Narrative Method Research Articles

Analysis of Budget Planning and Control for the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A Case Study at Yayasan Kebudayaan Rancage

This study analyzes budget planning and control in a non-profit organization focused on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The main objective is understanding the budget implementation process supporting SDG objectives at Yayasan Kebudayaan Rancage (Rancage Cultural Foundation). Using a qualitative methodology with a single instrumental case study and action research methods, data was collected through observations, interviews, and documentation. Narrative and comparative analysis methods were employed to evaluate the actual field conditions. The study results indicate that the foundation needs a structured budget. Based on these findings, developing a strategic plan, work plan, and detailed budget is recommended. These recommendations aim to create a more systematic budgeting process, enhance awareness, and improve engagement with the SDGs.

Exploring the Experiences of Women Academics in England: The Combined Effects of Societal, Structural and Life‐Stage Factors

ABSTRACTThis study explored the experiences of women who are academics working in UK higher education (HE), using a feminist approach and narrative methods and analysis. The purpose of the research was to explore the experiences of women, with a view to highlighting potential shared experiences, informing the policies of universities and adding to the body of knowledge on women in HE. Findings include narrative themes around gender roles, male‐dominated academia and life‐stage impact on career. Concluding recommendations include meaningful recognition of pastoral roles and promotion tracks which value these skills and support for women's life stages, including maternity, motherhood, menopause and sandwich caring.

Genesis 15:1–6 and child adoption in Awkunanaw, Enugu state, Nigeria

Adoption is a global phenomenon, and many childless couples choose adoption because they cannot have children biologically. Over the years, legally approved orphanages have been a beacon of hope for prospective adoptive parents. However, in contemporary times, many childless couples have employed both legal and illegal means to have children. As a result, baby-making industries have become a lucrative business because it is a fast means for childless couples to have children. In the contemporary Awkunanaw, this practice has devalued socio-cultural practices and made the Awkunanaw society and her dwellers vulnerable to social vices. This study investigates the importance of adopting a child from a known background other than a strange one. Genesis 15: 1–6 tells of God’s covenant with Abram in which God promised him a great reward. Amid the divine promises of greatness and protection, Abram was worried about his state of childlessness. The part of the pericope which relates to this study is that Abram adopted an heir from a known background. The exegetical research methods employed in studying Genesis 15:1–6 include a narrative method and sociological approach to the study of the Old Testament. The data obtained through interviews and secondary sources were analysed using the phenomenological method. The study aims to advocate that Awkunanaw parents who patronise baby-making industries should desist from such practice as it contributes to the prevalence of social vices in the community.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The article studies adoption in Awkunanaw, Enugu state, Nigeria, in the light of Abraham’s narrative in Genesis 15:1–6. In Awkunanaw culture, adoption from an unknown background is abhorred. The article submits that adopting children from unknown backgrounds is precarious for the social development and peace of the Awkunanaw community. Hence, the study is a contribution to Old Testament discourses on religion and society. Its related disciplines are sociology, biblical interpretation and practical theology.

Using photovoice to investigate patient experiences of lupus nephritis in Canada

ObjectiveLupus nephritis (LN) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, affecting up to 60% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The perspectives of patients with SLE have been...

The Influence Experience of Family Strength on Career Calling Development in Early Adulthood

