Liberating Experience Research Articles

Perceptions, expectations, and recommendations of trans adults on gender-affirming care in France: a qualitative study

Trans people have diverse life experiences which may include gender-affirming care (GAC). GAC positively impacts the quality of life of trans adults. However, they are often met with barriers to care and are particularly vulnerable within the healthcare system. The needs and expectations surrounding GAC may vary between individual patients. This article aims to analyze trans adults’ perceptions, expectations, and recommendations on GAC. Twenty-seven semi-structured interviews were conducted by a team of academic and peer researchers; transcribed interviews were then analyzed using a codebook and thematic analysis. Three main themes were identified; the liberating experience of GAC; the uneven distribution of knowledge and power between patients and providers; and the recommended practices in GAC. Additional training and research are necessary to facilitate high-quality care for trans adults accessing GAC.

The Relational Dimension of Liberation (vimutti) in the Pāli Discourses of the Buddha

This paper investigates the embodied dimension of liberation (vimutti) in the Pāli discourses of the Buddha. Liberation is to be understood in relation to different kinds of “persons”’ who experience reality in different ways. For the ordinary person, there might be a presumption of being free, but there is actually no experience of liberation. For the disciple in training, liberation starts to become real and shows itself to be different to the ordinary person’s way of life. Eventually, for the awakened disciple, the ordinary way of life is entirely left behind. This does not necessarily entail an escape from the world of embodied life, but it does open new possibilities for choice and freedom in the overall psychophysical and social ecosystem. In all these cases, liberation (or its lack thereof) must be understood from a relational perspective, namely, in connection with how one functions and behaves in relation to other living beings.

Influence of Retirement Experiences on Psychological Well-Being of Retired Teachers in East Gonja Municipality, Ghana

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of retirement experiences on psychological well-being of retired teachers in the East Gonja Municipality. The study employed a quantitative approach underpinned by analytical cross-sectional design. The target population of the study comprised of retired teachers in the East Gonja Municipality. A total of 320 retired teachers from East Gonja Municipality were purposively selected to constitute the sample for the study. Methodology: Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE) and Psychological Well-Being Scale were adopted for data collection. Data was analysed using means and standard deviation and linear regression. Findings: The study found that most of the retired teachers in the East Gonja Municipality in the Savannah Region of Ghana experience positive emotions, express optimism, and are satisfied with their lives in their retirement phase of life. Unique contribution to theory, policy and practice: The study concludes that retirement experiences are unique and can be a liberating experience for retired teachers, where they can pursue their interests and hobbies without any restrictions. It is recommended that retirement should be a time for retired teachers to focus on their health and well-being, a time they can pursue activities that promote physical and mental health. This study recommends to education system to provide pre-retirement counselling and post-retirement support programmes, focusing on mental health and well-being. Also, the study recommends to pension and retirement agencies to develop and implement workshops and peer support programmes to promote retired teachers’ psychological well-being, addressing issues of social isolation and identity loss.

AARC Clinical Practice Guideline: Spontaneous Breathing Trials for Liberation From Adult Mechanical Ventilation.

Despite prior publications of clinical practice guidelines related to ventilator liberation, some questions remain unanswered. Many of these questions relate to the details of bedside implementation. We, therefore, formed a guidelines committee of individuals with experience and knowledge of ventilator liberation as well as a medical librarian. Using Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology, we make the following recommendations: (1) We suggest that calculation of a rapid shallow breathing index is not needed to determine readiness for a spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) (conditional recommendation; moderate certainty); (2) We suggest that SBTs can be conducted with or without pressure support ventilation (conditional recommendation, moderate certainty); (3) We suggest a standardized approach to assessment and, if appropriate, completion of an SBT before noon each day (conditional recommendation, very low certainty); and (4) We suggest that FIO2 should not be increased during an SBT (conditional recommendation, very low certainty). These recommendations are intended to assist bedside clinicians to liberate adult critically ill patients more rapidly from mechanical ventilation.

Freirean dialogic action in Brazilian public schools: a Lesson Study contribution to teacher development

ABSTRACT Recalling Freire's lessons on education and teacher development, this study embraces the transformative power of dialogue. In the context of Brazilian public schools, where education faces challenges such as rigid curriculum prescriptions, the researchers implemented a Lesson Study cycle as a dialogic teacher development intervention. Despite constraints, it fostered a collaborative and dialogic space, enabling English teachers to share and reflect in formative interactions. This approach allowed for critical discussions, empowered teacher agency, and enhanced the quality of English teaching. Inspired by Freire's vision, dialogic Lesson Study proved to be a liberating experience for teachers, promoting active and meaningful practices.

