Roads not taken: A narrative positioning analysis of older adults' stories about missed opportunities
Accepted manuscript version. Published version available at http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2015.08.009 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...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/8775 2023-05-15T18:11:48+02:00 Roads not taken: A narrative positioning analysis of older adults' stories about missed opportunities Blix, Bodil Hansen Hamran, Torunn Normann, Hans Ketil 2015-09-19 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/8775 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2015.08.009 eng eng Elsevier Journal of Aging Studies 2015, 35:169-177 FRIDAID 1265675 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2015.08.009 0890-4065 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/8775 URN:NBN:no-uit_munin_8313 openAccess narrative gerontology narrative positioning aging identity interview VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Samfunnsmedisin sosialmedisin: 801 VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Community medicine Social medicine: 801 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed 2015 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2015.08.009 2021-06-25T17:54:34Z Accepted manuscript version. Published version available at http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2015.08.009 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-andnow 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). Article in Journal/Newspaper sami University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Journal of Aging Studies 35 169 177 |
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Accepted manuscript version. Published version available at http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2015.08.009 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-andnow 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). |
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