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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Vavti, Stefka

Titel

Framework Conditions and Self-presentation in Biographical Narratives - Case study: Katja/Lebensweltliche Rahmenbedingungen und ihr Einfluss auf die Selbstpräsentation in biografischen Erzählungen: Fallstudie Katja

Ist Teil von

• Razprave in gradivo - Institut za narodnostna vprasanja (1990), 2012-04 (67), p.52

Ort / Verlag

Ljubljana: Institute for Ethnic Studies

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Two narratives of the young Slovene Katja indicate that framework conditions of the life-world have an impact on onès self-presentation. The narratives were collected at intervals of a year. When the first biographical interview was taken Katja was living as a guest student in Slovenia, the second interview was made after her return to her home village in bilingual Southern Carinthia in Austria. Comparing the introductory sequences of both narratives the author clearly recognized the essential differences that will be discussed here. The first narrative focuses on her Slovene life-world. The main topics are relationship to Slovenes in Slovenia and in Austria and the (ethnic) involvement in the so-called "ours". For instance, Katja spoke in a self-critical manner about her knowledge of Slovene and was motivated to work on it. In the second interview, at home again, she changes her focus. She speaks about the lack of relationship to the German speaking Carinthians, of her bi- and multilingualism etc. These differences in the self-presentation suggest that various framework conditions of the life-world are an essential parameter that should be considered during interpretation processes. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]