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The paper would focus on the game narrative and empathy, more specifically, the primary goal of this paper is to see how game narrative evokes players’ empathy and get some narrative design principles that can be used in future game design and research. To fulfill the research goal of the paper, I will analyze three role-playing games To the Moon(2011), A Bird Story(2014), and Finding Paradise(2017). They are all developed by a designer Kan Gao, and focus on storytelling, especially To the Moon, receiving praise for its narrative and was given the "Best Story" award by GameSpot(“To the Moon,” 2022). The result of the paper can complement the study on the intersection of game narrative and empathy, also it can supply some practical cases in the game field for Keen’s(2006) narrative empathy theory. And the study can help researchers to study deeper in this field, and provide more empathic narrative design strategies for game designers. And those devices about plot twists, flashbacks, camera angles, etc, may also apply to the literature and film creation for evoking the audience’s empathy.

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Between March 11, 2020 and May of 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) counted over 100 million cases of COVID-19, resulting in three million deaths worldwide (WHO, 2021). In order to examine the effects of art-making on social and psychological well-being, seven graduate students from the Marital and Family Art Therapy Program at LMU conducted the following study utilizing a qualitative, arts-based research approach through collaborative autoethnography (CAE). The research question — What are the effects of personal art-making on well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic? — was posed by the seven graduate student authors. The data revealed that pandemic-time art-making impacted well-being through three primary avenues: by acting as a means to cope, to adapt, and to process. Each of our emerging themes highlighted the use of art-making as a tool, and each theme described this phenomenon in a unique and pointed way. First, our art-making impacted our well-being during the pandemic by serving as a tool to cope with the stressors of the pandemic by minimizing, banishing, or making them tolerable. Going one step further than coping, art-making also served as a tool for adapting. It acted as the mediating force between the pandemic’s external impacts and our ensuing internal experiences. Finally, art-making impacted well-being throughout the pandemic by serving as a tool to process corporeal experiences, emotional experiences, and other personal realities. In order to build upon our findings, we propose future research on the impacts of personal art-making on wellness through collaborative autoethnography by participant-researchers representing diverse cultures within their social and environmental contexts.

As the state of the world continues to evolve through means of social justice and technology, the discussion of cultural humility as the evolution of cultural competence is a growing topic in the field of mental health and the art therapy community. The following mixed- method research explores the impact of art materials, group processes, and creative practices in the development of cultural humility. Six graduate students from the Marital and Family Art Therapy Program at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) designed the following collaborative ethnography. Utilizing both quantitative and qualitative data to answer the question: How can group art-based practices (e.g., materials, group processes) develop cultural humility among art therapists? The data collected include pre and post-survey statistics in addition to art responses and dialogue reflection. The data revealed that art-based group processes and the intentional choice of material may facilitate the growth surrounding the four principles of cultural humility. Critical self-reflection was achieved through a deep exploration of individual experiences surrounding socioeconomic status, race, colonialism, gender, family, and spirituality. Participants were able to readdress the power imbalance by taking on the role of participant and facilitator taking into consideration how information and materials are both presented and received. Through group art-making, sharing, and discussing systemic changes, participants developed partnerships with communities and maintained institutional accountability. In order to build upon our findings, we propose future research on group-based art practices with mental health professionals and trainees that focus on the development of cultural humility in different social and environmental contexts.

