... as the research instrument, thereby acknowledging and accepting subjectivity, not fighting against it. Because of this, some question the rigor and validity of such subjectivity. In this chapter, we show how rigor can be threatened at each stage of the qualitative research process, and how researchers can ensure...

...Abstract This chapter unfolds the evolving understanding of trauma. As reflected in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD‑11), the emphasis is on subjectivity and individuality in trauma experiences. This shift raises critical questions about the boundaries of subjective trauma...

...Abstract This introductory chapter has two specific objectives. First, to introduce the reader to the theoretical and conceptual framework addressed in this book. That is, why is it important to discuss subjectivity and development, concepts so relevant to psychology? And second, why focus...

... have developed throughout their lives. It shows how rural contexts are a rich setting for exploring individual and collective psychological development phenomena. Finally, some challenges and future guidelines for research are presented. Subjectivity development rural contexts challenges future...

...Abstract This chapter presents the results of a research that sought to explore the subjective experience of the transition from rural school education to urban higher education in Chilean youth. A qualitative, exploratory-descriptive and transversal design was used. Chilean youth who attended...

...Abstract Taking the phenomenon of youth from a historical-cultural perspective in conjunction with the Constructive-Interpretative Theory of Subjectivity, we analyze the subjective senses of political participation of rural youth within the National Youth Collective of the Landless Rural Workers...

... a horizontal and a vertical axis intersecting at the center. The vertical axis is labeled “Stance,” connecting “Personal information” at the top and “Others and commonality understanding” at the bottom. The horizontal axis, labeled “Writing,” connects “Inter-subjective writing” on the left and “Subjective...

...: This interrelation between knowledge, action and subjectivity is central to understanding novice teachers’ growth. Citing Heidegger (1962) , Dall’Alba (2009) says that to be human is to have possibilities, that our directedness to particular possibilities organises what we seek to know, how we act and who we...

... can challenge societal norms. The chapter critiques the region's incomplete engagement with the second and third waves of feminism, particularly in subjectivity and deconstruction. While some liberal feminist ideals have been partially realized, efforts toward empowerment often focus narrowly...

... is influenced by the subjectivity and POV from which players will experience the gameplay. This consideration shapes the overall experience and immersion of the players within the game world. Can We Integrate Multiple POV? This doesn't imply that we should limit ourselves to just one genre of games in VR...

...Abstract This chapter offers a critique of the affirmative forms of thought that attempt to ground the ontology of social being through subjective-idealist terms. Some recent examples came in the form of notion of truth grounded in subjects' experience and in rationality of language and discourse...

... as researchers; the similarities that we observed in these various countries helped us question the specific influence of neoliberal managerial discourse, that spread across countries and languages. In order to question the subjective influence of managerial discourse, we therefore chose to consider workplace...

... exert less effort to process available financial information than investors experiencing negative mood. Consequently, positive mood results in lower-quality financial judgments in my setting. However, when investors receive cues suggesting that initially received information is subjective, the effect...

... of the affective and productive aspects of my PhD experience by focusing on three major influences on that experience. It further explains how those affective drivers defined not only the subjective experience of my PhD but also the direction and structure of the PhD itself. As such, I intend to make explicit what...

... historical processes of subjectivation ( Clarizio, 2013 ). In this way, Foucault’s notion of ‘technologies of the self’ shares at least two basic assumptions with Marshall McLuhan’s media theory. The first assumption is that there is no ‘neutral’ subject before its interaction with a technological milieu...

...Abstract What is truth and what are the conditions for its manifestation? We can induce from the evidence of the experience of all human subjects capable of communication and intersubjective behavior that we exist in a world that (1) we share and (2) is accessible to all of us...

...Abstract The essay explores the profound nature and consequences of subjectivity struggles in everyday life. W. E. B. Du Bois's concept of double consciousness and its constituent concepts of the veil, twoness, and second sight illuminate the process of racialized self-formation. Racialized self...

... assumes the identity of a historical figure. The first question to be asked then is, Who is the individual I wish to represent, and why? This person should be selected from subject matter being studied in your class. Be aware that it is necessary to anticipate some element of controversy when you...

...Dialectic diffraction agential cut performativity subjectivity material bodies ante-narrative anti-narrative Introduction The purpose of this chapter is to further develop the framework of the ante-narrative of the quantum organizational storytelling framework as developed by David Boje...

...) and explore how they use incest, objectification and dehumanization as well as cannibalism to explore the ambiguities of postfeminist subjecthood. I will argue that by performing acts of cannibalism the female cannibals in these films reclaim their subjectivity both by objectifying others and by identifying...