<p>本研究旨在探討家庭優勢對生涯召喚發展的影響經驗。以立意取樣方式邀請三位擁有生涯召喚經驗，並認為家庭在其生涯發展上帶來正向影響之成年前期者為研究參與者，以敘說研究方法進行分析。研究結果呈現三位參與者之生涯召喚發展歷程分別為：（一）我想要當助人者、拿到入場卷後的探索、在他人的期待中掙扎、沉澱後聽見信仰的指引；（二）把握接觸機會、工作室夢想的始末、失落與妥協、鼓起勇氣再次嘗試、不畏辛苦盡情享受；（三）和媽媽的共同興趣、如果不只是興趣呢、知道我不要什麼、知道我要什麼。家庭優勢經驗內涵有：工具性家庭優勢、代間性家庭優勢、關係性家庭優勢、手足關係性家庭優勢、家庭韌力、教育風格。以及家庭優勢對生涯召喚之影響：（一）家庭的開放，童年時期能接觸興趣、（二）家庭涵融衝突的發生，使之分化出自身信念、（三）家庭因召喚而改變，成為支持的養分。研究最後提出實務工作與未來研究方向建議，以利參考。</p> <p> </p><p>This study aimed to explore the effect of family strength on the career calling development. Using purposive sampling, three participants who have experienced career calling and perceive positive influences from their families on their career development in early adulthood were invited to participate. Narrative research methods were employed for analysis. </p> <p> The research findings present the career calling development journeys of the three participants as follows:(1) Aspiring to be a helper, exploring after receiving the ticket, struggling amidst others’ expectations, and hearing the guidance of faith after settling. (2) Seizing opportunities for engagement, the inception and conclusion of studio dreams, experiencing loss and compromise, gathering courage to attempt again, and enjoying hardships without fear. (3) Sharing common interests with mother, contemplating if it’s more than just an interest, knowing what I don’t want, and knowing what I want. The content of family strength experiences includes: instrumental family strength, intergenerational family strength, relational family strength, sibling relationship family strength, family resilience, and parenting style. Furthermore, the influence of family strength on career calling development: (1) the openness of family provide chance in childhood to know interest; (2) the containment of conflict in family helps young adult promote self-differentiation and self-understanding; (3) family would be changed by family member’s calling, shifting from opposition to support. At the end of the study, based on the research results, the researchers proposed some recommendations for practitioners and provided suggestions for future research.</p> <p> </p>

История становления и развития Краснодарской научной медицинской школы анестезиологии и реаниматологии

Today, a relevant aspect of developing a competent understanding of medicine as a complex science interconnected with a number of humanities disciplines is to consider its history through the prism of the most outstanding research teams of scientific medical schools. The presented article is devoted to consideration of the historical path of formation and development of the scientific medical school of anesthesiology and resuscitation in Kuban. The authors provide data on the prerequisites (conditions for improving knowledge about anesthesiology and resuscitation in the region) and the main stage of this process. The materials of the historiographic research were data from archival funds, in particular the state archive of the Krasnodar Territory and the Museum of History of the Kuban State Medical University, personal collections of members of the scientific school, as well as specialized literature within the scope of the work. The research methodology involved the use of chronological, biographical, analytical and narrative methods.

Exploring crisis management measures taken by school leaders at the unpredictable crisis – case COVID-19

AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic was an unpredictable crisis for schools. Schools transitioned their teaching from classrooms to teaching online. The holistic safety of the schools’ was under a serious threat. Various measures of crisis management aimed at upholding holistic school safety, which includes physical, social, psychological and pedagogical safety.This review employs both narrative review method and thematic analysis to investigate the crisis management measures that school leaders undertook during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in terms of holistic school safety while modifying key operations of the school. In addition, the stressors and resources of school leaders’ were examined. The non-systematic, explorative search for literature conducted between autumn 2020 and spring 2021 yielded a total of 10 articles.School leaders’ crisis management measures to maintain holistic school safety in 2020 comprised running the organization, supporting teachers, and supporting students. Extensive measures to limit physical contact posed a threat to psychological, social and pedagogical safety. School leaders worked in a stressful situation. Flexibility and human-centered approach were necessary to cope.In future crises, predicting consequences at every level is important when preparing plans and considering leaders’ tasks as part of crisis management plans to ensure holistic school safety. In crisis situations, priority must be given to tackling the primary threat, but the overall impact of measures on school safety must be taken into account.

