On the all-inclusive society, or how to leave no one behind by Jannick Friis Christensen, Emil Falster, Barbara Carreras, Sofie Skoubo

“…The panel embodies perspectives from different academic disciplines in disability studies and architectural design, but also knowledge based on lived experience from activist practices. In discussing themes of social inclusion, individualisation, methodology, representation, identity politics, normal space, disruption, and change; the panelists share their reflections on critical concepts such as neoliberal ableism, the super cripple, and equity tourism. …”
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Mykonos: a place of experimentation for the gastronomy-world relationship by Olivier Etcheverria

“…Furthermore, as presents, they give to those who receive them a part of the lived experience, what we call a “gastronomic souvenir.” …”
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Recovering the Loss: Infanticide, Ambivalence and Trauma in Shobha Rao’s The Lost Ribbon by Mitali Mishra, Surbhi Saraswat

“…Drawing on theoretical perspectives on maternal ambivalence, the paper expands on Adrienne Rich’s distinction between mothering as lived experience and motherhood as a patriarchal construct. …”
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Reading the Sensual in James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room by Ronnel Keith Berry, Michael Thomas

“…In his essays and novels, Baldwin works at the intersection of his readers’ “sense of reality,” or lived experience of the world, and “system of reality,” the sociological structure in which they are positioned. …”
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Framing Deaths, Embracing Lives: Alan M. Clark’s Jack the Ripper Victims Series by Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko

“…This article outlines the way the fictionalisations of the five women’s lives bring to the fore five other ‘crimes’ or transgressions: addiction, domestic violence, unemployment, sex work, and homelessness, but also the way these texts replace what is sensational and formulaic in Ripperature with something more than mundane and gritty in the lived experience of everyday people, such as moments of personal joy or professional accomplishments. …”
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Gastronomic Souvenirs as Travel Souvenirs: A Case Study in Curitiba, Brazil by Graziela Scalise Horodyski, Franciele Cristina Manosso, Camila Bizinelli, José Manoel Gândara

“…Furthermore, as presents, they give to those who receive them a part of the lived experience, what we call a “gastronomic souvenir.” …”
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The experience of mothers of autistic children with a pathological demand avoidance profile: an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Sam Curtis, Elizabeth Izett

“…To explore what meaning participants gave to their lived experience, an interpretative phenomenological analysis was conducted on interview data. …”
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After Abolition: Cugoano on ‘Lawful Servitude’ and the Injustice of Slavery by Johan Olsthoorn

“…His answer drew on lived experience. Born in present-day Ghana, Cugoano was enslaved aged 13 and trafficked to Grenada, before being taken onwards to England where he reclaimed his freedom. …”
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Dream Knowledge – Understanding the Dreamworld Utilizing the Medicine Wheel by John T. Ward

“…This dream knowledge presented reflects my own lived experience as an educator of settler-Indigenous background, as I use dreams to interpret my own spiritual, emotional, physical, and mental well-being.…”
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John James Bezer (1816–1888) and his Autobiography of One of the Chartist Rebels of 1848 (1851) by Madeleine Pham-Thanh

“…While explaining the origin and nature of a working-man’s political commitment, and fleshing out the figure of the ‘Chartist rebel’ in popular imagination, Bezer’s narrative is an opportunity to substantiate the radical discourse as something drawn from lived experience. This political outlook oscillates between the individualistic ‘I’ of autobiography, and the generic subject indissociable from collective destiny. …”
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Why aren’t we trusting one another? An autoethnography about third space leadership by Rachael Hains-Wesson

“…Employing a retrospective autoethnography, the study delves into the challenges and opportunities of managing a diverse team of third space professionals for the first time. The author’s lived experience highlights strategies for building trust, clarifying roles, and improving communication among blended professionals operating in third spaces. …”
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Developing a creative pedagogy to understand the university experience of non-traditional students by Helena Gosling, Lol Burke, Sarah MacLennan

“…To address this longstanding issue, the authors have developed an educational opportunity (utilising the Learning Together programme) for criminal justice academics, students, practitioners and service users to come together and learn from one another through lived experience, professional practice and Creative Pedagogy. …”
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From the Road Movie to Wilderness Travel: The Quest for Adventure on the Road and the Myth of the Heroic Traveller by Pascale Argod

“…The conceptions of ‘wild’, as addressed in fictional travel diary films, question our relationship with space and the form of travel that gives rise to self-transcendence through a confrontation with the environment. The lived experience of the journey of discovery (adventure, exploration, expedition) defines the travel diary genre, which has become an off-the-beaten-track tourism medium. …”
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Language-in-Education Policy for English Language Teaching in Public Schools of Kazakhstan: Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Approaches by Dinara Imanova, Assel Akzhigitova, Anastassia Zabrodskaja

“…Therefore, this study addresses this gap by investigating the lived experience of English language (EL) teachers from 17 regions, highlighting significant disparities in resources, training, and personnel. …”
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Orthorexia nervosa: Healthy habit or pathology? Experiences and expansion of the consciousness of the correct diet by Ginés Mateo-Martínez, Antonio Vázquez-Sellán, María Luisa Díaz-Martínez, María Carmen Sellán-Soto

“…Aim: Exploring the lived experience of women concerned about following a healthy and sustainable diet: subjectivity, ideas, descriptive concepts, and constitutive strategies. …”
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Qualitative Insights from the Osteoporosis Research: A Narrative Review of the Literature by A. E. Bombak, H. M. Hanson

“…Qualitative research in the field of osteoporosis research can be summarized by 3 thematic areas: the meaning of osteoporosis for patients and the public, the lived experience of an osteoporosis diagnosis, and the programmatic approach to osteoporosis prevention and treatment. …”
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Exploring the Caregiver Role after Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for Parkinson’s Disease: A Qualitative Analysis by Suzette Shahmoon, Patricia Limousin, Marjan Jahanshahi

“…Eight struggled to reflect on their own lived experience and primarily focused on the impact of PD on their partners, such that their transcripts were no longer viable for interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). …”
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The Concept of Nonviolence in Everyday Life of Students: a Focus Group Study by O. Yu. Kaplun, Shao Yupei

“…Also, a phenomenological or «lived experience» approach was used since it would allow an exploration and understanding of the opinions of student. …”
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Symbolization and domesticity in the Andean home: A phenomenological approach to dwelling in Coporaque, Peru by Gonzalo Ríos-Vizcarra, Luis Enrique Calatayud-Rosado, Aleixandre Brian Duche-Pérez

“…In this locality, qualitative research was carried out using the phenomenological approach, prioritizing the lived experience of the native inhabitants in their daily “life world” through in-depth interviews and direct observations. …”
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Providing First Aid to People Experiencing Mental Health Problems: Development of Evidence-Based Guidance Materials for Laypeople by Emmy De Buck

“…The evidence was used to develop a draft manual, which was presented to a multidisciplinary expert panel involving both content experts (n = 10) and mental health peer workers in training (all people with lived experience) (n = 6). Results: Included studies involved 15 experimental and 75 observational studies, leading to 58 evidence conclusions on communicative interventions, risk factors or protective factors, and their relationship to mental health outcomes. …”
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