我的这一年

有文学专业的人劝诫我要重视主体性写作,有理有据.初出茅庐的我是轻飘飘的,因而可能是自视过高的.还没有体悟生命的丰富,却要故作老成,把"上帝视角"、"同理心"挂在嘴边,叙述和表达的忠实难以规范,而更容易出现的问题是,刻意拔高表现在具体的采访实践中,那些字斟句酌的辞藻都不是自然生长出来的感受,充斥着空洞的自嗨和刻意,只有重...     

在失眠的夜,梦笔生花

《呼啸山庄》 [英] 艾米莉 · 勃朗特 出生自英国约克郡牧师家庭的艾米莉·勃朗特,尽管过着家徒四壁的生活,仍抵挡不住脑海里丰沛的创作能量,她的著作《呼啸山庄》(Wuthering Heights)成为十九世纪经典文学之一,影响后人极深.艾米莉·勃朗特的个性内向,据说除了家人之外没有其他的朋友,她认为失眠是她的想象来源...     

LE CONTE,ROYCE, TEGGART,BLUMER: A BERKELEY DIALOGUE ON SOCIOLOGY,SOCIAL CHANGE,AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTION

The tradition of sociological discourse at the University of California at Berkeley antedates departmentalization by-more than seven decades. Berkeley's sociology is treated in this article as a dialogue with the ghost of Comte, embracing the works of Joseph Le Conte, Josiah Royce, Frederick Teggart, and Herbert Blumer. That dialogue ultimately produced a prolegomena to a phenomenological theory of social change that has yet to be fully developed. The central concepts of this incipient theory of social change are “release and reverie.” The dimensions and potentiality for this theory are elaborated, and the contribution of Berkeley's sociology to macrosociological issues is indicated.     

Qualitative bereavement research: incongruity between the perspectives of participants and research ethics boards

A central feature of the majority of qualitative research is the interactive nature of data collection which generally involves direct and meaningful communication between the individuals conducting the research and the individuals participating in the research. This core aspect of data collection, however, is frequently flagged as the most concerning or potentially harmful aspect of qualitative bereavement research by research ethics boards. Further, there has been a tendency to conceptualize the bereaved as vulnerable and in need of protection in the research process. Instead of thinking that a research interview which explores the complex, personal issues of grief would potentially harm participants, it may be seen as potentially beneficial to participants when the therapeutic aspects of the interview are considered. Participants’ responses to the interview process in two bereavement studies are offered as illustrations to complement the literature on the potential for the researcher‐participant relationship and the research interview to be perceived as beneficial by bereavement research participants.