Family Legacy Research Articles

Visibility through invisibility: Spatialized political subjectivities of Alevi youth

AbstractThis article investigates Alevi youth subjectivities in a neighborhood of İstanbul, Okmeydanı, in which mainly Alevi people live, through the youth’s self-positionings in revolutionary groups, which has deeply marked the highly politicized history of the district. The grievances of Okmeydanlı Alevi youth have grown increasingly complex, stemming from experiences of violence, family legacies of victimhood, and, in recent years, new forms of exclusion. Coupled with generational ruptures between youth and their families in experiencing Alevi identity, Alevi youth have created a political identity and collectivity in the sphere of revolutionary politics. In this politicization, Okmeydanı becomes a spatialization of resistance which gives the youth a sense of power to achieve solidarity and find intimacy to defend themselves and their rights. Moreover, for the youth, engaging in a revolutionary political identity enables them to define themselves and redefine Alevi identity in contrast with, and sometimes against, the perceptions of their families. I argue that it is through this performativity that Okmeydanlı Alevi youth achieve self-empowerment and identity construction; and through this performativity in street politics that the youth render their agencies and self-representations visible on public space.

Cancer Prediction Method using Effective Feature Extraction and Supervised Classification Techniques

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Negotiating identity at the intersection of family legacy and present time life conditions: A qualitative exploration of central issues connected to identity and belonging in the lives of children of refugees

IntroductionMost studies on refugee populations are organized around trauma-related issues and focus on explanations of pathological factors. Few studies are anchored in general developmental psychology with the aim of exploring normal age-specific developmental tasks and how the special circumstances associated with forced migration can influence that development. MethodsUsing an ecological and transactional understanding of developmental trajectories, this qualitative study explored issues connected to identity formation processes in an exile context based on interviews with 6 male and 10 female children of refugees (18–26 years) who have grown up in Norway. ResultsThe findings show that family experiences of war and conflict intersect with experiences of marginalization in exile. The interaction of these experiences influences the development of individual identity in cumulative and complex ways. Many of the participants expressed feelings of isolation, disconnectedness, and a lack of belonging. Nevertheless, though the participants described growing up facing major challenges, they also searched for ways to reframe their difficult personal and family histories into meaningful experiences. ConclusionsIn order to provide conditions and develop interventions that can support well-being and identity development, we need a better understanding of the different forces that influence the identity development of children of refugees. By foregrounding the participants’ experiences, and perspectives, we gained insight into different ways in which participants negotiate identity issues in relation to often contradictory demands and messages from family and the wider social context.

To Not Be Missing Forever...That Seems Important: Ethical, Clinical, and Practical Aspects of Reuniting Patients and Families (FR472)

•Analyze the impact on health care systems of the increasing numbers of undomiciled and isolated persons.•Justify the need for diligent search activities, integrating the medical, legal, ethical, and psycho-social aspects of the work designed to discover and raise the voice of patient and surrogates.•Employ an example of a “search document” designed to meet the standard for due diligence toward the goal of seeking information or person s to assist with medical decision making.•Illustrate through patient-family narratives the potential for therapeutic benefits that include informed medical decision making and a range of healing experiences made possible by the work of a diligent search. Health care systems are increasingly caring for patients who are unable to participate in decision making and seem to be without involved surrogates—individuals who are socially isolated, undomiciled, or in fractured families. While the work of reuniting the “missing” with families has implications beyond medical decision making, this is often the reason palliative care clinicians are consulted. When the voice of patient is silent and surrogates unavailable, patients are more vulnerable as a clinician's thoughts and judgments are not mediated nor enriched by a dialogue which captures the unique history, values and beliefs of patients and surrogates. Decision making in this setting is informed by best medical information, ethics, and law which informs a care plan that includes due diligence to discover and search for a patient's connections to others and relevant information which might inform care and mitigate bias. This work of discovery of history and personhood has the potential to deepen empathy, create outcomes that alter care plans in the present, influence family legacy, and assure practices in institutions which are legally and ethically sound. This session will provide a multidirectional framework for a diligent search designed to discover surrogates, family, prior directives, or clinicians who might inform decision making for a seriously-ill patient who is unable to guide care. Through the use of patient narratives we will explore the countertransference, ethical principles, team dynamics, and potential for family “reconciliation” that may evolve from the clinical work surrounding care of patients who have often been “lost” to family. The work of discovering and honoring the voice of these most vulnerable patients is a potential source of resilience as clinicians consider and honor therapeutic outcomes that extend beyond medical interventions and agency walls.

