Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2002. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study explores patterns of separation and/or connection in the narratives of the
respondent, a female farm worker living and working in the Western Cape, South
Africa. The major objective of this qualitative case study is to examine the possible
construction, co-existence and interaction of separation-connection themes in the
reality of the respondent. Founded within the social constructivist tradition, an
approach that assumes reality to be constructed through language and within
relationships, a window on the respondent's narrative construction of her reality,
relationships and separation-connection processes was obtained. To compliment the
explorative nature and social constructionist approach of the study, Grounded Theory
and Narrative Analysis were administrated. Through the analysis the two central
themes, separation and connection, manifested on two different levels - firstly on a
content level (what the participant has to say regarding the themes) and secondly on
a process level (what is happening between participant and researcher). Findings
provided a preliminary understanding of the techniques the respondent implores to
construe a sense of separation and connection. Results confirmed the co-existence
of separation-connection themes and indicated a possible interaction between the
two constructs. Findings also provided a glimpse on the experiences and impact of
the separation-connection process in the idiom of the respondent. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die studie belig patrone van binding en/of skeiding in die narratiewe van die
respondent, In vroulike plaaswerker in die Wes-Kaap, Suid-Afrika. Dié kwalitatiewe
gevallestudie is gerig op In ondersoek van die potensiële konstruksie, naasbestaan
en interaksie van binding- en/of skeidingstemas soos wat die respondent dit beleef
en verwoord. Deur die fundering van die navorsing in die sosiaal-konstruktivistiese
tradisie, In benadering wat glo dat die realiteit in verhoudings via taal gekonstrueer
word, is toegang tot die respondent se narratiewe konstruksie van haar realiteit,
verhoudings en binding- en/of skeidingstemas verkry. In ooreenstemming met
sosiaal-konstruktivistiese aannames, het die data-analise Narratiewe Analise en
Grounded Theory metodiek behels. Met behulp van die ontleding het die twee
sentrale konsepte, binding en skeiding, op twee vlakke gemanifesteer - eerstens op
In inhoudsvlak (dit wat die respondent daaroor vertel) en tweedens op In prosesvlak
(dit wat tussen die respondent en die onderhoudvoerder gebeur). Die resultate bied
In voorlopige verstaan van die wyses waarop die respondent binding en/of skeiding
konstrueer. Bevindings bevestig die naasbestaan van binding- en skeidingstemas en
dui op In moontlike interaksie tussen dié twee konstrukte. Die studie verskaf ook In
blik op die respondent se ervaring van die konstrukte in haar eie idioom.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/52769 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Smith, Patti N. |
| Contributors | Kruger, L.-M., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Psychology. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | af_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 313 p. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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