From Educators, For Educators by Cynthia Demetriou, Debra Hrelic

“…The purpose of this research was to increase understanding of the lived experiences of educators and identify tangible strategies to help them thrive in higher education. …”
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Leveraging Substitute Teachers as Educational Leaders by Marcedes Butler

“…This autoethnographic study explores the lived experiences of an advanced-degree holder and educator with expertise in leadership and education policy who worked as a substitute teacher in the Clark County School District. …”
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MILITARISM AND FEAR IN A TIME OF PANDEMIC IN THE PHILIPPINES: TOWARDS A THEOLOGY OF TRANSGRESSION by K.C. Meneses

“…Drawing from the lived experiences of persons with disabilities, I suggest a reversal of the negative perception of interruption to be incarnational, which can pave the way to a theology of transgression that is liberative. …”
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THE EXPERIENCES OF CURRENTLY AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED WOMEN IN A TIME OF PANDEMIC: IMPLICATIONS FOR LIFE-GIVING COMMUNITIES by D.T.M. Veloso

“…Drawing upon case studies and interviews, this paper examines the lived experiences and social worlds of women who currently occupy or formerly held the status of persons deprived of liberty. …”
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Animer l’espace public ? Une question pluridisciplinaire de recherche by Pascale Pichon, Jean-Paul Thibaud

“…First, the animation leads to questioning the socio-aesthetic part of the living experiences and urban processes at work. Secondly, animation needs to be questioned in its historical, anthropological and phenomenological depth. …”
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Maya Intimacy with the Mountains: Pilgrimage, Sacrifice and Existential Economy by Jan Kapusta

“…In so doing, I examine the native concept of the mountain not merely as a social or cultural representation, but as an expression of everyday lived experiences and existential relationships between people and the physical and spiritual world they inhabit. …”
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Destins tracés et contraction des horizons : être chômeuse au Portugal by Pedro Araujo

“…The second part highlights the unemployment lived experiences of two women - Teresa and Andreia. It is argued that for unemployed older women in Portugal two main trends emerge: traced destinies, which express themselves through a higher investment in the private sphere; and, foreclosed futures, visible by a sharp reduction in the possible professional options available. …”
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T.W. - Self-Portraits of the Playwright: Tennessee Williams’s Paintings, Poetics, Prose by John S. BAK

“…For Williams, traces of his lived experiences can be found in nearly every one of his works, textual and graphic alike. …”
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Positionings and Tensions Among Discursive Acts in a Colombian EFL Classroom: Interpretations of Linguistic Identity by Katherin Silva-Alfonso

“…Drawing on discourse analysis, positioning theory, conversational analysis, and speech acts theory, the study reveals the struggle between an imagined ideal of English proficiency and learners’ lived experiences. Findings highlight how institutional discourses influence students’ perceptions of themselves and others, fostering both conformity and resistance. …”
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Acknowledging the Intersectionality of Geoscientists With Disabilities to Enhance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility by Ian O. Castro, Christopher L. Atchison

“…Major themes of social inclusion and belonging, power, safety, and opportunity are presented through the lived experiences of geoscientists, along with recommendations on expanding broadening participation efforts for underrepresented individuals in the geosciences.…”
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SEXY CHINKIES IN INDIAN CITIES: CAN WE EMBRACE A SLANT-EYED MARY? by I. Aye

“…It explores Mary Magdalene’s life and reflects on the public and cultural narrative, while simultaneously highlighting the lived experiences of north-eastern women in Indian cities. …”
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No Easy Way In by Kalev Aasmäe

“…This article aims to study the impact the 2012 criminalisation of residential squatting in England and Wales has had on the lived experiences and communal logics of squatters in London. …”
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Psychosis as Eluding Agency: Perspective of Phenomenological Psychopathology by Kristina Baranovaitė

“…For this reason, it is emphasized that, in psychotherapy, it is important not to try to replace the subject’s narrative with a rationalized narrative created by the therapist, but rather to involve the subject in a cooperative dialogue about the personal meaning of their lived experiences. …”
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Building Resiliency in Community Development: The Experiences of Women in Rural Communities in Ghana by Charles Gyan, Jacob Kwakye

“…This research enriches our understanding of resilience by highlighting authentic sources rooted in the lived experiences of Ghanaian women, challenging conventional perceptions and emphasizing both individual and community‐level factors.…”
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Dead Collections by Mary Snyder Broussard

“…This article compares and connects the fictional story in Dead Collections to the growing body of literature on library workers with disabilities and chronic illness, particularly articles that give voice to those with relevant lived experiences. Highlights of this discussion include the topics of non-apparent illnesses, disclosure, passing, reactions to disability among coworkers and supervisors, and the promises and disappointments of the Americans with Disabilities Act. …”
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Élize Féron, Wartime Sexual Violence Against Men: Masculinities and Power in Conflict Zones. by Selina Palm

“…The book highlights the lived experiences of male survivors and male perpetrators in multiple settings, enabling her theoretical analysis of how violence is understood, narrated, and addressed to emerge from concrete contexts of experience. …”
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Poetry as Pagan Pilgrimage: the ‘Animative Impulse’ of Thomas Hardy’s Verse by Laurence Estanove

“…The poem ‛Aquae Sulis’ illustrates this by staging an ironic reunion of the Pagan and Christian traditions—‛images both’—while testifying to the ‛animative impulse’ of Hardy’s poetry that reconciles metaphorical discourse with living experience.…”
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Unstated Rage and Undefined Identity in Anna Burns’ Milkman: A Feminist Post-Structuralist Reading by Md Mozaffor Hossain

“…I intend to unravel the stereotyped gender and subjectivity features of feminist poststructuralism in the novel, which hinge upon the social mechanism, lived experiences, and language and power relations both directly and indirectly portrayed in the narrative. …”
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Horrible British Histories: Young people in museums interrogating national identity through principles and practices of critical pedagogy by Sadia Habib

“…Drawing on my experiences as the Our Shared Cultural Heritage Project Coordinator at Manchester Museum, I argue the case for cultural and heritage institutions to create safe spaces for young people from diverse ethnic and class backgrounds to explore and celebrate the meanings and complexities of their lived experiences of Britishness. Museums can become crucial cultural sites where young people can lead a critical interrogation of the idea of nation, through an exploration of the discourses attached to British identities that play out at local, national and global levels.  …”
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Unstated Rage and Undefined Identity in Anna Burns’ Milkman: A Feminist Post-Structuralist Reading by Md Mozaffor Hossain

“…I intend to unravel the stereotyped gender and subjectivity features of feminist poststructuralism in the novel, which hinge upon the social mechanism, lived experiences, and language and power relations both directly and indirectly portrayed in the narrative. …”
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