Mourning Writing: A Poetic Autoethnography on the Passing of My Father

This poetic autoethnography explores the author’s experiences of the death of his father, processes of mourning, and ways of addressing through writing a difficult family legacy related to the Holocaust. Employing journal, narrative, poetic, and reflective research writing, this poetic autoethnography documents a twelve-week period in which the author’s father died and he traveled back to the place in which he was born to address the murder of his grandparents and deportation of his father on the Kindertransport. This study offers some insight into mourning and the long-lasting effects of familial trauma related to the Holocaust. In addition, this poetic autoethnography provides a model and example of how research writing can be used as part of a mourning process and as a way of exploring difficult personal contingencies.

Representing Home: Reading the Aesthetics of Food in Postcolonial Literature

SummaryThis article seeks to establish aesthetic analysis as an integral approach to post-colonial literature, taking attention to form and depictions of beauty to stand for aesthetic qualities. More specifically, this article reads the treatment of food in Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace (2000) and Romesh Gunesekera’s Reef (1995) as not only aesthetic achievements that resonate powerfully with many postcolonial concerns, but also as instances where aesthetically sensitive attention to form critically informs postcolonial concerns. Given the rapid development in the inter-sections between food studies and postcolonial criticism, food is no longer merely domestic and therefore apolitical, or in the play of flavours and spices and odours are the threads of colonial enterprises, national histories, independence movements, family legacies and personal narratives entwined around representations of home.

СТРОГАНОВЫ В ПОЛИТИКЕ ПАМЯТИ И КОЛЛЕКТИВНОЙ ПАМЯТИ ЖИТЕЛЕЙ «СТРОГАНОВСКОГО» РЕГИОНА

The main ideas about the genus of the Stroganovs in the memory of residents of the historical "Stroganov" region are considered. The theoretical framework for the analysis is the concept of symbolic politics, and the sources used are the materials of expert interviews and the survey "The Legacy of the Stroganov family in the modern world". Since the 1990s, the Stroganovs have been included in the process of establishing a new regional policy of memory: exhibitions and scientific conferences dedicated to the Stroganovs were held, public organizations were created under their name, and mass cultural events were organized. For three decades, the Stroganovs held a leading position in the regional memory politics, but this did not lead to practical results in forming the Stroganov name as a brand. At the same time, in the cultural memory of the residents of the "Stroganov" region, the majority of the Stroganovs have a bright positive image, which is associated with the future development of the region. The method of expert interviews with people working in the field of historical heritage preservation and the authors’ survey among residents of the Stroganov region revealed a certain difference in perceiving the Stroganovs: the older generation, in contrast to the youth, is generally more informed and interested in studying the history of the genus. They also more often connect prospects for the development of their territory with the Stroganovs. At the same time, those interested in promoting the Stroganov name act separately, and there is no single public centre dealing with the Stroganov heritage. The main role in forming the Stroganov identity today is played by the government, which, in turn, has not developed a unified policy on the issue.

