Concept Of Narrative Research Articles

Shared identity endorsement narratives: a framework for studying celebrity endorsements of minority political candidates in the US

Abstract This article introduces the concept of shared identity endorsement narratives (SIENs), or celebrity endorsements of political candidates that intentionally highlight shared social identities between the endorser and the endorsed. Scholars of celebrity endorsements in political contexts have primarily focused on the efficacy rather than the rhetorical content of these endorsements and what latent social structures make them effective. Through close readings of two SIENs of Vice President Kamala Harris by American celebrities of Indian descent, I draw upon social identity theory to elucidate the ways in which these endorsements create valuable networks of support for Indian Americans, but simultaneously create homogenizing articulations of Indian American identity that exploit caste, ethnolinguistic, and racial differences. Analyzing how Indian Americans and other minority groups present themselves/connect with their community provides insights into what it takes to succeed in America’s diversifying political and media landscape.

Moral foundations theory and the narrative self: towards an improved concept of moral selfhood for the empirical study of morality.

Within the empirical study of moral decision making, people's morality is often identified by measuring general moral values through a questionnaire, such as the Moral Foundations Questionnaire provided by Moral Foundations Theory (MFT). However, the success of these moral values in predicting people's behaviour has been disappointing. The general and context-free manner in which such approaches measure moral values and people's moral identity seems crucial in this respect. Yet, little research has been done into the underlying notion of self. This article aims to fill this gap. Taking a phenomenological approach and focusing on MFT, we examine the concept of moral self that MFT assumes and present an improved concept of moral self for the empirical study of morality. First, we show that MFT adopts an essentialist concept of moral self, consisting of stable moral traits. Then, we argue that such a notion is unable to grasp the dynamical and context sensitive aspects of the moral self. We submit that Ricoeur's narrative notion of identity, a self that reinterprets itself in every decision situation through self-narrative, is a viable alternative since it is able to incorporate context sensitivity and change, while maintaining a persisting moral identity. Finally, we argue that this narrative concept of moral self implies measuring people's morality in a more exploratory fashion within a delineated context.

Heroic failure narratives: building conveyed authenticity and engagement from downfalls

ABSTRACT This research investigates how heroic failure narratives displayed by a social media influencer are received and signified by online audiences. Based on a netnography, we analyse the journey of a marathonist and social media influencer in his unsuccessful quest to qualify for the Boston Marathon. Our analysis reveals how failure in a heroic quest triggers narratives and meanings related to a humanized heroic archetype. We delineate the concept of heroic failure narratives as those that, despite the failure to perform, perpetuate a prominent and special condition of the protagonist, conveying authenticity, building engagement and humanizing the relationship with the audience. We depict three heroic failure narratives, their meanings and functions: (1) Failure as a heroic process; (2) Failure as an affective bond; and (3) Failure as a tragic human fate. We discuss how heroic failure narratives may affect admired public figures, online audiences, brands, and society at large.

Exploring the connection between dementia and eating, drinking and swallowing difficulty: Findings from home-based semi-structured interviews.