EXISTENTIAL-PHILOSOPHICAL SYMBOLS AND MEANINGS IN THE SUFISTIC ROMAN “GHURBAH AL-GHARBIYAH” SUHRAWARDĪ

Suhrawardī, as the founder of illumination philosophy, has works in the field of literature that have philosophical nuances. Researchers through this article attempt to examine philosophically-hermeneutically the Sufistic Romance of Ghurbah al-Gharbiyah Suhrawardī which has not been extensively studied by researchers including Suhrawardī scholars. The novel is genealogically related to Ḥay bin Yaqẓān by Ibn Sīnā and Ibn Ṭufayl, so it is called the Ḥay bin Yaqẓān trilogy: Avicenna, Ibnu Ṭufayl, and Suhrawardī. Through Ricoeur’s Hermeneutic Approach and Corbin’s Epistemology of Sufistic Imagination, which is used as a research method, researchers intend to interpret the symbols and existential meanings of Ghurbah al-Gharbiyah's novel. The purpose of this study is to interpret the background, symbols, and meaning behind Suhrawardī’s novel. The conclusion of this study: Ghurbah al-Gharbiyah discusses the philosophical theme of human alienation in the world with the use of symbols: the city of Qairawan as the imprisoned phase, the Hudhud bird as the enlightenment phase, and the journey on Mount Sinai during the liberation phase and meeting with the "Light of all Lights". Three phases each characterize today's Sufistic consciousness of man: the experience of alienation, enlightenment, and liberation. On the other hand, this novel is a representation of Suhrawardī's subjective creative imagination (al-quwwah al-khayāliyyah) inspired by prophetic experiences: Prophet Muhammad's Ascension, Prophet Sulaiman's Hudhud bird, and Prophet Musa's Mount Sinai.

A biomythography introducing the Blafemme Healing framework.

Black feminism has so much to offer. Its philosophical, intellectual, and activist practice grounded in the experiences of Black women is a source of healing and liberation. Building on the Black feminist tradition, the current article introduces an intersectional and practical healing framework titled Blafemme Healing. The framework is designed to support individuals in exploring personal healing regardless of their social location while intentionally providing mechanisms for increasing the experience and outcome of wellness, equity, love, liberation, and survival for Black people. The framework includes eight areas, or chambers, that require people's attention if we are to achieve personal and collective wellness. The author, a Black queer cisgender woman pursuing personal and collective wellness and healing through and beyond the field of psychology, uses the biomythography method to introduce and describe Blafemme Healing. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

Çevreci Eleştirinin Normalleştirilmesi: Kuram ve Doğa

Contemporary theory has been framed by structuralist, poststructuralist and postmodernist discussions about social, cultural and linguistic formation of meaning. Structuralists argue that meaning is an external feature. It depends on the linguistic framework, for it is defined in and through language. For poststructuralists, meaning can be subjectively defined; thus there is no meaning to be considered. Poststructuralism offers the idea of the plurality of meaning. Like all traditional notions, meaning is a metanarrative whose validity structuralist, poststructuralist and postmodernist critics find controversial. Contemporary theory has been a liberating experience. This might be exemplified with the enquiry into the legitimacy of the patriarchy which rendered women determination to question their inequalities. Theory has enabled discussions about the proletariat having a future to control production. However, theory has illustrated nature within the same exemplification. Nature is a socially, culturally and linguistically constructed notion defined as a man-made perception. The present environmental emergency loses its meaning as nature is a meaningless term. Environmental criticism dismiss the latest designation of nature as a metanarrative. It insists that nature is real, alive and in danger. This article aims to point out that mainstreaming of environmental criticism helps understand the relationship between theory and nature.