Евразийские гео­политические идеи в культурном наследии Рерихов

The article is devoted to the heritage of the Roerich family – Nikolai Konstantinovich, Elena Ivanovna, Yuri Nikolaevich, Svyatoslav Nikolaevich, and its role in the current sit­uation of world crisis, especially for the Eurasian geopolitical space. The authors substan­tiate the thesis that the political and cultural views of the Roerich family matured parallel to the movement of the Eurasians and in a number of aspects specify many their ideas. The authors reveal and explore the relevance and predictability of the key principles held by the Roerich family concerning the perspectives of Russia and the areas of Eurasian co­operation. In the legacy of the Roerich family, the main features of the impending global crisis are described in a visionary way. They saw a way out of the crisis in establishing the primacy of culture over economy, the primacy of the spiritual over the material. The Roerichs warned of the dangers of a barbaric relationship with nature, robotization and decomposition of consciousness. Their warnings about the dangers of a mechanical civilization are confirmed in the work of modern analysts. According to Roerichs, the ideal of cooperation and cooperation should become the basis of relations between peoples. The Roerichs emphasized the special importance of the Russian-Mongolian and Russian-Indian ties forming a geopolitical and spiritual “middle cross” of Eurasia. The commonality of the environmental, cultural and economic problems of the two great mountain regions of the Earth is a solid foundation for future cooperation between scien­tists in the space of Eurasia.

The Sullivan Sisters by Kathryn Ormsbee

Reviewed by: The Sullivan Sisters by Kathryn Ormsbee Kate Quealy-Gainer, Assistant Editor Ormsbee, Kathryn The Sullivan Sisters. Simon, 2020 [384p] Trade ed. ISBN 978-1-5344-2053-3 $18.99 E-book ed. ISBN 978-1-5344-2055-7 $10.99 Reviewed from galleys R Gr. 7-10 The rifts between the once close Sullivan sisters have grown into canyons these past two years, as Eileen, the eldest, has inexplicably pulled away and fallen into alcoholism, Claire, the overachieving middle sib, has prioritized getting into Yale above all else, and youngest sister Murphy has helplessly watched her sisters drift away. Now a letter arrives, telling the girls of an unknown, recently deceased uncle and a surprising inheritance, and spurring an impromptu road trip to a small town and the grand estate left to them. Murphy hopes the trip might restore their relationships, Claire needs a distraction from her failed college application, and Eileen seeks either to confirm or dispute a terrible secret she learned two years ago. This is a gothic thriller at its best, complete with family legacies of murder and insanity, a gloomy, [End Page 406] isolated mansion, and dramatic reveals timed perfectly with thunderclaps and power outages. Shifting focalization both disorients and intrigues, with the sisters having vastly different perceptions of their pasts and the causes of their dissolving relationships. Readers might see the twist from a mile away, but the atmospheric setting holds an irresistible pull, as does the increasing tension among the sisters, leading to a satisfying conclusion of familial bonds overcoming past tragedy. Copyright © 2020 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo

Reviewed by: What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo Kate Quealy-Gainer, Assistant Editor Szabo, Rose What Big Teeth. Farrar, 2021 [400p] Trade ed. ISBN 9780374314309 $18.99 E-book ed. ISBN 9780374314316 $9.99 Reviewed from digital galleys R* Gr. 8-12 An unfortunate incident at boarding school sends Eleanor home to a family she hasn't seen in eight years. Her sister, cousin, and grandfather still regularly turn into bloodthirsty wolves to hunt in the nearby forest; her mother, half covered in sucking sea polyps, spends her days mostly in barrel of water; her witchy grandmother Persephone presides over them all—and normal, everyday Eleanor still doesn't belong. Right before her sudden death, Persephone makes Eleanor promise to take care of [End Page 234] the family; when it becomes clear that Eleanor cannot manage her family's violent chaos, she writes to her other grandmother in Paris, begging for her help, but what she gets is only life-threatening trouble. This is deliciously Gothic and wonderfully creepy, especially as Szabo sinks the readers into what is clearly a very strange place with descriptions of bloody family feasts and ambiguous magic but then matches it with a matter-of-fact narrative tone from Eleanor, who looks upon the whole affair as messy but familiar. Eleanor herself is a bit of a contradiction, sympathetic in her insecurities but terrifying in not only the power she eventually gains but also her thirst for it. The tight control threatens to tip into chaos at any moment, keeping the reader breathless with anticipation of what is certainly going to be a terrifying climax. Fans of Leno's Horrid (BCCB 9/20) and Ernshaw's The Wicked Deep (BCCB 3/18) will appreciate this story of family legacies gone wrong. Copyright © 2021 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

