NA.SVI – Ricerche Narrative e Processi di Sviluppo (Narrative Research and Processes of Development)
Keywords: narrative, autobiography, memory, narrative-based medicine, illness and traumatic experiences, personal identity disorders, emotional competence, emotion-related traits
Research topics:
- Narration and autobiographical memory of individuals with at-risk developmental trajectories;
- Self-presentation and storytelling in virtual communication contexts (social networks, chats, forums);
- Narrative meaning;
- Narration and autobiographical memory in contexts of health and illness. Narrative-based medicine;
- Narratives of body modification in gothic youth subcultures (e.g. punk, heavy metal, emo).
Aims and objectives:The purpose of the research unit is to study narrative processes as a tool to understand memory, personal and professional identity, change with regard to autobiographical memory, reflexivity, and the processing of painful personal experiences.
Current projects:
- autobiographical storytelling and personal reflexivity in oncology;
- relationships between narrator and listener and autobiographical narration in oncology;
- emotional connotation of experiences and autobiographical narration in educational and care professions;
- body modifications and the process of constructing and narrating the self.
Coordinator:
Andrea Smorti
Members:
Others involved:
Dip. NEUROFARBA
Contacts:
- andrea.smorti(AT)unifi.it
- ersilia.menesini(AT)unifi.it
- enrica.ciucci(AT)unifi.it
- chiara.fioretti(AT)unifi.it
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Last update
11.02.2021