Diary research

Lo spunto per l’articolo è tratto dall’utilizzo dell’espressione programmatica 'favola di vita', posta significativamente ad incipit e a incorniciare circolarmente il testo diaristico profilato in "Quasi una vita", già di memoria leopardiana (poiché attestata nelle "Operette morali"), e intesa ad alludere alla maniera in cui nella narrazione viene messo in atto il dinamismo tra veridicità e finzione. Mentre la costruzione del primo giornale alvariano si avvia in tal senso con una constatazione sulla scarsezza dell’elemento mitopoietico, in consonanza con il principale ruolo testimoniale, dall’ulteriore ricorrenza di questa categoria nozionale si evince invece una rinnovata disponibilità a potenziare miticamente il senso del vissuto. Così viene tratteggiato il tema del leopardismo letterario dello scrittore calabrese, presentandone alcuni tratti particolarmente determinanti. Anche dal punto di vista formale, i diari di Alvaro in cui si persegue l’obiettivo di inquadrare i minimi fatti ritenuti di primaria importanza e circoscrivibili per lo più all’ambito civile, si situano sulla scia dello "Zibaldone di pensieri", in quanto uno dei modelli per quel che pertiene all’articolazione del discorso e alla fondamentale maniera in cui vi è intrapresa un’analisi poetologica e speculativa.

En la introducción a la primera edición de los Diarios de Alejandra Pizarnik a cargo de Ana Becciú, publicada en 2003, su editora resaltó la importancia de algunas de las lecturas de diarios de escritores que la propia Pizarnik practicó desde temprana edad. Entre las más significativas, Becciú se refiere a una versión en español de los diarios de Kafka, publicada en Buenos Aires en 1953. El ejemplar que perteneció a Alejandra Pizarnik, señala Becciú, “lleva escrito en la primera hoja el año en que lo adquirió: 1955; está abundantemente subrayado y anotado por ella a lo largo de los años; fue su libro de cabecera, de permanente relectura” (Pizarnik, Diarios [1.a ed.]). Como se puede inferir de la  figura 1, reproducida aquí por primera vez, las notas marginales provendrían de diferentes períodos. No solo existen marcas y anotaciones que difieren materialmente entre sí (por ejemplo, instrumentos de escritura y caligrafía), sino que el francés —lengua extranjera adoptada de manera intermitente por Pizarnik durante su primera estadía en Francia—, acompaña algunos de los breves comentarios redactados en español.

This project is a tribute to Tom R. Chambers' grandmother, Mattie Oline (Battles) Meekins, 1899-1997. She kept a diary from 1948 through part of 1993. Chambers researched her entries over the years, and chose the ones that have significance for him and society. His grandmother rarely missed making a daily entry in her diary during 45-plus years - an astonishing 16,000-plus entries. Chambers was born in July of 1947, so her diaries were ongoing from when he was about six-months old through the age of 45. The entries are practical, heartfelt and country-bred.

Kilka relacji z dziennika Antoniego Ostrowskiego, i z innych materiałów, dotyczących Wielkiej Emigracji, Paryża i  roku 1841: spotkania Adama Mickiewicza z Andrzejem Towiańskim, fascynacji Mickiewicza Mistrzem, szaleństwa Celiny Mickiewiczowej i sceptycyzmu niektórych emigrantów.