THE GREAT AND THE GRAND: THE ROLES OF GREAT-GRANDPARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS IN MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILIES

The increase of Human Aging has been observed rapidly in the whole world, as it has been in Brazil allowing the experience to live several roles within the family for a longer time. As a consequence, more multigenerational families emerge with a more vertical structure, formed by four or even five generations. While the oldest generation adds another generational role to their life, the one of great-grandparents, the youngest generation is born into an intergenerational network of relationships. There are various questions about the differences in the role of great-grandparents and grandparents, which motivated this present study. Thus, the objective of this study was to understand the roles of great-grandparents and grandparents in the family and their intergenerational repercussions. Four families with for generations, totaling 16 participants. One member of each generation was interviewed, using a specific script, which was afterwards analyzed by the Thematic Content Analysis. The results pointed out that both great-grandparents and grandparents have distinct roles that are constructed around the needs of the family; both figures provide emotional and material support to the family; both roles have transgenerational importance in the transmission of family legacies, which are related to faith, solidarity, education and order. It can also be said that the great-grandparents can be compared to the grandparents of the past, as the grandparents can be assimilated to the parents of older days. It is hoped that this research contributes to the visibility of these two generations and to sensitize professionals about this theme.

CONTINUITY OF CAREER OVER THE LIFE COURSE ON LIFE SATISFACTION AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN LATER LIFE

Identity scholars have suggested that having a unified sense of past, present, and future is related to positive well-being outcomes (Whitbourne, Sneed & Skultety, 2009). One’s occupation can have a profound influence on an individual’s identity throughout the life course (Nazar & van der Heijden, 2012). Research has looked at career mobility among younger age groups (Baiyun, Ramkissoon, Greenwood, & Hoyte, 2018); however, less is known about the impact of career stability later in life. Consistency in career choice over the life course may have positive outcomes down the line as career becomes part of an individual's identity. The current study uses the Life and Family Legacies dataset, a longitudinal state-representative sample of 3,348, to examine individual’s careers at three points in the life course: high school (projected career choice), early adulthood, and later life. Results revealed that a match of desired career in high school and actual career in early adulthood was not predictive of life satisfaction or depressive symptoms in later life. However, a match of career in early adulthood and later life was significantly related to better life satisfaction and less depressive symptoms, which was explained through higher levels of job satisfaction. This study highlights the importance of acquiring and maintaining a career that is fulfilling to the individual over the course of early adulthood to later life.

DO PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS MODERATE LINKS BETWEEN CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH AND COGNITION IN LATER LIFE?

Cardiovascular health is related to cognition in later life (Samieri, 2018). Psychological factors, such as depressive symptoms, have been linked with cardiovascular health (Thomas, Kalaria, & O’Brien, 2004). Marital quality, an important indicator of social connection, has been linked with cardiovascular response (Seider et al., 2009), and both depression and marital satisfaction are linked with a quicker recovery from heart attacks (Keller, 1998). Depressive symptoms and marital quality may buffer links between cardiovascular health and cognitive functioning. The purpose of this study was to examine cardiovascular links with cognition, in connection with depressive symptoms and marital quality. Using data from 864 participants of the Life and Family Legacy study (Mean age = 61.78), we examined predictors from 2010 in relation to cognition measured in 2017/2018. Word recall and computation subscales of the Minnesota Cognitive Acuity Screen (MCAS) were used to assess cognitive functioning. Results from multiple regression models indicated that after controlling for age, gender, education, income, and marital status, having hypertension and higher depressive symptoms were predictive of word recall. Lower depressive symptoms were also predictive of higher computation scores. Depression did not moderate links between cardiovascular health and cognitive functioning. Among married participants (n=632), positive marital quality had no main effect nor moderating association with cardiovascular health predicting cognitive functioning. Further research is needed to better understand how biological, psychological, and social factors interact to affect cognition in later life. Longitudinal work should track these associations in context of cognitive changes with aging.