"The Council," Artist Adelita Husni‐Bey and Young Adults Envision the Future Museum

Artmaking, when used as a form of pedagogy and approached in a socially‐conscious manner, has the potential to promote agency and create a democratic learning environment for students. This study examines one such project, "The Council," created by artist Adelita Husni‐Bey in collaboration with former Teen Program attendees of the Museum of Modern Art. The Council is a collection of large‐scale photographs created from a series of workshops in which 13 young adults imagined themselves reshaping the museum's societal role after a major global crisis. The final photographs were exhibited in the museum's main galleries, representing a participatory, socially‐engaged artwork produced from a pedagogical process. While there is a prevalence of these types of pedagogy‐based artworks, contemporary art literature tends to focus mainly on the artist, disregarding the participants. Therefore, from the stance of an art educator, I examined the learning experiences of the participants as well as the pedagogical framework of the artist. The reviews from the participants were overwhelmingly positive, with many noting a significant increase in their confidence and a greater sense of agency. A liberating experience of collaboration was also stated as a common experience. These outcomes were attributed to the artist's innovative use of multimodal learning and effective facilitation grounded in Francesc Ferrer's philosophy of anarcho‐collectivism and integral education, as well as critical pedagogy. This study suggests that creative methodologies can significantly enhance intrinsically motivated learning and emphasises the importance of nurturing the next generation as they envision a more equitable and just society.

구술로 본 38선 이북 마을의 식민지와 해방·전쟁의 경험 : 강원도 양양군 강현면 A마을 여성의 가족이야기

이 논문은 강원도 양양지역의 토박이인 구술자 이효춘의 가족이야기를 통해서 양 양지역의 근현대사를 다룬 것이다. 양양지역은 해방직후 북한지역에 속했다가 한국전 쟁으로 ‘수복’된 곳이다. 극단적인 이념대립의 시대에 이 지역 주민들은 두 차례에 걸 쳐서 서로 다른 체제를 강요받게 된다. 또한 일제가 수탈을 위해 이 지역에 건설한 도로·철도·항만시설은 한국전쟁기 남북 모두의 전투로와 군용시설로 이용됨으로써 이 지역의 전쟁 피해를 가중시켰다. 이효춘의 가족사는 조부모와 부모, 그리고 이효춘 자매의 3대 생애이야기로 이루 어져있다. 대대로 양양지역에서 살아온 이들 토박이 가족 3대의 삶은 식민지·해방·전 쟁·분단이 양양이라는 지역사회를 어떻게 바꾸어놓았는지 그 비극적인 과정을 잘 보 여준다. 이와 더불어 그 비극적인 생의 시험대 위에서 이들 가족들은 저마다 어떻게 생존전략을 구사하면서 삶을 살아왔는지, 그 역동성도 잘 보여준다. 이 논문은 크게 세 시기로 구성되어 있다. 먼저, 식민지시기 양양지역의 변화와 가 족사이다. 이 시기 양양지역은 3.1운동과 농민조합운동이라는 저항운동이 격렬하게 전개되었다. 그리고 또 한편으로 일본인들에 의해 지역사회가 주도되면서 수탈과 개 발이 동전의 양면으로 전개되었다. 양양지역의 유지가였던 이효춘의 가족은 저항운동 에 적극적으로 참여하였으며 또 한편으로 식민지 근대화 과정에서 부를 축적하였다. 둘째, 해방과 북한체제 하에서의 가족의 삶이다. 부친은 직접적으로 농사를 짓지 않았기 때문에 이효춘의 가족은 대부분의 토지를 몰수당했다. 부친은 북한체제에 비판 적인 ‘흰패’가 되었고 월남을 꿈꾸었다. 그리고 일제시기 유통업에 종사한 경험을 바탕 으로 남북 밀무역에 종사하였다. 그러나 이효춘의 자매는 북한사회에서 고등교육을 받 았다. 일제시기 이 지역민들의 교육에 대한 열망은 대단하였다. ‘흰패’의 자녀들에게도 제공된 교육의 기회는 이효춘의 가족이 쉽게 월남을 단행하지 못한 배경이 되었다. 셋째. 전쟁과 수복의 경험이다. 6.25전쟁은 양양의 원주민 사회를 붕괴시키고 몰락 시켰다. 밀고 당기는 ‘톱질전쟁’에서 막대한 인명과 재산 피해가 발생했고, 국군의 소개 작전으로 모든 마을이 전소(全燒)되었다. 청장년층 대부분은 인민군에 입대하였거나 피난을 떠난 상황에서 이 지역은 ‘수복’되었다. 살아남은 원주민들은 ‘북한 사람’도 ‘남 한사람’도 아닌 경계인으로 오랫동안 피해의식 속에서 살아왔다. 원주민들 대신해서 지역사회의 주도자로 등장한 것은 함경도와 평안도의 피난민들이었다. 이들은 속초 발 전의 주역이었으며 1963년 속초면을 양양에서 분리시켜 속초시로 승격시켰다. 이주민 에 의해 원주민 사회가 잠식되는 지역사의 격변이 전후 10년 사이에 일어났다.