Eating, drinking and swallowing (EDS) difficulties are important to identify early. Awareness of EDS changes starts with those living with dementia or their family carers. However, little is known about early identification from the perspective of people with dementia. The aim of this study was to understand the experience of EDS by people living with dementia in their own home. Published evidence pertaining to EDS difficulties in dementia was used to inform an online semi-structured interview guide. Four people living with dementia and a third-sector Empowerment Lead were invited to become co-researchers. People living with dementia and their carers were invited to be interviewed. We enquired about their past and present experiences, and future expected changes in EDS, information needs, opinions on early problem identification, and lifestyle modifications following onset of EDS difficulty. Narrative concepts of heroes and villains in their 'stories' were identified. Responses were subjected to framework analysis informed by narrative enquiry. Seven people living with dementia and five family carers were interviewed. The overarching theme was a 'missed connection' between EDS difficulty and dementia. Where EDS difficulties were identified, 'compensatory changes' and a need for 'access to information' were noted. The connection between potential EDS difficulties and a dementia diagnosis may not be made, even though EDS changes were recognised by people living with dementia and their family carers. This may be explained by behaviours that mask problems or allow individuals to cope or compensate. Reduced awareness may also be due to inadequate access to information and lack of specialist services. If the connection between dementia and EDS difficulty is missed it could further delay access to support services. What is already known on the subject The prevalence of dementia is increasing and is expected to affect 9% of the population by 2040. EDS difficulties are common in people living with dementia and predispose to poorer outcomes. Better awareness of EDS changes early in the disease process of dementia or at preclinical stages can identify individuals at risk and allow for intervention prior to advanced EDS difficulties developing. What this paper adds to existing knowledge This paper reports the perspective of people living with dementia and family carers and provides insights into experiences of EDS and the challenges faced and identifies commonalities. The connection between potential EDS difficulties and dementia is missed despite various changes reported by both people living with dementia and their family carers, who tend to make compensatory lifestyle changes without support. What are the potential or actual clinical implications of this work? Lack of awareness of the connection between potential EDS difficulties and dementia may arise due to inadequate access to information to support people living with dementia and their family carers. Access to such information is needed and the quality assurance of information from reputable sources is important to people living with dementia. There is a need for greater service user awareness of signs of EDS difficulty and how to access specialist services.

The Queer Activism of Simon Nkoli’s Clothed and Styled Body

Simon Nkoli’s life history shows the many issues he championed, including tenants’ rights, anti-apartheid, HIV/Aids activism, and gay and lesbian rights. The Simon Nkoli archival collection housed at the Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA) includes records of this important historical figure shown during public moments of queer activism and in some private settings. In the observed public moments, Nkoli is seen wearing clothes marked by clear messaging of queer visibility. The private moments show Nkoli using clothes to break socially constructed gender categories laid upon items of dress. This article marries style narratives, gender and queer theories to argue that Nkoli’s clothed and styled body is his visual methodology to support his queer visibility project, expressed through other modes, namely social movements, writings, speeches, and interviews. Through the gender- and queer-infused style narratives in my analysis, I find that Nkoli’s use of t-shirts and sleeveless t-shirts align with the global queer sloganeering of the 1980s. His use of what I call friskoto (pinafore in Sesotho) functions as a visual mode to disrupt gender binaries. Nkoli’s use of clothing and styling shows how he evolves the style narrative concept by infusing queerness as an additional element to the autobiography of the self. However, beyond his inscription of queerness through clothing and styling, Nkoli also demonstrates the potential of the clothed and styled body as a form of queer activism.

재난을 표상하기, 그리하여 재난을 정치화하기

This article aims to analyze the political conflict over disasters in Korean society from a cultural-political perspective. The term “cultural politics” refers to the political work of defining the meaning of events such as disasters through the specific construction of representations such as symbols, narratives, images, and speech, and in doing so, regulating or reconstructing the public's sense of such events. Through Rancière's concepts of policing and politics, this article aims to identify how the political is performed at the level of the sensible. Furthermore, I will analyze the operation of policing in the formation of the public sense of disaster in Korean society through the concept of disaster narrative, focusing on the Sewol ferry disaster. I will then discuss how the Safe Society Movement, which challenges the work of policing in regulating the sense of disaster, has politicized the sense of disaster by constructing alternative representations. Finally, I will clarify the meaning of cultural politics through this interpretive research work.

View, meditation, action: A Tibetan framework to inform psychedelic-assisted therapy

AbstractWhether occasioned through careful, consistent meditative practice or through quicker means like the ritual ingestion of psilocybin or ayahuasca, global contemplative practices have established effective systems of implementing, directing, and integrating the very kinds of non-ordinary experiences central to psychedelic use. However, contemplative traditions are largely absent from the present discourse on psychedelic therapy. This paper addresses this gap and offers a novel analysis of psychedelic-assisted therapy through the lens of the Tibetan Buddhist contemplative tradition. It first establishes a baseline for comparing the non-ordinary experience occasioned by Tibetan Buddhist meditation and the psychedelic experience by referencing the phenomenological literature of both. It then articulates the Tibetan contemplative framework of view, meditation, action (Tib. lta sgom spyod gsum) as the way Tibetan Buddhism directs its non-ordinary meditative experience towards its desired ends and suggests how this framework may be applied to psychedelic-assisted therapy. Finally, this paper uses this Tibetan Buddhist lens of analysis to compare and assess two protocols for psychedelic-assisted therapy and to make recommendations for future clinical protocols. Given the phenomenological similarity of Tibetan Buddhist meditative experience and the psychedelic experience, this article suggests that a more intensive preparatory session where maladaptive conceptual narratives are worked through and beneficial ones are introduced, repeated dosing sessions, and a more directed psychedelic experience may increase the efficacy of psychedelic-assisted therapy. It thus argues that the insights of the Tibetan framework of view, meditation, action can improve future protocols and allow for psychedelic-assisted therapy to be of even greater benefit.