Self-management action and motivation of Pacific adults in New Zealand with end-stage renal disease.

AimsTo explore actions and motivations for self-management practices of Pacific adults following diagnosis of end stage renal disease (ESRD).MethodsFocused ethnography using in-depth interviews with 16 Pacific people on haemodialysis for diabetic ESRD, in Auckland, New Zealand. Study participants were of Samoan, Cook Islander, Tongan, Niuean, or Tokelauan ethnicity and aged between 30 to 69 years old. Thematic analysis was used to code and identify emergent themes.ResultsAll participants assumed active responsibility for their self-management following their diagnosis of ESRD. They reported positive differences in their current self-management behaviours, compared to pre-ESRD diagnosis. In the face of their terminal diagnosis, participant’s motivations to self-manage their health were fuelled by hope; the hope to live long enough to change their family legacy of diabetes and ESRD. To achieve this, there was a dependency upon family members as a resource for self-management support. Yet at the same time, family members also had health concerns (including diabetes), and several participants themselves were carers for sick or elderly family members.ConclusionThe growing number of members (within family units) progressing from moderate to late-stage diabetes raises concerns about the sustainability of future family support in Pacific families in New Zealand with histories of diabetes, ESRD, and other chronic diseases. While the burden upon informal carers (family) has been well documented throughout the past few decades, the dynamics of bi-directional carer support between (two or more) sick family members and their families have had less exposure. This has potentially significant implications for Pacific peoples in New Zealand, considering the increases in diabetes prevalence within their families.

Genome sequencing in healthcare: understanding the UK general public's views and implications for clinical practice.

Technological advances have seen the offer of genome sequencing becoming part of mainstream medical practice. Research has elicited patient and health professional views on the ethical issues genome sequencing raises, however, we know little about the general public's views. These views offer an insight into people's faith in such technologies, informing discussion regarding the approach to consent in clinic. We aimed to garner public views regarding genome sequencing, incidental findings (IFs), and sharing genetic information with relatives. Participants (n = 1954) from the British general public completed a survey, distributed via email. Overall, the public had a positive view of genomic sequencing, choosing 'informative' as the most popular word (52%) and 'family legacy' as the most popular analogy (33%) representing genomic sequencing for them. Fifty-three percent agree that their relative had the right to be told about genetic information relevant to them. Fifty-four percent wouldexpect to be told about IFs whether they had asked for them or not. Clinical practice needs to acknowledge these perspectives and expectations in order to facilitate meaningful discussion during the consent process for genomic tests. We suggest that: (a) optimistic perspectives on the usefulness of genomic tests need to be tempered by discussion in clinic about the likelihood that genomic results might be uninformative, uncertain or unexpected; (b) discussions regarding the familial nature of results areneeded before testing: the majority of patients will welcome this and any concerns can be explored further; and (c) a wider discussion is requiredregarding the consent approach for genomic testing.

Blue over Green? Defining Typologies of Rural Landowners Growing Blueberry in Place of Forests in Georgia, United States

Ricardian Rent Theory is typically used for analyzing land use change decisions of rural landowners. However, to the best of our knowledge no study focuses on the motivations of landowners for their land use change decisions in general and deforestation in particular. This information is important for southern Georgia, where more than 6,000 ha of evergreen forestland were moved into blueberry production between 2010 and 2017. We surveyed 34 family landowners who had moved to blueberry production to ascertain their motivations and analyzed the data using Q-methodology to categorize them into four typologies: Family Oriented landowners grow blueberry as a family legacy; Value Seeking landowners want higher value over time from their land; Environmental Cautious landowners grow blueberry for profit, but recognize a link between deforestation and blueberry expansion; finally, Profit Motivated landowners grow blueberry for higher profits in a short period and clearly recognize forestry as a long-term investment. The majority of surveyed blueberry farmers suggested that with appropriate financial incentives, they would practice forestry rather than higher risk blueberry farming. Our findings provide insights for policymakers in designing incentives for achieving sustainable land management and ensuring the multifunctionality of rural landscapes in Georgia and surrounding states facing similar issues.