Visiting the Blues: PEN America 2021 Prison Writing Awards Anthology by Pen America

Reviewed by: Visiting the Blues: PEN America 2021 Prison Writing Awards Anthology by Pen America Timothy Bradford PEN AMERICA Visiting the Blues: PEN America 2021 Prison Writing Awards Anthology New York. PEN America. 2022 (© 2021). 417 pages. IN KEN BURNS'S 2001 DOCUMENTARY series Jazz, saxophonist Branford Marsalis says, "The blues are about freedom. You know, there's liberation in reality. And when they talk about these songs, when they talk about being sad, the fact that you recognize that which pains you is a very freeing and liberating experience." In this anthology of award-winning prison writing, with its title that references the blues, there's plenty of talk about being sad and worse, and there's plenty of freedom and liberation grounded in reality too. Published in 2022 as part of PEN America's Prison Writing Program, which was founded in 1971 after the Attica prison riots, this annual awards anthology is open to "anyone detained in a federal, state, or county prison or jail" and includes five to six pieces selected by thirty-plus readers in each of these categories: nonfiction essay, nonfiction memoir, fiction, poetry, and drama. The introduction by Robert Pollock discusses his suspicions as a formerly incarcerated writer about what he imagined to be "privileged, snooty, and distant readers" as well as the community he now knows the program and its awards create. The anthology closes with an insightful and moving section of mentor/mentee letters related to the L'Engle-Rahman Award for Mentorship in which three mentors on the outside and three mentees on the inside discuss their professional and human relationships. While there may be liberation in reality, no one said reality would be easy, and most of the pieces in this anthology reflect this. Prison is the setting for many; others feature hardscrabble life on the outside before prison, with poverty, abuse, and drugs being common elements. Loneliness, despair, suicide, violence, and death are common topics. This isn't surprising given what we know about the US prison system, which incarcerated writer and mentee Daniel Throop describes as follows in his letter: "Contemporary American prisons function as social slaughterhouses wherein community ties and human identities are systematically chopped into mince meat." Overall, it's not a light or easy read, which testifies to the vivid, difficult realities it portrays. But this anthology is also a testament to survival, change, creativity, and liberation, even in the shadow of the slaughterhouse. George T. Wilkerson's nonfiction essay "Vacant Lots and Aviaries," a rich, complex meditation on survival, self-improvement, and the clandestine feeding of birds in the recreation yard by death-row inmates in Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina, clearly [End Page 71] conveys this in the following passage: "The walls press us into each other and toward the only space left open to us: UP. The place from which that thing with feathers descends. We go to catch and sing the sun in flight. … We are detained but not defeated." These are powerful and empowering words from someone who, despite deep contrition and change, knows he will never leave prison and quite likely might be executed there. Other standouts include Chicano writer and artist Paul S. Sedillo's nonfiction essay "Cultural Time Roads" with its New Mexico–based insights on the connections between colonialism, racism, and the contemporary prison system; Jason Hawkins's nonfiction memoir piece "Before the Virus," which compassionately reflects on creativity and despair in a South Texas prison in light of his friend's suicide attempt; and Heather Jarvis's nonfiction memoir piece "Frozen Pancakes," which details her descent into drug addiction in an attempt to be the perfect single mother, her in-prison sobriety and self-improvement, and her plans to be her imperfect yet honest self with her daughters when she gets out. Also notable are Austin Holland's fiction piece "White-Hot/Black-Hot," in which a veteran shares his insights on the physical and emotional deaths caused by the US occupation of Iraq; Sheryl L. Nelms's poem "The Blues," a meditation on both the color and state of mind; Timothy Burke's poem "Momento Mori," a sparse, imagistic account of the glasses...

Robert Lynn Fuller. After D-Day: The U.S. Army Encounters the French.