Genkendelse og ønsket om at glemme. Anagnorisis i Morten BorgersensJeg har arvet en mørk skog(2012) og Wencke MühleisensKanskje det ennå finns en åpen plass i verden(2015)

AbstractThis article examines the use of the narrative concept anagnorisis, or recognition, in two recent Norwegian novels, Morten Borgersen’sJeg har arvet en mørk skogand Wencke Mühleisen’sKanskje det ennå finns en åpen plass i verden. In both novels, the protagonist suddenly discovers their father’s secret history connected with their conduct during World War II. This revelation causes a new insight into their own and their family’s history and identity, and this in turn brings about feelings of shame and confusion. By using anagnorisis as a narrative device, the novels explore the gradual and ambivalent acceptance of a new identity and negotiations with social and personal expectations tied to being a descendent of a perpetrator.

La laicità importuna: laicità costituzionale e libertà religiosa

The bothersome secularity: constitutional secularity and religious freedom
 ABSTRACT: In recent years, there has been a certain disenchantment of religious denominations with secularity. At the very time when secularity as a constitutional principle offered a broad guarantee for religious pluralism, its concrete implementation seemed to contradict this potential. The article examines how the modern, narrative conception of this principle continues to influence-and hinder-the constitutional dimension of secularity by undermining the integrative function performed by this fundamental principle.

Understanding Narratives in Governance: Naming and Framing Regional Inequality in the United Kingdom

Narratives play a pivotal role in solving complex problems, as they provide an interpretive framework for facilitating the solution to a given challenge. We presume that if the basis of a narrative applied to a complex problem is incorrect, the interpretation of the problem will also be distorted. Therefore, solutions that are primarily low-efficiency in nature demand new or “rframed” narratives. We examine this premise through the case of the United Kingdom in the light of changes in narratives created to solve regional inequalities, particularly regarding the interpretative framework of the “Levelling Up” policy agenda and narrative, which was introduced by the government of Boris Johnson. Additionally, we conducted a literature review on the Levelling Up policy to provide a supplementary theoretical background beyond the concept of narratives. Conclusions on narratives and Levelling Up are also outlined.

The Role of Storytelling in the Development of Social Identity (theoretical and applied aspects of research)

The paper represents theoretical and practical approaches to applying storytelling as modern technology for the transmission and representation of information. Storytelling has accompanied mankind throughout the ages of its civilized development, which is probably why storytelling is so effective in modern practices of managing public opinion. The authors offer the detailed definitions of the concepts of storytelling and narrative, and provide key sociological and philosophical concepts that determine the possibilities of storytelling in the formation of social identity. Storytelling is presented as a form of interactive sociocultural activity for the exchange of stories (meanings) and as a method of socio-cultural communication that can be used in various ways of managing public opinion and interaction in social groups (communities). The effectiveness of storytelling lies in establishing an emotional connection with the contact audience based on the identity, which engages, forms the loyalty and trust of the audience. In conclusion, the authors provide examples of the practical application of storytelling by companies and brands as a modern tool of communication, and draw the conclusions.

