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Religion and transnationalism: biographies of South Korean migrants – an empirical perspective
2014
As a result of studying interviews with Korean migrants (miners and nurses who moved to Germany and [some of them] further on to North America) we show how this group finds or “comes to religion”. After presenting a concept of religion, following the model of Ulrich Oevermann, parts of autobiographical narratives are analyzed and the complicated, intertwining and often conflicting relationships between religion and transnationalism are studied; we ask, among other things, if religion is becoming a compensation for moving back and forth between the home country and the country of residence. This discussion leads to further considerations concerning the connection between religion, church rel…
Anthropology of Political, Social and Cultural Memory: Practices in Central and Eastern Europe: Program & Abstracts : International Scientific Confer…
2020
Deconstructing Machos, Constructing People. Narratives of Alienation from Hegemonic Masculinity in Spain
2022
Resumen: Esta investigación analiza algunas de las alternativas que ciertos hombres encuentran como medio de desafío y resignificación del lugar ocupado hasta ahora por la idea hegemónica de masculinidad. Entre las dificultades de este proceso personal y social, a la vez externo e interno, resulta importante el conflicto con los hombres que se aferran a una idea monolítica de masculinidad. Alejarse del modelo tradicional comporta confrontaciones en múltiples sentidos. Con una metodología basada en algunas autobiografías, observamos cómo cinco hombres seleccionados por la diversidad de sus características reconstruyen sus historias vitales y llevan a cabo una reflexión crítica sobre sus cuer…
Edukacyjny wymiar pracy nad własną biografią
2017
The biographical approach is gaining more and more recognition among educators who have found an effective way to work with adults. The article describes the place of narration in pedagogy and adult education. Working on your own biography isn’t just a summary of your life, but a reflection on the present and future. It what characterizes this method is the subject matter of research and reflection, which is the life of a particular individual, included in a written or spoken narration. For this reason, this method has educational value because it allows the individual to constructive reflection on her own life, while on the other hand she is a valuable source of information for the pedagog…