Founding and sustaining grassroots actions in superdiverse neighbourhoods facing socioeconomic challenges: narratives of emergent processes, actions and resources by Gabriella Elgenius, Jenny Phillimore

“…In short, actors base their work on lived experiences and a shared vision to mitigate inequalities not addressed by mainstream services. …”
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Living with Stigma: Depressed Elderly Persons’ Experiences of Physical Health Problems by Anne Lise Holm, Anne Lyberg, Elisabeth Severinsson

“…The aim of this paper is to deepen the understanding of depressed elderly persons’ lived experiences of physical health problems. Individual in-depth interviews were conducted with 15 depressed elderly persons who suffer from physical health problems. …”
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The Harmonic Walk: An Interactive Physical Environment to Learn Tonal Melody Accompaniment by Marcella Mandanici, Antonio Rodà, Sergio Canazza

“…The Harmonic Walk, through the body movement in space, can provide all these users a live experience of tonal melody structure, chords progressions, melody accompaniment, and improvisation. …”
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Gender-based violence committed by women against men in the Kingdom of Eswatini by Phumuzani Mpofu, Lungile Goodness Mamba

“…Using a qualitative approach with semi-structured interviews, the research aimed to understand the lived experiences of these men, alongside insights from individuals knowledgeable about the issue. …”
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“A glass half full” or “a breastless dwarf”: Metaphorical talk in women’s accounts of Turner syndrome by Kamila Ciepiela

“… This paper examines body-related metaphors used by Polish women to describe lived experiences associated with Turner syndrome (TS), and highlights the contribution this form of analysis can make to the study of health, emotional well-being, and social identity. …”
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Frontline mobilisation as border thinking: redefining just transitions through decolonial praxis and community organising by Cleovi C. Mosuela

“…My contribution is twofold: first, to allow reflexivity and to acknowledge that I share some sense of the lived experiences with the people I speak with in my research, I have approached our encounter through pakikipagkapwa, a Filipino indigenous concept that evokes concepts of communal support, solidarity and equality. …”
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Barriers to and impacts of hepatitis C treatment among people who inject drugs in Kenya: A qualitative study. by Hannah N Manley, Lindsey R Riback, Mercy Nyakowa, Matthew J Akiyama, Peter Cherutich, John Lizcano, Ann Kurth, Abbe Muller

“…Understanding the lived experiences of PWID in these settings who have undergone treatment provides the opportunity to gain insight into how to implement treatment programs that meet the needs of this population. …”
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The impact of virtual exchange on East–West social relations: lessons from a China-Portugal foreign language exchange by Rienties Bart, Rets Irina

“…The study compared the perceived development of technological and foreign language skills between the two groups of students, the extent to which their reported lived experiences in VE were positive for all students, as well as looked at the kind of relations the students developed with each other over the length of the exchange. …”
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Acculturation of International Single Students of Higher Education in the Philippines: A Phenomenological Study by Godwin Kato, Istiarti Berci Sarempaa, Naw Ei Phyu Sin Lay, Prema Gaikwad

“…This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of international acculturated single students of higher education in Philippine international schools. …”
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Analysing Informal Governance Arrangements in Small-Scale Fisheries: A Case Study of Norton, Zimbabwe by Tawanda Jimu, Samantha Williams, Manfred Spocter

“…This study used an Interactive Governance Approach to analyse the governance of the Norton SSF and their lived experiences. A total of 113 respondents were sampled using purposive and snowball sampling techniques. …”
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Towards more effective leadership communication by Lucrezea de Lange, Dalmé Mulder

“…Thereafter, a phenomenological study was undertaken among communication professionals exposed to leadership communication to explore their lived experiences of the phenomenon. The data from the phenomenological study were used to enhance the conceptual analysis. …”
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Liberating the open and distance learning model from the chains of oppressive education theories by Mackenzie Ishmael Chibambo, Joseph Jinja Divala, Aggripa Chingombe

“…Methodologically, this study utilized a qualitative research design using critical hermeneutics, along with discourse analyses, observations, and lived experiences. Critical hermeneutics was chosen for its ability to reveal power relations and ideologies that perpetuate hegemony, domination, exploitation, and control over powerless individuals.…”
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Putting the broken pieces of life together, Baloch family caregivers’ confrontation with schizophrenia: a phenomenological study by Nastaran Heydarikhayat, Fatemeh Darban, Jamileh Farokhzadian

“…This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of family caregivers who are caring for a family member with schizophrenia within the Baloch ethnicity. …”
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Disruptively regional: How women in Regional, Rural and Remote communities ‘imagine’ with and through digital and social media by Tara BRABAZON, Jacqueline EWART

“…The objective of this article probes how women leaders in the media industries deploy their lived experiences to re/shape, reimagine and sustain regional, rural and remote life through digitizing community leadership. …”
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Game-Based Learning: Alternative Approaches to Teaching and Learning Strategies in Health Sciences Education by Zijing Hu

“…This study aimed to explore acupuncture students’ lived experiences with game-based learning at an identified South African university. …”
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Hidden costs of providing care: a pilot study of Japanese migrant care workers’ experiences in Aotearoa New Zealand during the COVID-19 pandemic by Shinya Uekusa

“…Gaining in-depth understanding of their lived experiences, encompassing challenges inherent in their care roles and racial/social injustices outside their care roles, holds the potential to establish a sustainable care workforce capable of delivering quality health care while also attracting and retaining MCWs in Aotearoa. …”
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Habiter en écovillage, une [éco]utopie du xxie siècle ? by Sylvia Amar

“…Lastly, because it is part of a history of architectural utopias intersecting with that of environmental struggles, their quest allows for a perspective on contemporary eco-habitation issues. Living, Experimenting, Building are the axes proposed to present the cited case studies and highlight their ability to act on reality, even on very small scales.…”
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Psychotherapy boosting future risk research: the role of radical masculinities in social polarisation from a trauma-informed perspective by Erzsébet Fanni Tóth, Kamila Midor, Enikő Darabos

“…The paper discusses the value of participatory foresight methods in capturing diverse perspectives and lived experiences, particularly those affected by toxic masculinity and radicalisation. …”
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A photovoice study on pre-service EFL teachers’ struggles for managing students’ misbehavior during teaching practicum by Lisa Amalia Solicha

“…This research was designed as a photovoice study, and two pre-service EFL teachers were recruited to participate in this study. Their lived experiences in dealing with students’ misbehavior during a teaching practicum program were documented through photovoice. …”
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Interpretative phenomenological analysis of guidance advocates’ online counseling experiences by Amabel Tangco-Siason, Rex S. Paulino

“…IntroductionIn order to document and understand the lived experiences of guidance advocates navigating transactional distance in education, this phenomenological study examined the experiences of advocates in the Philippines.MethodsThis study examined how clients and guidance advocates interact in online learning environments, with a particular emphasis on the experiences of eight individuals who underwent online counseling (OC). …”
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