Narratively Inquiring Into Experience, Narratively Attending to Environmental Education Teachers’ Identity

In the grand narrative of Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development, teachers are recognized as key agents of quality education and as catalysts for the learning that takes place. Yet, this widespread assumption has failed to attract sufficient attention to examine ‘who environmental education teachers are’ by prioritizing research around their identity. Our study here goes along this line of thought to narratively inquire into the experience of four Greek teachers actively engaged with environmental education. Based on the narrative conception of identity as ‘stories to live by’ as a basic tenet, it is argued that teachers’ identity is composed of the stories they live throughout their personal and professional lives. In this paper we unfold the story of one of these teachers, Zoe, and highlight how her ‘stories to live by’ changed throughout her life, shaping and re-shaping her identity. By proposing a narrative and relational way of thinking about teacher identity, we focus on the identity shifts Zoe unveils and connects them to the stories she experienced in past and present encounters she had with her family, teachers, friends, and colleagues.

Le délire est-il un récit ? Une approche narrative de la psychose

ObjectivesDelusion is one of the emblematic symptoms of psychiatry. However, it remains one of the great enigmas of psychopathology. Contemporary psychiatry has not resolved the paradox of delusion: it is incorrigible as a belief, but inconsequential as an imaginary fiction. In this study, the authors consider the extent to which the paradigm of narrativity can inform the understanding of delusion and psychotic experience. MethodsThe authors introduce the concept of narrativity, according to the work of French philosopher Paul Ricœur in the 1980s and 1990s. Based on these notions, they propose to identify the psychic functions of storytelling. They discuss the rationale for approaching delusional discourse as a narrative, drawing on the phenomenological and psychoanalytical literature on psychosis and delusion. ResultsPhenomenologists emphasize that delusion is a translation: it is the expression, in everyday language, of ideas and emotions, of a deformation of the structure of lived space and lived time. But delusion is not a metaphor, since it is associated with conviction. Psychoanalytical literature describes a “work of delusion”: The delusional process seeks to contain and reduce the experience of loss of meaning which is specific to emerging psychosis. Delusional narrative renders the psychotic experience bearable and shareable. It has certain points in common with narrative: it produces sense and organizes the experience of the passing of time. But delusional narrative attests to the failures of narrativity, since it lacks the distance between narrator and narrative. Delusion is a paradoxical form of discourse, both metaphorical (as an attempt to represent the lived experience, it doesn’t claim to describe objective reality) and non-metaphorical (as a part of experience itself, it does claim to describe it). Delusional narrative is not the result of the symbolization process, but it replaces it, which explains its paradoxical nature. Finally, the authors propose to consider delusional narrative as an individual myth: Delusion has the same function as myths in collective psychology. It provides answers to questions about the origins and meaning of life and organizes chaos. Delusional narrative is a matrix of symbolization, in the same way that primal phantasies, complexes, family romance, and childhood sexual theories are. ConclusionsThe issue of considering delusion as a narrative must be addressed carefully: Narrativity provides a better understanding of the psychotic experience, but delusion cannot be reduced to a narrative. This approach suggests scientific and clinical perspectives, which involve the development of a framework for collecting delusional narratives from people with delusional disorders and analyzing them based on the issues of narrativity. This should lead to a better understanding of the psychological status of delusion, its function, and the nature of delusional conviction.

Great power narratives on the challenges of cyber norm building

States, companies and civil society actors broadly agree that ICT misuse needs to be prevented through effective international policies and regulatory efforts. However, corresponding norm-building processes have been repeatedly characterized by setbacks and controversies regarding interpretations. Whenever such a situation has arisen, state representatives quickly engaged in intense storytelling, accusing their counterparts of seeking to impose “the law of the jungle” or of following hidden policy agendas at the UN. This paper focusses on the stories state representatives use to explain the international community’s recurrent failures, such as arms races, crisis escalations or destructive criminal acts. Using narrative concepts and methods, the analysis explores the dynamics of this emerging transnational public diplomacy, focusing on Russia and the United States in particular. Beyond comparing main structural elements of each narrative, the goal is to elucidate legitimization strategies and dilemmas, resulting in several policy implications. For example, United States representatives and allies need to make specific and concise references to UN cyber norms during public attributions, lest they could play into the hands of a counter-narrative of Western domination and hypocrisy.

