Lehmann, O. and Murakami, K. 2024. Silence as a magnifying glass for uncertainty and affect: The qualitative case studies of Karin and Dana’s journals. Culture and Psychology. 30 (4), pp. 1107-1129. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354067X241253658
| Title | Silence as a magnifying glass for uncertainty and affect: The qualitative case studies of Karin and Dana’s journals |
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| Type | Journal article |
| Authors | Lehmann, O. and Murakami, K. |
| Abstract | This article focuses on what diverse forms of silence (i.e., silence-phenomena) convey about affective processing and meaning-making as processes. Departing from a dialogical perspective that informs sociocultural and existential theories, we qualitatively analyze Karin and Dana's (pseudonyms) cases. These two Master's students attended a three-week-long intensive and interdisciplinary course at a Norwegian university. The course is about silence-phenomena, group dynamics, and quality of life. Our primary data consisted of journal entries (Karin, n=21; Dana, n=30) that the study participants wrote at different moments of the day during this course, including a morning session called "The Silent Time." We also included e-mail follow-ups exchanged with the students after the course ended (Karin n=1; Dana, n=3). We |
| Keywords | silence |
| meaning | |
| uncertainty | |
| journaling | |
| dialogical self | |
| attention | |
| developmentally-oriented thematic analysis DOTA | |
| emotions | |
| hyper- generalisation of affect | |
| Journal | Culture and Psychology |
| Journal citation | 30 (4), pp. 1107-1129 |
| ISSN | 1354-067X |
| 1461-7056 | |
| Year | 2024 |
| Publisher | Sage |
| Publisher's version | License CC BY 4.0 File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/1354067X241253658 |
| Publication dates | |
| Published online | 25 May 2024 |