This thesis explores the dynamics of narrative production and contestation within individuals’ stories and the collective stories of the communities in which they live. The research is focused on trying to understand the relationship between public stories constructed about place and community, and the stories told by the inhabitants of those places. A case study in the city of Bradford provides a focus for inquiry. A qualitative research design is utilised, combining theory with primary data collection and analysis. A narrative analysis of national, academic and local stories about Bradford is used to disaggregate collective narratives of the city and explore the relationship between popular, political and academic discourses. It provides a context for the analysis of in-depth interviews with a range of inhabitants from a selected geographic area within Bradford, centred on how their individual stories relate to the identified collective stories of Bradford. Analysis of the fieldwork data shows that individuals are often engaged in complex negotiations of public discourse in ways that may reinforce and contest existing stories, but also complement them with parallel stories that neither reinforce nor contest but construct a different narrative. It reveals and reflects on apparent contradictions within everyday storytelling, for example, how nostalgia can be displayed about harsh times of socio-economic decline, or how attitudes to change over time can be variably positive and negative depending both on the speakers’ positioning of themselves and of the interviewer, and the speakers’ purpose in the interaction.

15 miljoner barn föds för tidigt i hela världen, i Sverige handlar det om ungefär 6000 barn per år. Att få barn för tidigt påverkar föräldrar och väcker olika känslor hos dem. Föräldrarna behöver kunna hantera oro och ångest kring barnets hälsotillstånd för att kunna ta emot den nya medlemmen i familjen. Föräldrarna bör kunna vara med i barnets omvårdnad. Sjuksköterskor ska eftersträva att jobba familjecentrerat och ge möjlighetför föräldrar att utveckla sitt föräldraskap. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie är att belysa föräldrars upplevelser av att få ett tidigt fött barn som vårdas på en neonatalvårdsavdelning. Studien inkluderar nio artiklar med kvalitativ ansats. Dataanalysen utmynnade till fyra huvudteman med nio tillhörande subteman. Resultatet visar att föräldrar kan känna både chock, rädsla och ledsenhet men även hopp och glädje vid födseln av det prematura barnet. Dessutom visar resultatet att föräldrar uppleverolika hinder mot anknytning. Resultatet beskriver föräldrars behov av stöd från medförälder, omvårdnadspersonal, andra släktningar. Det framkom även att föräldrar som är troende hade lättare att förhålla sig till situationen. Även föräldrars tankar och känslor inför hemgång varierade beroende på information och handledning de fick från sjuksköterskor innan utskrivning. I diskussionen problematiseras huvudfynd frånresultaten som är relevanta för sjuksköterskans roll och hur god vård kan ges. Delaktighet, kommunikation och tydlig information är av stor betydelse för att kunna öka föräldrars välbefinnande. / 15 million infants in the whole world, about 6000 i Sweden, are born prematurely every year. Having an infant earlier than expected affects parents and awakens different feelings. For the parents to welcome the new member of the family, they must be able to handle their worries and fears about the infant’s health status. Parents must be able to be part of their child´s care. Nurses should strive to work having the whole family in focus and give the parents opportunity to develop their parenthood. The goal of this literature review is to illuminate parents´ lived experience of having a premature infant in the neonatal care unit. Nine articles with qualitative design are included in this literature review. The data analysis resulted into four main themes and nine subthemes. The result shows the parents´ lived experience of shock, fear, and sadness as well as hope and gladness with the birth of the premature child. Furthermore, the result shows the different hinder to parent-child connection. The result describes parents´ experience of support from different sources – co-parent, health care workers, other relatives, and friends. It also shows that parents who are religious found it easier to hold on during that time. Parents´ thoughts and feelings also varied depending on the information and guidance they got from the nurses. Main findings that are relevant for nurses´ roll and how good healthcare can be given are further described in the discussion. Parent involvement, communication and accurate information are important in promoting parents´ wellbeing.

