Narratives of (Dis)Engagement

2022-08-09 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : Amanda L. Folk
Release : 2022-08-09
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book Narratives of (Dis)Engagement written by Amanda L. Folk. This book was released on 2022-08-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Librarianship is still a predominantly white profession. It is essential that current practitioners as well as those about to enter the field take an unflinching look at the profession’s legacy of racial discrimination, including the ways in which race might impact service to users such as students in school, public, and academic libraries. Given the prevalence of implicit and explicit bias against Black and African American people, authors Folk and Overbey argue that we must speak to these students directly to hear their stories and thereby understand their experiences. This Special Report shares the findings of a qualitative research study that explored the library experiences of Black and African American undergraduate students both before and during college, grounding it within an equity framework. From this Report readers will learn details about the study, which focused on the potential role of race in the students’ interactions with library staff, including white staff and staff of color; gain insight into Black and African American users’ perceptions of libraries and library staff, attitudes towards reading, frequency of library usage, and the importance of family; understand the implications of the study’s findings for our practice and for librarianship more broadly, including our ongoing commitment to diversifying the profession; and walk away with recommendations that can be applied to every library and educational context, such as guidance for developing an antiracist organization and more equitable service provision.

Developmental Barriers and the Benefits of Disengagement

2010 Family & Relationships

Author : Martin Tomasik
Release : 2010
Genre : Family & Relationships
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Download or read book Developmental Barriers and the Benefits of Disengagement written by Martin Tomasik. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social change confronts individuals with demands that index a new state of affairs as compared to what they were accustomed to. This book is a psychological investigation about how individuals deal with these demands in the domains of work and family when opportunities for their mastery are unfavorable. Theoretical considerations and empirical research suggest that with unattainable goals and unmanageable demands motivational disengagement and self-protective cognitions bring about superior outcomes than continued goal striving. Building on research on developmental deadlines by Jutta Heckhausen and colleagues, this paper introduces the concept of developmental barriers to address socioeconomic conditions of severely constrained opportunities in certain geographical regions. Mixed-effects methods were used to model cross-level interactions between individual-level compensatory secondary control and regional-level opportunity structures in terms of social indicators for the economic prosperity and family friendliness. Results showed that disengagement was positively associated with general life satisfaction in regions that were economically devastated and has less than average services for families. In regions that were economically well off and family-friendly, the association was negative. Similar results were found for self-protection concerning domain-specific satisfaction with life. These finding, however, seem to refer only to individuals who have found alternative fields of engagement such as a civic initiative or the parish community. This indicates that the central functionality of self-protection and disengagement is to free up resources for pursuing alternative goals that would be otherwise wasted into futile goal striving with the blocked goal. The results furthermore showed that dispositional optimism has a positive association with self-protection and disengagement under unfavorable ecologic conditions. All these findings suggest that compensatory secondary control can be an adaptive way of mastering demands when primary control is not possible.

