culture, 2010 This paper explores the aspect of polyphony in Salman Rushdie’s novelMidnight’s Children (1981). The essence of polyphony in a novel, following Mikhail Bakhtin, is the presence or use of different independent voices that are not merged into one dominant ...
Uma Viswanathan
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