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The global financial system was marked by several crises frequently connected to Commercial Real Estate (CRE). As a precursor to financial crisis events, the phase of Financial Instability (FI) is generally considered from a more macroeconomic perspective with a focus on systemic risk to better identify environmental dynamics in the run-up to such a crisis. However, there is no common understanding about FI on a corporate level that enables organisations to undertake such a strategic analysis. This study aims to explore the corporate meaning of the phenomenon from a managerial perspective. It emphasises executives` lived experience in FI and the underlying procedures in organizational sensemaking. The data was collected using semi-structured interviews with senior executives of German CRE companies with reference to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) 2007/08. Within the social constructivist paradigm, the study adopts a hermeneutic phenomenological research approach using the theoretical lenses of van Manen's ‘lifeworld existentials' and Weick's ‘properties of sensemaking'. The corporate definition of FI that emerged from this study extends existing ones. The revealed procedures indicate that organisational sensemaking was underrepresented in such a phase. From this, qualitative indicators and implications are developed grounded in behavioural dynamics of the market participants. The findings of this research contribute to theoretical and applied knowledge about FI. The study proposes the systematic incorporation of this definition and sensemaking procedures by executives and institutionalises the monitoring of the developed indicators in SM to better control a CRE company prior, during, or after a phase of FI.

The purpose of my research is to examine how copreneurial couples make sense of their lived experience of working in a copreneurial business and shape their mutual identity. The research context is copreneurs operating micro-businesses in the Greek leisure and tourism industry. Given the size of the tourism industry worldwide and the fact that many businesses within this sector are family-owned, this is an important area of inquiry. The aim is twofold: 1. To build theory in the field of entrepreneurship by focusing specifically on the undertheorized topic of how copreneurs understand and shape their identity and responsibilities within copreneurial businesses 2. To bring an under-utilized methodology to entrepreneurship studies, that of interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA), as a means of enhancing the understanding of the lived experience of copreneurs. Drawing on phenomenological philosophy, IPA foregrounds the meanings research participants give to their experience and therefore offers rich interpretations from copreneurial couples While taking an idiographic approach, which focuses on the first-person experience of copreneurs in a particular context, the findings will resonate with other copreneurs. The contribution of this research therefore lies in advancing our understanding of copreneurship and familial entrepreneurship by elucidating the interrelationship between personal and business partnerships. The study makes visible the often invisible recursive links between paid work and family life for men and women

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Bakgrund: Diabetes typ 1 är en kronisk autoimmun sjukdom som orsakar att personen behöver regelbunden behandling. Det påverkar deras vardag och kan orsaka både kort- och långsiktiga komplikationer. Livet som ung vuxen kan vara utmanande och att samtidigt leva med kronisk sjukdom kan skapa svårigheter, i en redan komplex period i livet. Utökad kunskap om detta är därför viktigt för hälso- och sjukvårdspersonal. Syfte: Att beskriva unga vuxnas upplevelser av att leva med diabetes typ 1. Metod: Litteraturstudien baseras på kvalitativa studier och analyserades med kvalitativ manifest innehållsanalys med induktiv ansats. Resultat: Data resulterade i 7 slutkategorier: Stöttande omgivning är betydelsefullt och ger trygghet, Svårighet att hitta balans mellan diabeteshanteringen och livet, Det ökade ansvaret är betungande men leder även till personlig utveckling, Önskan att passa in och inte stigmatiseras, Behov av frihet och kontroll kan påverka diabeteshanteringen, Att det finns barriärer inom hälso- och sjukvården, Rädsla över komplikationer och graviditet. Slutsatser: Upplevelser av att leva med diabetes typ 1 varierade mellan de unga vuxna. Det fanns en gemensam önskan över ökad kunskap och förståelse i samhället och hos hälso- och sjukvårdspersonal för att de ska kunna tillgodose individuella behov och en personcentrerad vård.

This thesis explores the lived experiences of individuals living with HIV in Tarrant County through an ethnographic research design. This study highlights four emergent themes: the beginning of one's healthcare journey, stigma within a medical care setting, the lasting provider-patient relationships that can form, and shifting relationship dynamics. Participants' experiences reveal their challenges, from discomfort in a healthcare setting to disclosing their status to their support system. Insights from these individuals informed feasible strategies to combat HIV-related stigma.

Western psychology has in its current position and definition laid claim to the “psychology” landscape, despite being the construction of one epistemology. This imposition allows western psychology to dominate and control the “psychology” landscape, to the detriment of other equally valid and “scientific” “psychologies”. We argue for redefinition of western psychology in terms of lived experience or soul, so that it can co-exist with other “psychologies”. This should co-facilitate the process of repositioning western psychology into a dialogically equal relationship with indigenous african psychology. Redefinition of western psychology is dependant on psychologist’s appreciation of the relativity of epistemological frameworks and ability to challenge their own subjectivities. This in turn requires epistemological curiosity. This study adopts a conceptual, autoethnographic approach and methodology. Our aim is not to provide answers, but rather create a context for dialogue. / Psychology / M.A. (Psychology)