(Un)Know Thy “Self”: Interconnected Consciousness and Different Ways of Knowing

This paper draws on preliminary data from a qualitative study in curriculum and pedagogy, “Stories of Teaching about Consciousness: An Inquiry into Worldviews and Wellbeing.” An emerging theme is the concept of the self and how it entwines with perspectives on consciousness. Analyzing consciousness and the self through The Five Contexts framework reveals assumptions at the heart of research and education that often go unquestioned. We wonder, what might alternative perspectives on consciousness and the self offer to researchers and educators? The study aims to inform a larger project of “consciousness education,” defined as education about perspectives on the source and nature of consciousness and their implications for ways of being, knowing, teaching, and learning. The broader inquiry uses narrative methods to collect and interpret stories of teaching experiences from eight scholars from different cultural and philosophical perspectives, including Indigenous, Eastern, and Western. This paper uses The Five Contexts (autobiographical, historical, political, postmodern, and philosophical) as an analytical framework to interpret theory and data related to the concept of the self from different perspectives. This five-context analysis reveals the modern concept of the individual, material self as a theoretical construct that emerged from the cosmological context of the European Renaissance, influenced the historical development of Western science and education, and continued to be reproduced for political purposes. Different cultural, philosophical, and scientific perspectives on consciousness, both ancient and recent, challenge this theoretical construct. Instead, they offer an understanding of consciousness and the self as interconnected and existing beyond the material. Researchers and educators may benefit by becoming aware of their assumptions about consciousness and the self, and of the different perspectives that challenge their assumptions. Such awareness may open possibilities for ways of knowing that transcend the disconnected “self” and foster a more profound sense of interconnectedness.

I Kings 12:1-24 and The Challenge of Religion and Ethnicity in Nigeria

This paper examines the account of segregation in 1 Kings 12:1-24, where the Kingdom of Israel divides into two distinct entities due to political, religious, and ethnic tensions. By analysing this biblical narrative, the study highlights the destructive consequences of division based on cultural and religious differences. The paper draws parallels to the contemporary context of Nigeria, a nation marked by diverse ethnic and religious identities. It argues that the story serves as a cautionary tale for Nigeria, emphasizing the dangers of allowing cultural and religious differences to foster division and conflict. This is a qualitative study using the narrative method. Data was obtained from secondary sources and analysed using the content analysis method of analyzing qualitative secondary data. The impacts of the culture of religion and ethnicity reveal that it affects electoral politics, governance and representation, conflict and instability, social cohesion, education and socialisation, and economic inequality. Emerged themes include a) leadership and consultation, b) economic disparities and grievances, c) responses to grievances, d) secessionist movements, and e) the role of mediation and reconciliation. Nigerian leaders might draw a cue from Rehoboam's failures by encouraging communication, attending to the economic requirements of all areas, and using mediators to help settle disputes amicably.

Personal Experience Sharing Cat Meme Videos among Contemporary Chinese Young People: Take the Bilibili Platform as an Example

Abstract: This study explores the phenomenon of personal experience-sharing cat meme videos among contemporary Chinese young people on the Bilibili platform. By employing qualitative content and discourse analysis on two popular cat meme videos and their comments, this research delves into how these videos foster empathetic communication, thereby forming an interactive connection between creators and audiences. The research finds that the cat meme video connects the real world with the video world through the means of cat meme symbol, scene construction, narrative method, and atmosphere creation. The cat meme video absorbs the audiences emotional perception and identification, so as to promote the audiences emotional fit with the cat meme video and thus trigger the audiences empathy. The findings indicate that viewers are not merely passive recipients but active participants who, through their interactions, enhance the emotional transmission of the videos. This two-way empathy communication leads to the establishment of a supportive online community, where individuals share similar experiences, offer advice, and provide emotional support. Consequently, cat meme videos on Bilibili serve as a medium for young people to express their social emotions, creating a vibrant and emotionally connected online community.

