"All You Have to Do Is Stand Tall": A Narrative Inquiry into the Process of Embodiment and Liberation

Autor/in	Chiang, Amy I-Ling
Titel	"All You Have to Do Is Stand Tall": A Narrative Inquiry into the Process of Embodiment and Liberation
Quelle	(2017), (194 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Fielding Graduate University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-3554-5553-3
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Metacognition; Conflict; Interpersonal Relationship; Aggression; Inquiry; Personal Narratives; Transformative Learning; Social Environment; Individual Power; Empowerment; Alienation; Social Class; Minority Groups; Disabilities; Undocumented Immigrants; Homosexuality; Sexual Orientation; Sexual Identity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Konflikt; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Erlebniserzählung; Pädagogische Transformation; Soziales Umfeld; Eigeninitiative; Entfremdung; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Ethnische Minderheit; Handicap; Behinderung; Illegaler Aufenthalt; Homosexualität; Sexuelle Orientierung; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität
Abstract	All modes of oppression, including psychological, political, and economic, as well as the kinds of alienation that they generate, serve and maintain a caste system of privilege. The belief systems on which the realities of structural oppression rest are especially relevant for people of color and other subordinated identities (e.g., LGBTQ community, individuals with disabilities, undocumented immigrants) who spend formative years in the United States. It is well understood that people of varying social identities have unequal access to resources such as money, power, education, housing, and healthcare are targets of macro- and micro-aggressions and thereby arrive into their habits of mind and habits of being through the lens of an outsider. This study, which integrates transformative learning, somatics, and decolonizing pedagogy, was conducted on the premise that habits of mind and oppressed states of being create a state of disembodiment. This disembodiment occurs due to the experiences of accumulated micro-trauma in the social context. This trauma occurs through being complicit in these systems due to being unaware of them. Alternatively, embodiment takes place through becoming more aware of how these processes occur in their bodies. The study used a narrative approach to explore the process by which seven people came to an awareness of how the social context creates trauma in the form of microaggressions, how they were affected by such microaggressions, somatically as well as informing their life world, and how they were able to transform these states to practices of liberation through bodily awareness. Unconscious states of being were brought to awareness through the body through the practices of mindfulness, breathing, and yogic poses, with the help of an instructor who was deeply aware of power differences in social contexts. The findings of the study showed that through this unique interpretation of yoga, an individual may be able to move from a disempowered state of being toward a more empowered place, both in personal and in relational contexts. Through this study, the researcher was able to develop a model that demonstrates an individual's path toward liberation and the conditions under which this occurs. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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