Reflexive Dialogues: Interaction and Writing as External Components of Personal Reflexivity

Caetano, Ana

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“…It is through these internal dialogues that individuals clarify their ideas and beliefs, evaluate their conditions and resources, make decisions and define projects based on their concerns. However, given the relational nature of life in society, the exercise of reflexivity is not limited to the mental privacy of subjects (Caetano, ). It is also necessary to consider external conversations, whereby expectations, goals and projects are negotiated contextually in the presence and with the participation of other subjects (Goffman, ; Mouzelis, ).…”

Section: Researching Personal Reflexivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Designing social action: The impact of reflexivity on practice

Caetano

2018

J Theory Soc Behav

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The main goal of this article is to analyse the relationship between reflexivity and action along three axes.The first entails the discussion of a reflexive action model that explores the combination of factors, processes and mechanisms which explain the guiding role reflexivity can play with regard to practices, in specific circumstances. The second axis concerns situations in which reflexivity does not act as an orientation mechanism and may even have the opposite effect, as a source of disorientation and paralysis of practices. The third relates to the production of social change and reproduction that may arise from the exercise of reflexivity. The whole discussion points to the mediation role that reflexivity assumes in the relationship between structure and agency, i.e. in the way structural enablements and constraints are received, filtered and mobilised by subjects in the subjective definition and reflexive implementation of their personal projects.

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Section: Researching Personal Reflexivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Designing social action: The impact of reflexivity on practice

Caetano

2018

J Theory Soc Behav

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“…However, in line with research developments internationally, more Irish sociological research on postgraduate and doctoral candidates' experiences of learning and teaching, would contribute substantially to extant research. Narrative and biographical research approaches which emphasise flexibility (Moran et al, 2021), reflexive biography-making (Caetano, 2017), researcher positionalities (Byrne and O'Mahony, 2012) and reflection on self and other (Cronin, 2020) constitute appropriate approaches.…”

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‘Reconceptualising internationalisation through students’ eyes’: Findings from a biographical study of female, international doctoral students in an Irish University

Moran

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Warren

2021

Irish Journal of Sociology

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This paper presents findings from an Irish qualitative study of postgraduate, female, international students. It focuses on their narrations of internationalisation, in respect of events leading them to become international students, and their reflections on their academic, interpersonal and societal experiences in Ireland. International students are generally understudied and marginalised as metaphorical ‘others’ within global education policies, often being reduced to mere recruitment and financial targets and units of analysis. However, this study shows that international students transcend widespread but static assumptions about them being in academic and social deficit when transitioning to life in another country and negotiating new educational contexts. Significantly, our interviewees discursively positioned themselves in multifarious ways in relation to Irish higher education curricula, drawing on various discourses to define their internationalisation journeys. Although the sample size is small and confined to female postgraduates, our data suggests that university policies in Ireland and internationally largely overlook the multidimensionality of international doctoral students’ experiences. In our conclusion, we tentatively suggest ways in which international students’ academic and intercultural experiences could in the future be enriched, and how international students themselves could more fruitfully contribute to Irish higher education.

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“…I think I do.). As a creative writer, I negotiate meaning not through power-sharing nor do I 'seek permission and validation' to story but rather through reflexive self-talk (Caetano, 2017) and the influence of external factors such as the social and political climate of the time of writing (cue COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) Movement), the purpose and specifications of a commissioned task, and mostly literary research. It is not unusual to find the likes of us overstaying in our writing nooks constructing meaning the way we see fit.…”

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The hanuju of writing each other in Aotearoa during COVID-19 and the coexisting event(s) of the BLM (Black Lives Matter) movement

Taito¹

2021

WJE

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Every poem has a creation talanoa: a story of how it was written. In a Rotuman context, ‘talanoa’ or story, can either be a ‘rogrog/o’ or ‘hanuju’. From conception to final drafting, the creation hanuju can reveal the often-volatile relationship between a poet’s internal self-talk and external historical and contemporary experiences. Memories (shaped by external experiences) will feed mulling, reliving, and reimagination (internal self-talk) and can consequently and impulsively set off the content, tone, form, and literary techniques of a poem into unanticipated directions. It is not uncommon for a poet to step away from a stanza and reflexively ask, ‘How did I get here?!’ Other external factors of poetic crafting are the social and political climate of the time of writing, the purpose and specifications of a commissioned task, and research. Research is necessary if a poem insists on wandering into ragged and unfamiliar territory. Of all these factors, current socio-political climate is perhaps the most influential in mobilising communities and individuals to engage in creative thinking and writing. This article is a one-way (because as a reader, you are not in the position to interrupt me) hanuju of my creative process of writing the poem Writing each other during COVID-19 and the concurrent event(s) of the BLM movement. This hanuju critically discusses the themes of remember-ing obedience, mov-ing over in honour of disobedience, and conced-ing power that emerged as a vison for unity and kotahitanga. In essence, this hanuju is largely a story of disobedience: a celebration of my mapiga (grandmother) Lilly’s gift of Rotuman language storytelling and the centring of the Rotuman language in a poem written for a predominantly mixed audience in the Waikato region of Aotearoa.

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Reflexive Dialogues: Interaction and Writing as External Components of Personal Reflexivity

Cited by 13 publications

References 27 publications

Designing social action: The impact of reflexivity on practice

Designing social action: The impact of reflexivity on practice

‘Reconceptualising internationalisation through students’ eyes’: Findings from a biographical study of female, international doctoral students in an Irish University

The hanuju of writing each other in Aotearoa during COVID-19 and the coexisting event(s) of the BLM (Black Lives Matter) movement

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