Narrativizing the "Other": Joseph Conrad’s Art of Story-telling in Almayer’s Folly

This paper proposes to focus on Joseph Conrad’s narrative style in his first novel Almayer’s Folly, which has been so far neglected by most mainstream critics. Conrad’s narratives employ different narrative techniques in different texts that complicate the attempt to generalize about his narrative method or style. Still some distinctive features are common in his narratives. Critics so far agree to his modernist style that links the narrators with the characters as well to explore the deep psychology of both. When most of them find Conrad’s narrators as unreliable and reflexive especially in his Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness and some other Western fictions, this essay investigates the author’s style in his debut novel, and drawing on Edward Said’s idea of “secular criticism”, finds a “secular style” of telling the story, by which Conrad achieves a kind of narrative detachment from the text and lends his narrators a transnational identity. By hiding the authorial identity and narrator’s location and racial or national perspectives, Conrad gains the confidence of his readers across the globe. That is why in the Malay trilogy, he makes his narrators nationless, and hence makes them appear as limited omniscient narrators who satirize the dominant cultural, racial, religious and political ideologies, especially the Western Imperialist hegemony. This is what makes Conrad both a writer of the East and the West. This paper critically evaluates this secular style of fiction writing in Almayer’s Folly.

Genetic Polymorphisms Associated with Fetal Hemoglobin (HbF) Levels and F-Cell Numbers: A Systematic Review of Genome-Wide Association Studies.

Elevated fetal hemoglobin (HbF), which is partly controlled by genetic modifiers, ameliorates disease severity in β hemoglobinopathies. Understanding the genetic basis of this trait holds great promise for personalized therapeutic approaches. PubMed, MedRxiv, and the GWAS Catalog were searched up to May 2024 to identify eligible GWAS studies following PRISMA guidelines. Four independent reviewers screened, extracted, and synthesized data using narrative and descriptive methods. Study quality was assessed using a modified version of the Q-Genie tool. Pathway enrichment analysis was conducted on gene lists derived from the selected GWAS studies. Out of 113 initially screened studies, 62 underwent full-text review, and 16 met the inclusion criteria for quality assessment and data synthesis. A total of 939 significant SNP-trait associations (p-value < 1 × 10-5) were identified, mapping to 133 genes (23 with overlapping variant positions) and 103 intergenic sequences. Most SNP-trait associations converged around BCL11A (chr.2), HBS1L-MYB, (chr.6), olfactory receptor and beta globin (HBB) gene clusters (chr.11), with less frequent loci including FHIT (chr.3), ALDH8A1, BACH2, RPS6KA2, SGK1 (chr.6), JAZF1 (chr.7), MMP26 (chr.11), COCH (chr.14), ABCC1 (chr.16), CTC1, PFAS (chr.17), GCDH, KLF1, NFIX, and ZBTB7A (chr.19). Pathway analysis highlighted Gene Ontology (GO) terms and pathways related to olfaction, hemoglobin and haptoglobin binding, and oxygen carrier activity. This systematic review confirms established genetic modifiers of HbF level, while highlighting less frequently associated loci as promising areas for further research. Expanding research across ethnic populations is essential for advancing personalized therapies and enhancing outcomes for individuals with sickle cell disease or β-thalassemia.

SEMANTIC SPACE OF YOUTH AS A FACTOR IN THE FORMATION OF LIFE COMPETENCE IN THE CONDITIONS OF WAR

The study aims to define the semantic fields of the "life competence" concept and clarify the nature of the relationship between understanding this concept and the setting of life tasks by young people in war. The goal was achieved by solving the following tasks in turn: clarifying the etymology of the "life competence" concept and its content and structural components as semantic fields of understanding this concept in everyday and scientific contexts; studying the semantic space of understanding life competence by young people in war conditions; determining the impact of the peculiarities of understanding the "life competence" concept by young people on their life tasks. The tasks were solved with the help of theoretical (theoretical and methodological analysis, comparison and generalization of results), empirical (semantic differential method, narrative survey method), and mathematical (factor and correlation analyses) methods. The conducted theoretical and empirical research has shown a sufficient cognitive complexity of the "life competence" concept young people's understanding and concepts closely related to it: "life experience", "life task", "difficult life situation", as well as the closeness of semantics to scientific contexts. It has been found that the semantic fields of these concepts are in close direct relationship, which are logically interpreted in the context of everyday thinking and modern psychological science. Defined positive correlations of the criteria for understanding the "life competence" concept by young people with the life tasks that young people set during the war: development, education, family mutual assistance, helping others, solving problems of material support, preserving psychological health, which allowed us to characterize the features of young people semantic space by their life tasks priorities Keywords: life competence, semantic space, difficult life situation, life experience, life task, war, youth

