The strong poetry of place: a co/auto/ethnographic journey of connoisseurship, criticality and learning

Kress, Tricia M.; Lake, Robert L.

doi:10.1007/s11422-016-9804-y

“…In their opinion, authors should first orient themselves from vantage points that on the surface appear vastly unrelated so that: "within our different perspectives, we can also see moments of convergence as particular themes touch our lives. Perhaps most loudly in these examples, we hear resonance at the nexus of 'place' and identity" (Kress & Lake, 2018). These authors suggest that at the beginning of the creative and analytical process, impactful written narratives appear slightly unrelated to one another, yet through each different perspective that is subsequently relayed a pattern of themes that connect each narrative to the core focus of the research question becomes more apparent.…”

Section: Vignette Writingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…I provide subheadings to each story so that the reader can see when theoretical concepts of hybridity, acculturation, and the third space are being explored within the context of my lived experience and core themes throughout my life. In each vignette the reader will experience the nexus of 'place' and identity" that exists in my life (Kress & Lake, 2018). My written narratives may appear slightly unrelated to one another, yet through each subsequent vignette or account, there arises a common pattern of themes that connect each individual vignette to the core focus of the research question (Kress and Lake, 2018).…”

Section: Approach To Vignette Constructionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In each vignette the reader will experience the nexus of 'place' and identity" that exists in my life (Kress & Lake, 2018). My written narratives may appear slightly unrelated to one another, yet through each subsequent vignette or account, there arises a common pattern of themes that connect each individual vignette to the core focus of the research question (Kress and Lake, 2018). I have taken creative liberty throughout to illustrate my own emotions that colour these factual events that have taken place in my life.…”

Section: Approach To Vignette Constructionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Exploring hybridity and identity negotiation of young Tamil Canadian women: an autoethnographic study

Sahayanathan¹

2021

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This paper presents an autoethnographic analysis of hybridity and identity negotiation related to young Tamil Canadian women. Tamil women face unique challenges when it comes to maintaining cultural practices that are so heavily embedded in our upbringing. I have experienced this within my own life, in addition to observing similar challenges among women whom I have encountered within the Sri Lankan Tamil community in the City of Toronto. Young Tamil Canadian women are finding it difficult to conform to cultural expectations given their upbringing in a Western country like Canada Using an autoethnographic approach, the purpose of this paper is to examine transnational issues young Tamil Canadian women – specifically daughters, experience in their diaspora, as a result of negotiating between cultural practices and related impacts or consequences. Specifically, I employ vignette writing, a form of creative analytic practice to explore how young Tamil women are seen as carriers of culture and related implications for their agency and autonomy. Further, I examine and communicate how personal negotiations related to choosing to follow certain Tamil cultural practices and rejecting others, can result in community isolation, rejection from diasporic relations, and uncertainties about self-worth. I consider processes of identity construction and negotiation, and how this results in the creation of a third space that celebrates difference through new ways of being, encompassing cultural values from both the Canadian and Sri Lankan Tamil spectrum. My lived experiences will translate into short narratives that create a tangible example of this phenomenon and is captured by theories of hybridity, third space, acculturation and the good daughter. Key words: Diaspora, hybridity, identity, negotiation, culture, practices, gender, roles, migration, daughters

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“…I write from my own perspective, and I interpret what other's may say/think in italics. I adopt Kress and Lake's (2018) attempt in orienting myself into a story so that it is communicated in a way that serves reflexive purposes. I provide subheadings to each story so that the reader can see when theoretical concepts of hybridity, acculturation, and the third space are being explored within the context of my lived experience and core themes throughout my life.…”

Section: Approach To Vignette Constructionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring hybridity and identity negotiation of young Tamil Canadian women: an autoethnographic study

Sahayanathan¹

2021

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This paper presents an autoethnographic analysis of hybridity and identity negotiation related to young Tamil Canadian women. Tamil women face unique challenges when it comes to maintaining cultural practices that are so heavily embedded in our upbringing. I have experienced this within my own life, in addition to observing similar challenges among women whom I have encountered within the Sri Lankan Tamil community in the City of Toronto. Young Tamil Canadian women are finding it difficult to conform to cultural expectations given their upbringing in a Western country like Canada Using an autoethnographic approach, the purpose of this paper is to examine transnational issues young Tamil Canadian women – specifically daughters, experience in their diaspora, as a result of negotiating between cultural practices and related impacts or consequences. Specifically, I employ vignette writing, a form of creative analytic practice to explore how young Tamil women are seen as carriers of culture and related implications for their agency and autonomy. Further, I examine and communicate how personal negotiations related to choosing to follow certain Tamil cultural practices and rejecting others, can result in community isolation, rejection from diasporic relations, and uncertainties about self-worth. I consider processes of identity construction and negotiation, and how this results in the creation of a third space that celebrates difference through new ways of being, encompassing cultural values from both the Canadian and Sri Lankan Tamil spectrum. My lived experiences will translate into short narratives that create a tangible example of this phenomenon and is captured by theories of hybridity, third space, acculturation and the good daughter. Key words: Diaspora, hybridity, identity, negotiation, culture, practices, gender, roles, migration, daughters

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“…These options directly affect the development of students' cognitive activity, presentation of the unity of the material world, formation of their worldview. Kress and Lake (2017) consider excursion as one of the forms of the subject of study. It allows to integrate several academic subjects, to combine theoretical knowledge and practical experience of the student.…”

Section: Analysis Of Foreign Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Interdisciplinary Integration For Developing Professional Responsibility Of The Future University Teacher

Bykova¹

2020

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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The modern school system requires universities to solve a complex social problem connected with the preparation of teachers. The future specialist should be well-educated, understand the depth of connections between phenomena and processes, and have a holistic view of the world. Therefore, the future teacher as a specialist in the humanitarian field has to master the basics of various academic disciplines. The use of interdisciplinary integration of academic disciplines in the educational process of the university meets the stated goal. The interrelation and interaction of concepts, objects, phenomena, processes, the integration of various subject areas leads to the formation of a holistic picture of future professional activity. The purpose of the research is the theoretical substantiation and experimental verification of the use of interdisciplinary integration of educational disciplines in the formation of the future professional responsibility of the university teacher. The research methods are theoretical (analysis and synthesis of regulatory documents, study of psychological and pedagogical literature, content analysis of educational and methodical materials), and pedagogical experiment (stating, forming, control stages). The authors have developed a modular program which uses interdisciplinary integration of humanitarian and economic disciplines. The qualitative and quantitative analysis of the pedagogical experiment allows to state that the interdisciplinary integration of educational disciplines makes it possible to form a subject of responsibility, namely, it contributes to the formation of professional responsibility.

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The strong poetry of place: a co/auto/ethnographic journey of connoisseurship, criticality and learning

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Exploring hybridity and identity negotiation of young Tamil Canadian women: an autoethnographic study

Exploring hybridity and identity negotiation of young Tamil Canadian women: an autoethnographic study

Exploring hybridity and identity negotiation of young Tamil Canadian women: an autoethnographic study

Interdisciplinary Integration For Developing Professional Responsibility Of The Future University Teacher

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