In the introduction of this well-written study, After D-Day: The U.S. Army Encounters the French, Robert Lynn Fuller promises to bring “variety, complexity, and nuance” (3) to the story of the Allied liberation of France in the summer of 1944 by placing “the French population back into the history” (7). Fuller rightly notes that the French civilian experience of liberation is too often missing from popular military histories of World War II. Yet he tends to understate the significance of the existing scholarship on this topic by scholars writing in English and French. Hilary Footitt, Mary Louise Roberts, Claudia Baldoli, Andrew Knapp, Richard Overy, Robert Gildea, and myself have covered a good deal of this ground, while French scholars like Olivier Wieviorka, Eddy Florentin, Jean Quellien, and Fabrice Virgili, among others, have drawn on archival materials found in the relevant French départements to enrich our understanding of the human dimension of the war’s last year. At least for the past two decades, the civilian experience in France during the war has been getting the attention it deserves.

Iranian Women Traveling in vTime: A Cyberfeminist Approach

Informed by a cyberfeminist standpoint, this paper explores the role of cyberworlds and virtual tourism in providing less constrained and more liberating traveling experiences for women. More specifically, through interviews with a group of Iranian women traveling in a virtual world known as vTime, this work discusses whether and how virtual tourist experiences allow women to overcome their travel-related constraints and pave the way to forms of self-determination and emancipation. In contrast, several feminists hold utopian and dystopian views regarding the benefits of the Internet and technology for women’s empowerment, and the findings of our study point to a rather complex and less encouraging scenario. Virtual tourism in cyberspace allows Iranian women to overcome constraints affecting their traveling experiences. Nevertheless, it is far from a liberating experience as women’s self-expression and activities are restricted and limited by patriarchy-driven concerns about surveillance, legal consequences, harassment, social stigma, and western dominance.

P. Czerwiński’s Dystopia International in the Context of the Young Polish Prose of the Early 21st Century

This article analyses the novel International (2011) by Piotr Czerwiński, a representative of the so-called “post-PRL” generation and describes the worldview of this generation as a whole and its reasons. The change of the system rendered the romanticism of social resistance, which had been one of the most important pillars of Polish mentality and culture, pragmatically unclaimed. This tool of national consolidation, which had repeatedly proved its real effectiveness, lost its obvious field of application, and turned into an instrument of violence, because romantic myths continue to be present in Polish public consciousness and the subconscious, and are actively used by the authorities. The deadlock between the two discourses — the new and the old, global consumerism and heroic martyrology — has led to a massively expressed sense of hopelessness, fear, and their own inferiority by young writers. Czerwiński’s text is considered from the perspective of the genres of utopia, dystopia, and post-dystopia. The aim of the study is to analyse and identify the supertask of Czerwiński’s ironic reinterpretation of the extra-literary context, to bring to absurdity the merged ideas of (super)Polishness and (super)consumerism. First of all, the novel refers to the specificity of the Polish mentality and only secondly is a warning for any nationalist “accentuation” of society. Attention is also paid to the linguistic aspect of the alarmism of the novel: the prose of the “post-PRL” generation, of which the analysed novel is a vivid example, is a reaction both to the dissatisfaction with Polish reality and to the inadequacy of the language functioning in society to this experience. As a result, the author concludes that for Czerwiński, as for other young prose writers of this time, the generation and experience of comic consciousness becomes only partially a liberating experience.

Retail Electricity Market Liberalization: An Overview of International Experience and Effects on the Chilean Regulated Tariff

The Chilean government is looking to liberalize the retail electricity market to increase competitiveness and reduce the price of electricity for residential and small/medium commercial customers. Under this context, the article aims to enrich the legislative debate by providing an overview of the international experience of the electricity market liberalization that started in the early 1990s and presents forecasting for the regulated Chilean price until 2034, considering the current tenders and the price stabilization mechanism. In addition, multiple simulations are developed to measure the market effect of retail liberalization on regulated customers. In this regard, the results suggest a significant regulated price increase from 2022 to 2032, produced mainly by the stabilization mechanism, which overshadows the low prices obtained in recent renewable generation supply tenders. However, if the retail market is liberalized, the simulation indicates that regulated customers could save between 15% and 20% on their electricity bills.