Winging it: visions, automation, and narrating alternative mobility futures

This paper is concerned with the way that futures for autonomous mobility are envisioned, specifically in industry representations. We begin by analysing a pair of representative commercial narratives around future autonomous mobility, from Wing and Audi, finding them to be simplistic, exclusionary, and focused on individual freedoms. Building on this analysis, we draw on ideas around mobility justice and creative mobilities methods to craft an alternative science fiction vignette, one that augments a future from a gig worker’s perspective. In doing so, we foreground multiple injustices and insecurities, and aim to highlight the potential within creative and narrative methods to complicate dominant stories about technological futures, to articulate alternative futures, explore them, research with them, and make other futures more tangible. The paper concludes by discussing the need for such approaches given the dominant framings around autonomous mobility futures.

The Water–Energy Nexus in 26 European Countries: A Review from a Hydrogeological Perspective

The significance of the interconnection between water and energy, known as the water–energy (WE) nexus, is highly regarded in scientific publications. This study used a narrative review method to analyze the existing WE nexus studies performed before 2024 in 26 European countries. The aim of this study is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the existing WE nexus to identify research gaps and to report a conceptual overview of energy consumption related to groundwater use phases, ranging from the tapping to distribution. This information is valuable as a guideline for any future estimates in this field. The results indicate that the WE nexus in 26 European countries comprises a variety of topics, including the water supply system, wastewater treatment, hydropower, desalination, and biofuel production. Most of the focus has been on fossil fuel production, while water supply and desalination were considered rarely. Italy and Portugal had the largest WE nexus. It is highlighted that there have been no studies on the WE nexus focusing on the groundwater supply system that consider the conceptual hydrological model or hydrodynamic processes. In this work, a view of these aspects was provided by taking into account different hydrogeological and hydraulic scenarios that may affect the amount of energy required for groundwater exploitation. Most scientific publications have focused on quantitative analysis. In the future, it will be necessary for WE nexus models to place a greater emphasis on governance and the implications of the WE nexus approach.

The Stories Objects Carry

Why do we hold onto certain objects? What stories are embedded within these objects? In what ways do these objects tell the stories of our lives, the relationships we form, and the lessons we learn? This visual essay reveals the unexpected meaning and discoveries I made as I used visual and narrative methods to explore the artifacts of my teaching life and the stories embedded within. Using a combination of drawings from my visual journal and written narrative, I examine three objects which hold vivid stories that exemplify the richness of my teaching experiences. I visually and verbally highlight instances where these stories crossed and connected, and the lessons I learned along the way. The narrative that emerged reveals how objects carry the memories and stories that define and illustrate our own histories, identities, and values, while also unlocking the ways we are connected.

Enhancing Creativity: The Impact of Multilingualism on Creative Arts Instruction and Expression in South African Schools

Teachers heavily rely on the dominant language of instruction—a spoken and written mode of communication—rather than expressing creative art forms through actions, signs, symbols, and other means. The reliance on monolingual forms of instruction to teach these art forms may diminish their efficacy. This research thus aimed to optimise the use of multilingualism in the context of Creative Arts and expression. Teachers teach Creative Arts with the aim of equipping learners with fundamental knowledge and skills in the arts, thereby fostering creativity, imagination, and appreciation for artistic activities. Multilingualism also entails using the human senses to see, understand, and navigate the various symbolic worlds humans encounter. The study adopted a transformational paradigm based on qualitative participatory research, focusing on ten eighth-grade learners purposefully selected from a particular school. Semiotics, the study of signals and the epistemology of their presence in society, served as the theoretical foundation for the research. The researcher collected data through focus groups and observations and then used a narrative analysis method for analysis. The findings revealed that limitations such as insufficient instructional time, a lack of training and linguistic dominance, a lack of resources, and limited preparedness impede the effective use of multilingual instructional methodologies. The researcher concludes that compulsory incorporation of semiotics in Creative Arts instruction may be crucial in fostering creative thinkers who cannot only express creative practices in a conventional manner but also use their talents in other domains, such as animation in creative practice. Keywords: Multilingualism, Creative Arts, Semiotics, Transformational Paradigm, Participatory Research.