[ES] En esta tesis, tomando como medio la obra para piano solo Gaspard de la nuit de Maurice Ravel, se elabora una investigación de metodología autoetnográfica a modo de ejercicio de concienciación del aprendizaje de la obra. El objetivo es tener un conocimiento más profundo de los estímulos musicales durante el estudio de Gaspard de la nuit. Para cumplir con dicho objetivo, en primer lugar, se presentan informaciones sobre Ravel, su vida y su producción musical hasta el año de composición de la obra en cuestión, documentación concreta sobre Gaspard de la nuit, su interpretación y el análisis de las tres obras. En segundo lugar, se efectúa un cuaderno de campo compuesto por las clases magistrales sobre la obra recibidas por grandes profesores a nivel nacional e internacional y por apuntes propios de las sesiones de estudio. Las enseñanzas expuestas en ambos documentos se analizan, se relacionan, se comparan, se establece una evolución o analogía de la terminología empleada, y, en caso necesario, se explica su significado y si ha tenido especial influencia o no en la práctica pianística. Posteriormente se acude a la estadística para obtener datos cuantitativos de la recurrencia de unas temáticas musicales sobre otras para concluir entre otras deducciones que se hace escasa referencia a la memorización, la diferencia entre el peso que se le da a ciertas temáticas dependiendo del estadio de aprendizaje de Gaspard de la nuit y la dinámica concreta de estudio empleada mientras se trabaja la obra objeto de estudio. / [CA] En aquesta tesi, prenent com a mitjà l'obra per a piano sol Gaspard de la nuit de Maurice Ravel, s'elabora una recerca de metodologia autoetnogràfica a manera d'exercici de conscienciació de l'aprenentatge de l'obra. L'objectiu és tenir un coneixement més profund dels estímuls musicals durant l'estudi de Gaspard de la nuit. Per a complir amb aquest objectiu, en primer lloc es presenten informacions sobre Ravel, la seva vida i la seva producció musical fins a l'any de composició de l'obra en qüestió, documentació concreta sobre Gaspard de la nuit, la seva interpretació i l'anàlisi de les tres obres. En segon lloc, s'efectua un quadern de camp compost per les classes magistrals sobre l'obra rebudes per grans professors a nivell nacional i internacional i per anotacions pròpies de les sessions d'estudi. Els ensenyaments exposats en tots dos documents s'analitzen, es relacionen, es comparen, s'estableix una evolució o analogia de la terminologia emprada, i, en cas necessari, s'explica el seu significat i si ha tingut especial influència o no en la pràctica pianística. Posteriorment s'acudeix a l'estadística per a obtenir dades quantitatives de la recurrència d'unes temàtiques musicals sobre altres per a concloure entre altres deduccions que es fa escassa referència a la memorització, la diferència entre el pes que se li dona a unes certes temàtiques depenent de l'estadi d'aprenentatge de Gaspard de la nuit i la dinàmica concreta d'estudi emprada mentre es treballa l'obra objecte d'estudi. / [EN] In this thesis, taking Maurice Ravel's solo piano work Gaspard de la nuit as a medium, an autoethnographic methodology research is elaborated as an exercise of awareness of the learning of the work. The aim is to gain a deeper understanding of the musical stimuli during the study of Gaspard de la nuit. To achieve this goal, first of all, information about Ravel, his life and his musical production up to the year of composition of the work in question, specific documentation on Gaspard de la nuit, its interpretation and the analysis of the three works are presented. Secondly, a field notebook is made up of the master classes on the work given by great national and international professors, as well as notes taken during the study sessions. The teachings presented in both documents are analysed, related, compared, an evolution or analogy of the terminology used is established, and, if necessary, their meaning and whether they have had a special influence on piano practice is explained. Subsequently, statistics are used to obtain quantitative data on the recurrence of certain musical themes over others in order to conclude, among other deductions, that little reference is made to memorization, the difference between the weight given to certain themes depending on Gaspard de la nuit's stage of learning and the specific dynamics of study employed while working on the work under study. / García Verdú, FJ. (2023). Investigación autoetnográfica de la práctica pianística a través de la obra para piano solo Gaspard de la nuit de Maurice Ravel [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/193297

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / The collection of pages spread before you now, this story-thesis, is a collection of stories about my journey from cult member to the place in life I am now, stories about those stories, and stories about the people who lived or read them, talked about them, and were changed by the tellings. Most importantly, the goal of this story-thesis is to illustrate how the process of story-making and -telling changes how we interpret our identities and our lifeworlds. I argue that the stories that we share change our identities, and I also argue that how we perceive our identity and the identities of others affects the stories that we share.

This autoethnographic study qualitatively explores a trainee's journey towards becoming a clinical psychologist in South Africa. Both the formal and informal processes for becoming a psychotherapist are explored. The formal processes governing the training and registration of a clinical psychologist in South Africa are outlined. A critical appraisal of the training program is covered. The informal processes of the journey of this trainee psychologist is contextualised within the life story of that same person. In so doing a seventeen-year long struggle and academic relationship with UNISA is highlighted, including the insatiable desire and life long dream of the writer in wanting to become a psychologist. An autoethnographic study was done by using the researcher as the only research subject. The personal writings of the researcher and her family serve as the primary data for the study. An autoethnographic approach was employed in creating and collecting the data. The stories are presented in narrative form, and the data are analysed by employing narrative analysis for extracting and highlighting initial and inferred themes. / Psychology / M. A. (Clinical Psychology)