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Medical Assistance in Dying for the Sole Complaint of Mental Illness: Does the Current Prohibition Prevent or Create Discrimination?
Full text linkResearcher’s Autobiographical Narrative as a Tool Used in Reflective Research: Performative Autoethnography as Cognitive and Interpretive Challenge
Full text linkThe article addresses the issue of understanding and intentional use of researcher’s autobiographical narrative in the social research on the example of performative autoethnography. The reference point to reflection is a research project conducted as part of an initiative titled “Microworlds of Maternity”. The research involved a researcher (the author of the research) telling and analyzing her own story in the form of a short video. The researcher’s autobiographical narrative is treated as a reflective research tool. Then, the so called external investigator (the author of this article) further analyzes the video material. Interpretation of the video provides insight not only into the way the researcher’s narrative is used in the research process but also into the way it is transformed into a visual story (knowledge about maternity experience). Such an approach provides an opportunity to explore the practice of joining together interpretation perspectives in the form of investigator triangulation and allows to present interactions between the narrative and its interpretation – in the context of the researcher herself and in the dialogue with the other investigator. As a result, performative autoethnography is presented both as a research approach and a space for multiple voice interpretation and reflection on the limits of cognition in the scientific research. Reflections presented herein focus on understanding the research process as a learning situation for: researchers, respondents and recipients. The example recalled in the paper is a study conducted in the area of educational research
Reflections on Canadian Legal Education and the Many Lessons Learned from Wrongful Convictions
Full text linkLiving Well: Epistolary Messages to Young People as a Manifestation of the Generativity of the War Generation and the Baby Boomers of Poland
Full text linkGenerativity can be understood as a conglomerate of psychosocial traits focused on concern for ensuring a good future for future generations. In a qualitative study based on an inductive analysis of 36 letters written by people aged 60-93, ways of expressing generativity through the transmission of experience, wisdom and concern for a good life to younger generations were identified. The analysis focuses on the intergenerational transmission of reflections and values regarding the “good life” to younger generations. Its goal is to sensitize them to issues relevant from the perspective of those at the end of their lives. The results of the study underscore that letters are a form of expression of generativity by older people. At the forefront of the message is the need to share wisdom and values that seniors consider essential to “living well” in the context of their own experience. The letters are dominated by reflections on the meaning of life, working on one's self and engagement in one's life, seeking joy in life, the importance of relationships with others, and the need to cultivate well-being and attentiveness to daily experiences
Making Meanings: The Purposive Interpretation of Facts in Canadian Religious Freedom Cases
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Ukrainian Female War Refugees in Poland: Trauma and Emancipation
Full text linkThis article is part of narrative research that explores how storytelling helps individuals understand the world and how they interpret the stories they share. The study, conducted by the authors between April and May 2022, involved sixteen women who were war refugees from Ukraine, aged between 29 and 52. The participants came from various regions of Ukraine, and all had children, with the oldest being 15 and the youngest 3. Most of the women were married, some had partners, and one was a widow. They left their homeland at different times, between March 3 and 23, 2022, and by the time of the study, they had been in Poland for a period ranging from four weeks to three months. Given the length of the article, the authors chose to focus on two specific contexts of the research: trauma and emancipation. The analysis and interpretation of the interviews include excerpts from the participants' statements. These statements are transcribed, treated as research data, and interpreted through narrative analysis to uncover meanings related to the socio-cultural context. The research method used positions the participants as creators of narratives, which allows them to express themselves as experts in their own experiences