Care is not a tally sheet: rethinking the field of gender divisions of domestic labour with care-centric conceptual narratives

This article addresses two puzzles that are at the heart of the field of gender divisions of domestic labour. How is it that care concepts seldom appear in a field that is focused on unpaid care work? Why does the field focus on divisions rather than on relationships and relationalities? To address these puzzles, I interrogate some of the conceptual underpinnings in the field’s dominant theories: social exchange and ‘doing gender’. Through a weaving of Margaret Somers’ historical sociology of concept formation and Nancy Fraser’s historical mapping of capitalism, care and social reproduction, I aim to rethink and remake the field of gender divisions of domestic labour through care theories, especially feminist care ethics and care economies research. I argue that care concepts – which highlight relationalities, responsiveness and responsibilities – can radically re-orient how we approach the ‘who’ and ‘what’ questions of this field’s long-standing central focus on ‘who does what?’

THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN CHILDREN’S STORY – STJEPAN LICE AND SONJA TOMIĆ

The aim of this paper 1 is to explore some of the ways in which Christian values are present in contemporary Croatian children’s stories. Contemporary Croatian children’s literature is extremely diverse. However, Christianity has been immanent in Croatian children’s literature from the very beginning and has engaged with contemporary children’s stories through various creative processes. One of the contemporary approaches to Christian themes in Croatian children’s literature will be presented, analyzing the works of the Croatian writers Sonja Tomić and Stjepan Lice. Their stories are inspired by biblical themes, motifs, and forms such as parables, the stories of rich symbolic relationships and strong messages in which Jesus Christ speaks in a vivid and understandable way about ordinary things, elevating them to the level of timeless meaning, thus pointing to correlations between the everyday world, spiritual reality, and the Kingdom of God. Sonja Tomić and Stjepan Lice approach these biblical themes through contemporary narrative concepts of children’s literature and bring the original, complex way of Christ’s teaching closer to the children’s world and the potential experience of religiosity as it applies to children.

Seeking Truth beyond Facts

This article analyzes concepts of factual narration in the Kongcongzi, a text that thus far has received little scholarly attention. The author argues that the text indicates a pronounced interest in this subject, and presents different points of view. The first ten chapters of the Kongcongzi tend to manifest a lenient attitude towards narrative factuality, whereas in Chapters Twelve to Twenty-one, the distinction between facts and falsehood seems to become increasingly important. Through a comparative analysis of narratives from both groups of chapters, the author attempts to explore the protagonists’ views on the meaning and purpose of factual narration. The author also explores various conclusions that can be drawn from these insights in the context of the textual history of the Kongcongzi and our understanding of early Chinese narrative prose in general.

Book Review: Adina Langer (ed.) Storytelling in Museums

The concept of narrative expresses that a representation is not a mere reproduction of facts, but an interpretation of a happening. Within the museum field, this concept has become very popular because two perceptions intersect within the discourse. The first one emphasizes that interpretations are shaped by the perspective of the narrator, which implies the exclusion of other perspectives. The second one sees stories as an effective means of communicating content to an audience. Both ideas are suitable for breaking the exclusivity of museums and giving a voice to marginalized social groups. This close interweaving of political and pedagogical ambitions also characterizes Storytelling in Museums, edited by Adina Langer, which excellently reflects the discourse around the concept of narrative. The eighteen chapters present a broad range of museum and public history projects.

Loren D. Marsh: Muthos. Aristotle’s Concept of Narrative and the Fragments of Old Comedy.

Loren D. Marsh: Muthos. Aristotle’s Concept of Narrative and the Fragments of Old Comedy.

Practical Research and Exploration of Literary Literary Works Under Transmedia Narratives

This article outlines some basic concepts of literature under transmedia narratives as well as criteria for judging literature and suggestions and summaries for future development. It also proposes that the most ideal form of transmedia narrative is one in which each medium excels in its own way, each doing its own job”, combing through a review of domestic and international research. The concepts of transmedia narrative and transmedia communication, transmedia marketing, and adaptation are identified, and the definition of literary works is defined. Finally, by analysing the current status of transmedia narratives, it is pointed out that online works are currently the preferred resource for transmedia narrative attempts. A typical example of a domestic and international online work, Notes from a Tomb Raider, is selected for analysis, and the final section reflects on and offers suggestions for the transmedia narratives of domestic online literary works. The analysis and outlook for the development of online literature in transmedia narratives are provided.