A Phenomenological analysis of the experience of security and contentment for latency aged children in shared-time parenting arrangements
- Authors: Sadowski, Christina , McIntosh, Jennifer
- Date: 2015
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Phenomenological Psychology Vol. 46, no. 1 (2015), p. 69-104
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- Description: This study explored the lived experience of security and contentment, and their absence, for latency-aged children (aged 8-12) living in shared-time parenting arrangements following their parents' separation. A descriptive phenomenological methodology was utilized (Giorgi, 1985, 2009; Giorgi & Giorgi, 2003, 2008). Sixteen children living in shared-time were interviewed about their experiences of two phenomena: "feeling secure and content living in shared-time" and "not feeling secure and content living in shared-time." The eight richest protocols were selected for analysis. The two resultant general structures and their core constituents are presented, and individual variations discussed. Central to each phenomenon is the parent/s' capacity, or incapacity, to create and sustain a physical and emotional space in which the child feels secure and held in the mind, feels the arrangements are responsive to their needs, feels free to access the "absent" parent, and experiences integration between the two parental homes. Implications for phenomenological human science research are considered, including the use of descriptive phenomenology with children.
The politics of race, nationhood and hindu nationalism: The case of Gujarat riots of 2002
- Authors: Patil, Tejaswini
- Date: 2017
- Type: Text , Journal article , Review
- Relation: Asian Journal of Social Science Vol. 45, no. 1-2 (2017), p. 27-54
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- Description: The discussion on Hindu-Muslim conflict in India has revolved around religious or ethno-nationalist explanations. Employing the Gujarat riots of 2002 as a case study, I argue that dominant (Hindu) nationalism is linked to the ideas of "race" and has its roots in Brahminical notions of Aryanism and colonial racism. The categories of "foreign, hypermasculine, terrorist Other" widely prevalent in the characterisation of the Muslim Other, are not necessarily produced due to religious differences. Instead, social and cultural cleavages propagated by Hindu nationalists have their origins in race theory that accommodates purity, lineage, classification and hierarchy as part of the democratic discourses that pervade the modern nation-state. It focuses on how the state and non-state actors create discursive silences and normalise violence against minority communities by embodying emotions of fear, hate and anger among its participants to protect Hindu nationalism. © Copyright 2017 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.