I Love You Kid, But…: Intergenerational Soccer Fandom Conflict

Although sports fandom is one of the broadest and most significant social phenomena in modern life, few studies have examined the sources of children’s sports fandom. The reason may be related to the presumption that the main source of a child’s fandom is his or her father. Indeed, literature has repeatedly stressed the role of the family, and specifically the father, in shaping children’s identification with sports teams, alongside other social and psychological factors. The current study examines the significance of the untypical cases in which a son does not follow his father’s path and chooses to support a different soccer team. As uncommon cases frequently highlight what is commonly taken for granted, the current study explores the deep meanings of a disruption in fandom legacy that fathers typically take for granted. Through in-depth interviews with fathers whose children support a soccer team other than their own, the current study identifies that such fandom choices of sons, impact fathers on four levels, namely family legacy, team heritage, masculinity, and religious identification. Intergenerational fandom conflicts between father and son highlight the powerful implications of fans’ connections to their respective teams, and the continuing role of gender-based expectations in the world of sports.

Documenting the legacies of the Chilean dictatorship: Questioning the family relationship in the documentary films El pacto de Adriana and El color del camaleón

The Chilean dictatorship is the subject of a number of recent non-fiction films in which the construction of Chile’s collective memory also focuses on those who supported, collaborated or participated in the perpetration of the abuses and atrocities committed by the regime. In recent years, a new generation of Chilean filmmakers has emerged; among these are Andrés Lübbert and Lissette Orozco, whose documentary films about the dictatorship, El color del camaleón (‘The color of the chameleon’) and El pacto de Adriana (‘Adriana’s pact’), respectively, were both released in 2017. In both films, the memorialization of Chile’s past is associated with the exploration of family memories as the filmmakers engage with Chile’s collective memory through family relationships. In this way, family becomes central to a parallel process in which the filmmakers engage in an ethical and emotional questioning of their relationships with their relatives and the family legacy, thereby triggering conflict within the family. This family conflict may be resolved in one of two possible ways: breakdown or reconciliation. The two documentary films studied here offer examples of each possibility, facilitating an exploration of this process and the potential impact of this approach to documenting family relationships.

In a Family Way? A model of family firm identity maintenance by non-family members

Focusing on the case of a successful French pharmaceutical family firm – VetCo, we develop a process model of family firm identity maintenance by non-family members. Being the first family-owned pharmaceutical actor exclusively dedicated to animal health worldwide, VetCo has a strong family firm identity. The maintenance of this identity is remarkable, as VetCo experienced a withdrawal of the owning family when its founder suddenly passed away and, later on, when other family members disengaged from operations. Using grounded theory, we build a process model of identity maintenance that emphasizes meaning multiplicity. Specifically, we identify three main mechanisms of meaning preservation – passing on the family legacy, unifying the metaphorical family and modelling the family business – and two mechanisms of meaning connection – holding on and bridging. In elaborating theory on family firm identity maintenance, this study contributes to family business and organizational identity scholarships.

Queering the Chicana/o Archive in Felicia Luna Lemus’s Like Son

Abstract This essay argues that a queer archive in Felicia Luna Lemus’s Like Son (2007) recovers the historical Mexican figure Nahui Olin and allows the trans protagonist to navigate less tangible inheritances, including a destructive romantic legacy and a complex Mexican American identity. This essay asks whether, and how, inheritances can be curated and posits that queer archival practices are useful for simultaneously drawing from and rejecting powerful familial and cultural legacies. At the end the essay situates Like Son as part of a group of contemporary Chicana/o texts that claim control over the access and representation of Chicana/o histories and imagine queer futures through queer archives and archival practices. The affective and political possibilities of these queer archives further discourse of the interdisciplinary archival turn. U.S. multiethnic literature is often lauded for helping to fill in the gaps of the dominant historical archive by providing access to silenced histories of the Americas, yet contemporary Chicana/o texts such as Like Son also challenge the epistemologies and power structures that undergird institutional archives.