Roads not taken: a narrative positioning analysis of older adults' stories about missed opportunities
Vitenskapelig artikkel basert på en narrativ posisjoneringsanalyse av tre kvinners fortellinger om tapte muligheter. The point of departure for this article is narrative gerontology's conceptualization of life as storied and the assumption that identity development and meaning making do not cea...
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ftsfomsorgsforsk:oai:brage.bibsys.no:11250/2444964 2023-05-15T18:11:21+02:00 Roads not taken: a narrative positioning analysis of older adults' stories about missed opportunities Blix, Bodil Hansen Hamran, Torunn Normann, Hans Ketil 2015 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2444964 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2015.08.009 eng eng Blix, Bodil Hansen 35 Journal of Aging Studies sami narrative gerontology narrative positioning aging identity interview samisk narrativ gerontologi narrativ posisjonering aldring identitet intervju Journal article Peer reviewed 2015 ftsfomsorgsforsk https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2015.08.009 2018-12-07T21:15:05Z Vitenskapelig artikkel basert på en narrativ posisjoneringsanalyse av tre kvinners fortellinger om tapte muligheter. The point of departure for this article is narrative gerontology's conceptualization of life as storied and the assumption that identity development and meaning making do not cease at any age, but rather continue throughout life. We suggest that if identity construction is considered to be a lifelong project, narrative gerontology would benefit from applying analytical perspectives focused on the situated activity of narration. In this article, we apply a three-level positioning analysis to segments of interviews with two elderly Sami women concerning missed opportunities or roads not taken and, more specifically, to narrations about missed opportunities for education. We argue that such narrations should not necessarily be considered expressions of regret or processes of reconciliation but rather as pivotal in here-and-now identity constructions. Narrations about missed opportunities demonstrate that what narrators choose to insert into their life stories is chosen for a purpose and for an audience in a specific interpersonal and discursive context. We suggest that narrative gerontology would benefit from a broader focus on the diversity of sites of engagement in which older adults perform identity constructions. This shift implies moving beyond traditional studies of older adults' life stories and biographical narratives as related in the context of qualitative research interviews (of which the present study of Sami older adults' life stories is indeed an example). NFR Article in Journal/Newspaper sami samisk Centre for Care Research: Omsorgsbiblioteket (Brage) Journal of Aging Studies 35 169 177 |
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Vitenskapelig artikkel basert på en narrativ posisjoneringsanalyse av tre kvinners fortellinger om tapte muligheter. The point of departure for this article is narrative gerontology's conceptualization of life as storied and the assumption that identity development and meaning making do not cease at any age, but rather continue throughout life. We suggest that if identity construction is considered to be a lifelong project, narrative gerontology would benefit from applying analytical perspectives focused on the situated activity of narration. In this article, we apply a three-level positioning analysis to segments of interviews with two elderly Sami women concerning missed opportunities or roads not taken and, more specifically, to narrations about missed opportunities for education. We argue that such narrations should not necessarily be considered expressions of regret or processes of reconciliation but rather as pivotal in here-and-now identity constructions. Narrations about missed opportunities demonstrate that what narrators choose to insert into their life stories is chosen for a purpose and for an audience in a specific interpersonal and discursive context. We suggest that narrative gerontology would benefit from a broader focus on the diversity of sites of engagement in which older adults perform identity constructions. This shift implies moving beyond traditional studies of older adults' life stories and biographical narratives as related in the context of qualitative research interviews (of which the present study of Sami older adults' life stories is indeed an example). NFR |
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