게이트키퍼 역할을 하는 수퍼바이저의 내러티브 탐구

Objectives This study was conducted to find out what is experienced in the role of a gatekeeper and what it means. Methods For this purpose, three supervisors with 10 to 30 years of counseling experience were selected as participants, and data were collected through in-depth interviews. Based on the collected data, the narrative research method proposed by Clandinin and Connelly was used to understand the participants' vivid experiences and reveal their meaning. In addition, to improve the quality of the research, the research was conducted under the supervision of a reviewer. Results Looking at the experiences of the supervisors' gatekeepers, I found that although they had never been taught the role of gatekeeper, they each fulfilled the role in their own way. In this process, they came to feel that they had responsibility as gatekeepers but no authority, and as their responsibility increased, they began to experience confusion and doubt about whether their judgments and decisions were correct. Therefore, it is emphasized that what is more important than teaching well is to check oneself as a gatekeeper. Conclusions Through research, the importance and necessity of the gatekeeper role was confirmed. It also suggests that self-understanding is necessary to play the role of gatekeeper. Lastly, the significance of the study can be attributed to the fact that it laid the foundation for research into the detailed field of gatekeepers.

"It Is What It Is" - The Lived Experience of Women With Breast Cancer Undergoing Axillary Lymph Node Dissection.

The lived experience of women undergoing axillary procedures as part of their breast cancer (BC) treatment remains unexplored. This lack of in-depth understanding could hamper implementation of person-centred care, which is concerning because BC is the most common form of cancer in women. The aim of this study was therefore to explore the lived experiences of women undergoing axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) due to BC. Twelve women with a mean age of 59 years were interviewed about their lived experiences of axillary procedures as part of their BC treatment. The interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analysed using a phenomenological hermeneutical method. This narrative method enabled the researchers to reinterpret the worlds of the women with BC, as reflected in the data. The naïve understanding, ie, the meaning of the text as a whole, revealed that the participants were in a process of accepting and adapting to their life after ALND involving adjuvant chemotherapy and/or hormonal therapy. Thus, six main themes emerged in the thematic structural analysis illustrating the meaning of acceptance and adaptation when suffering from BC and undergoing a treatment trajectory, ie, establishing coherence, adjusting to treatment, safeguarding social belonging, re-defining oneself, feeling vulnerable, and accepting one's circumstances. If healthcare professionals provided structure and consistency, the women's treatment and lived experiences made sense; the women experienced more certainty, freedom, and meaningful social interactions. Uncertainty occurred when the women became lost in their own sense-making process, leading to low self-efficacy. There is a need for a paradigm shift in surgical care from viewing women with BC as anatomical constructions in need of repair to deeply understanding that they are persons with an illness who require ongoing self-management support.

БАРОН ДЕ БАЗАНКУР: ЛИТЕРАТОР, ИСТОРИК, ВОЕННЫЙ КОРРЕСПОНДЕНТ. ЧАСТЬ V. «ИСТОРИЯ СИЦИЛИИ…» И ПОДХОДЫ «НАРРАТИВНОГО МЕТОДА»

Having entered the literary field in 1836 with the publication of the historical novel “The Queen’s Flying Squadron (1560)”, Baron de Bazancourt subsequently actively tried his hand at the feuilleton novel genre. Historical novels occupied a prominent place in his work, which, however, did not bring him much success. In 1846, Bazancourt published “History of Sicily under the Normans,” which was positioned as a historical study and significantly strengthened the author’s creative reputation. The article examines the connection of this work with the tradition of the “narrative method” in historical science, and traces the author’s approaches that allow him to achieve a combination of scientific requirements for historicism with his own aesthetic predilections.