StoryBranding

Self-Help

Author : Lapo Boost
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Genre : Self-Help
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Download or read book StoryBranding written by Lapo Boost. This book was released on . Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ★ THE ORIGINAL - New Edition 2023 - AMAZON BEST SELLER - Over 50,000 copies sold ★ ⚠️ SECRET BONUS INSIDE THE BOOK ⚠️ MASTER YOUR BRAND STORYTELLING - BOOST YOUR BUSINESS! ❌ Struggling to deliver your brand's message effectively? ❌ Want to stand out from your competition but don't know how? ❌ How would your business change if you could master the art of storytelling and skyrocket your sales? Discover the comprehensive guide to creating captivating brand narratives, engaging your audience, and leading your market... No one can deny the power of storytelling. It's the key to capturing attention, sparking emotion, and driving action - all elements necessary for a successful brand. However, crafting a compelling brand story is not always an easy task. ⚠ If you're reading these lines, chances are you're looking for ways to tell your brand story more effectively, engage with your customers in a more meaningful way, and differentiate yourself in a competitive marketplace. Here's the good news: your search ends here. Instead of struggling to find your brand voice and engage your audience, you can learn the secrets of successful brand storytelling and turn your business into a market leader. So, how can you craft compelling narratives, engage your audience, outshine your competitors, and boost your sales? ✅ Your answer lies within this book! With an engaging and straight-to-the-point approach, this book explores the art of storytelling for brands, offering practical strategies for creating relatable and engaging narratives that connect with your audience and boost your sales. Finally, you have the chance to access the valuable information that has allowed thousands of businesses to revolutionize their branding and marketing strategies. And it's all in this guide. Here's what you'll have learned after reading this book: Basics of Brand Storytelling: Understand the principles of effective brand storytelling and how to apply them to your business Crafting Your Brand Narrative: Learn how to create compelling and engaging stories that resonate with your target audience Engaging Your Audience: Discover strategies and techniques to captivate your audience and build meaningful connections Differentiate Your Brand: Learn how to stand out from your competitors through unique and innovative brand storytelling Boost Sales Through Storytelling: Find out how to effectively use storytelling to drive customer engagement and increase sales Stay Ahead of Trends: Understand the latest trends in brand storytelling and how to incorporate them into your marketing strategy And much, much more… Stop worrying about how to deliver your brand's message and start captivating your audience with compelling narratives. The keys to successful brand storytelling are just a click away... DON'T KEEP STRUGGLING WITH YOUR BRAND'S IDENTITY - Buy your copy NOW and master the art of storytelling for brands TODAY..

Narratives of Political Violence

2018-08-06 Political Science

Author : Raquel da Silva
Release : 2018-08-06
Genre : Political Science
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Download or read book Narratives of Political Violence written by Raquel da Silva. This book was released on 2018-08-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of how political violence is constructed, this book presents the life stories of individuals once committed to political transformation through violent means in Portugal. Challenging simplistic conceptualisations about the actors of violence, this book examines issues of temporality, gender and interpersonal dynamics in the study of political violence. It is the first comprehensive case study of political violence in Portugal, based on the perspectives of former militants. These are individuals from different political spheres who became convinced that they could not be mere spectators of the circumstances of their times. For them, the only viable way of making a difference was through violent acts. Applying the Dialogical Self Theory to trace the identity positions underpinning their narratives, this book not only sheds light on radicalisation and deradicalisation processes at the individual level, but also on the meso- and macro-level contexts that instigate engagement with and encourage disengagement from armed organisations. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of critical terrorism studies, political violence, European history and security studies more generally.

The Routledge Companion to Military Research Methods

2016-04-28 History

Author : Alison J. Williams
Release : 2016-04-28
Genre : History
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Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Military Research Methods written by Alison J. Williams. This book was released on 2016-04-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new handbook is about the practices of conducting research on military issues. As an edited collection, it brings together an extensive group of authors from a range of disciplinary perspectives whose chapters engage with the conceptual, practical and political questions raised when doing military research. The book considers a wide range of questions around research about, on and with military organisations, personnel and activities, from diverse starting-points across the social sciences, arts and humanities. Each chapter in this volume: Describes the nature of the military research topic under scrutiny and explains what research practices were undertaken and why. Discusses the author's research activities, addressing the nature of their engagement with their subjects and explaining how the method or approach under scrutiny was distinctive because of the military context or subject of the research. Reflects on the author’s research experiences, and the specific, often unique, negotiations with the politics and practices of military institutions and military personnel before, during and after their research fieldwork. The book provides a focussed overview of methodological approaches to critical studies of military personnel and institutions, and processes and practices of militarisation and militarism. In particular, it engages with the growth in qualitative approaches to military research, particularly research carried out on military topics outside military research institutions. The handbook provides the reader with a comprehensive guide to how critical military research is being undertaken by social scientists and humanities scholars today, and sets out suggestions for future approaches to military research. This book will be of much interest to students of military studies, war and conflict studies, and research methods in general.

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