Frankfurt am Meer: The “Illiberal” Liberalism of the German Confederation and Its Aspirations over the Habsburg Adriatic in 1848

AbstractIn 1848, Habsburg Trieste became the target of German nationalists gathered in Frankfurt. The Frankfurt parliament, born out of the revolutions of 1848, has been widely depicted as a liberal experience. Yet its nationalist stances, which included the creation of a unitary German state through the absorption of vast multiethnic regions of the Habsburg monarchy, whose Austrian crownlands were part of the German Confederation, bear witness to the illiberal nature of the Frankfurt parenthesis of 1848–1849. Notwithstanding the assimilatory tendencies of the Frankfurt parliament, Italian activists in Trieste supported the inclusion of the Habsburg port in an enlarged Germany, hoping to break away from Habsburg rule, which they portrayed as oppressive. This article argues that the contradictory Italian support for the German Confederation highlights the paradoxes at the basis of nationalist movements at their onset, while also pointing to the difficulty that nation-states would soon witness in dealing with other ethnic groups within their borders. On the contrary, it was the Habsburg monarchy that, in its centuries-long tradition of accommodating different ethnicities into its fold, represented what to present-day observers comes closer to political liberalism than the so-called liberal national parties that opposed Habsburg rule.

Team-based incentives in transportation firms: An experiment

Providing the right incentives to bus drivers has become an issue in many cities worldwide. Liberalization experiences and research have shown that high-powered incentives lead to safety hazards, lack of service in low-demand areas, and poor service quality. Fixed-wage schemes, common in tendered systems, are among the leading causes of increased fare evasion, as drivers do not control payment adequately. In a controlled experimental setting, we show that team-based incentives induce levels of effort similar to those provided by an individual pay-for-performance scheme but without undesirable operational decisions. We find that team contracts eliminate the conflict of interest between drivers, causing drivers to control the passengers’ payment while maintaining more regular speeds. Consequently, reducing safety hazards and rushing through low-demand stops, avoiding excessive waiting times, and keeping a uniform distribution in the passenger load. These characteristics are absent in the individual contract and are a crucial part of the quality of service.

Либерализация валютного регулирования: международный опыт

An analysis of the development and current state of the main instruments of liberalization of currency regulation and currency control has been carried out. The relevance of the topic is explained by the tendency of many countries to remove restrictions on foreign exchange transactions and the movement of capital funds in order to build an economy that is attractive to foreign investors and resistant to external influences. The development of the principles of capital movement liberalization at the international level, starting with the adoption of the OECD Code in 1961, is briefly considered. The experience of liberalization of monetary and financial regulation at the level of individual countries and integration associations is analyzed and generalized on the example of the USA, the European Union and the BRICS countries. The shortcomings of the current legislation of the Russian Federation in this area are identified and the conclusion is made about the need for further improvement of legislation in order to create a financial system that is resistant to external shocks and international sanctions pressure. The main reason for this is that the measures taken by Russia in 2022 to respond to sanctions do not include reform of federal legislation, but are based on the introduction of temporary restrictions on the foreign exchange market and are somewhat contradictory. In the context of strengthening external restrictions, and the introduction of retaliatory counter-sanction measures, it is necessary to develop new strategic planning documents in the field of monetary and financial regulation in order to ensure the stable functioning of the monetary and financial system.

Aecsthetic transformative experience. A pragmatist outline

How does emancipation from social oppression work and unfold? The paper is an attempt to deal with this question from an aesthetic point of view. By drawing on pragmatist resources, and more precisely on John Dewey’s aesthetic theory and on Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’, I discuss the critical and transformative potential of a special kind of aesthetic experience, namely ‘aecsthetic experience’. The paper unfolds in three steps: First, I introduce Iris Marion Young’s account of social oppression, which fits particularly well with the framework of the ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ (1). I show then, in contrast to an established interpretation, how the protagonist of Gilman’s story makes an experience of liberation from oppression (2). Finally, I reconstruct Dewey’s role in my interpretation of this feminist classic, and I suggest what a Deweyan account might learn from it (3).

Arguedas: Una antropología del encierro: la novela El Sexto

In writing the author does an act of presence along the totality of the work, inseparable moment where the story and the work merge indisputably and the one in which literature dialogues with social sciences. The Sixth tells about the world of the prison which concentrates and materializes everything that is depraved, filthy and vile, in a rotting background where  the escalation of degradation and vileness is represented. It is also a “social lab” that allows a glance to the abyss of “the human thing” where the interaction is given between the bestiality of the prisoners, the cynicism of the guards and the cruelty and brutality of prison practices, where all experience is possible, even the unimagined can be a liberating experience and the unthinkable dwells in the marginal characters, the same ones that go from sadism, abjection and infamy to a “dazzling process of illumination” and a liberating experience.