Discourses We Live By
Narratives of Educational and Social Endeavour
What are the influences that govern how people view their worlds? What are the embedded values and practices that underpin the ways people think and act?
Discourses We Live By approaches these questions through narrative research, in a process that uses words, images, activities or artefacts to ask people - either individually or collectively within social groupings - to examine, discuss, portray or otherwise make public their place in the world, their sense of belonging to (and identity...
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- Éditeur : Open Book Publishers
- Collection : OBP collection
- Lieu d’édition : Cambridge
- Année d’édition : 2020
- Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 06 avril 2021
- EAN (Édition imprimée) : 9781783748518
- EAN électronique : 9791036563034
- Nombre de pages : xxii-638 p.
An Introductory Story
I. Discourses we live within: frameworks that structure
How and Why Stories Matter
II. Discourses we work within: of the workplace
Science and Humanities Teaching in Danish Schools
Perspectives from Teaching Assistants Who Lead Them in Britain
III. Discourses we work through: challenges to overcome
From ‘Vulnerable’Children to ‘Autonomous’Adults?
Narrative Work that Supports Gamblers
IV. Discourses we work around: managing constraining circumstances
The Tension from a Multifaceted Identity During (Re-) Entry to Society
V. Discourses that explore or reveal diversity : facing choice and change
The Example of an Austrian Documentary Film
VI. Discourses to support diversity: projects that empower
British Female Ex-Military Re-Joining Civilian Society
VII. Discourses through a self-reflexive lents: thoughts from researchers
A Personal Overview
What are the influences that govern how people view their worlds? What are the embedded values and practices that underpin the ways people think and act?
Discourses We Live By approaches these questions through narrative research, in a process that uses words, images, activities or artefacts to ask people - either individually or collectively within social groupings - to examine, discuss, portray or otherwise make public their place in the world, their sense of belonging to (and identity within) the physical and cultural space they inhabit.
This book is a rich and multifaceted collection of twenty-eight chapters that use varied lenses to examine the discourses that shape people’s lives. The contributors are themselves from many backgrounds - different academic disciplines within the humanities and social sciences, diverse professional practices and a range of countries and cultures. They represent a broad spectrum of age, status and outlook, and variously apply their research methods - but share a common interest in people, their lives, thoughts and actions. Gathering such eclectic experiences as those of student-teachers in Kenya, a released prisoner in Denmark, academics in Colombia, a group of migrants learning English, and gambling addiction support-workers in Italy, alongside more mainstream educational themes, the book presents a fascinating array of insights.
Discourses We Live By will be essential reaoing for adult educators and practitioners, those involved with educational and professional practice, narrative researchers, and many sociologists. It will appeal to all who want to know how narratives shape the way we live and the way we talk about our lives.
As with all Open Book publications, this entire book is available to read for free on the publisher’s website. Printed and digital editions, together with supplementary digital material, can also be found at www.openbookpublishers.com
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