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Fostering Resilience In Dementia Through Narratives: Contributions Of Multimedia Technology, B. Purves, Marie Y. Savundranayagam, E. Kelson, A. Astell, A. Phinney Dec 2010

Fostering Resilience In Dementia Through Narratives: Contributions Of Multimedia Technology, B. Purves, Marie Y. Savundranayagam, E. Kelson, A. Astell, A. Phinney

Marie Y. Savundranayagam

No abstract provided.


Place For Personhood: Individual And Local Character In Lifestyle Migration, Brian A. Hoey Dec 2009

Place For Personhood: Individual And Local Character In Lifestyle Migration, Brian A. Hoey

Brian A. Hoey, Ph.D.

While drawing on literature of narrative interpretations of the construction of self and place-based, embodied identity, this article will explore the impact of invasive market forces on intertwined processes of person, self, and place-making. It considers how resources for these projects have changed in the face of translocal market forces and neoliberal ideals. Despite numerous proclamations of an essential placelessness to contemporary American society, place continues to be a basic part of the construction of the person. In fact, a variety of place-making practices are increasingly pursued as ways of negotiating tension between personal experience with material demands in pursuit …


Communication, Health And Aging: Promoting Empowerment, Marie Y. Savundranayagam, E. B. Ryan, M. L. Hummert Dec 2006

Communication, Health And Aging: Promoting Empowerment, Marie Y. Savundranayagam, E. B. Ryan, M. L. Hummert

Marie Y. Savundranayagam

No abstract provided.