Teruntuk siapapun yang ingin belajar menjadi diri sendiri dengan menulis, menulis untuk menjadi seorang yang berpengaruh, menulis untuk diri sendiri dan menulis untuk menjadi hobi. Buku Paduan Menulis Membentuk Jati Diri Dan Keinginan Menulis adalah buku pertama saya. Salah satu inspirasi saya dalam menulis buku ini adalah sudah marak tersebar luas dalam media sosial adanya oknum yang menyebarkan foto maupun video untuk menunjukkan ungkapan sakit hati seperti video bunuh diri yang direkam secara langsung ataupun meluapkan emosi dengan kata sarkasme, ujaran sakit hati dan lain sebagainya. Hal tersebut membuat saya selaku mahasiswa harus berperan aktif dalam menyadarkan kembali lingkungan masyarakat tentang pentingnya menjaga tubuh yang fana ini sebagai anugrah dari Yang Maha Esa. Saya menyadari bahwasanya buku ini masih memiliki kekurangan dalam berbagai hal, namun saya ingin berbagi pada anda akan sesuatu yang memberikan motivasi  sehingga kita sehat senantiasa dan dijauhkan dari fikiran buruk.
Menulis untuk mereka yang merasa rendah diri, merasa sendiri dan kesepian, kehilangan kenangan dan ingatan, memberhentikan keinginan untuk lari dari kenyataan, menghentikan orang lain untuk menangis, kehilangan akal dan keinginan bunuh diri, saya berbagi dan saya peduli. Apapun yang kamu alami hari ini, tulislah, tidak peduli itu penting dan orang lain peduli, kelak tulisanmu akan berharga bagi seseorang untuk mengubah hatinya berhenti bersedih lalu mengubah dunia.

La prosa diaristica dell’autore italiano contemporaneo Guido Ceronetti è presentata attraverso un commento critico e traduzione di una scelta di note che sono stati precedentemente riportati nella trasmissione radiofonica "Diari e lettere" ("Dnevnici i pisma").

The readers of a text are—in many ways—also its authors, with the act of reading creating a dialog between a text already written and a text generated through reader response, creating a community along the boundary between author and reader. To illustrate that boundary, I situated myself as a responding audience to nineteenth-century Iowa farm wife Emily Hawley Gillespie, as she is revealed through the pages of her thirty-year diary. Through a constructivist paradigm, the methodologies of philosophical hermeneutics and new historicism, I entered Gillespie’s text to examine the themes which emerged within her narrative in the light of what is seen as “traditional autobiography”—a genre historically inhabited by white males and seen as stories of “achievement and quest.” Based on Smith and Watson’s characterization of “autobiographical acts” (63), I claim that Gillespie’s sense of autobiographical positionality, rhetorical moves, and audience awareness, discovered in the writing of her diary, makes her diary as much an autobiography as those that were intentionally written as such.

Based on the misinformation from media, consumers usually develop negative perceptions towards milk and other dairy products. This research is designed to explore these perceptions, examine and analyze how they are developed and to what extend they are effective. Perceptions are important since they determine the attitudes and behaviors of consumers. Generally, the media misinformation is reported to be highly effective on negative perceptions developed by the consumers towards food products. Such negative perceptions are vitally important for the marketing policies of food industries. This research is based on data collected in three consecutive phases. First phase is a content analysis of four major Turkish newspapers, three popular Turkish television health programs and Turkish web pages on milk, cheese and yogurt in 2013. Second phase is designed to collect data from three focus groups on what kinds of perceptions are developed by the consumers about milk, cheese and yogurt. The results of first and second phases are then used to develop the questionnaire which measures the level of these perceptions and this data is statically analyzed in terms of consumer preferences and socioeconomic status. Findings of the first and second phases of data collection revealed that media disseminates numerous misinformation to which consumers are unrestrictedly exposed. Consumers admit that their purchasing decisions are usually effected by such information. The findings of the research are expected to contribute to the development of new marketing policies for milk and dairy industry.

This chapter reviews and synthesizes the most applicable, useful, and practical methods and tools in researching identity in language and education. To this aim, this chapter starts with an introduction to the field of identity in language and education followed by early developments and major contributions. As the main focus of this chapter, the major methods, approaches, and tools to researching identity in language and education are then presented. Narrative inquiry, ethnography, interviewing, questionnaire, and diary keeping as the main methods of data collection are introduced. In each method presented, a few sample studies with their results are also provided. The strengths and shortcomings of each of these methods in researching identity are included in each section. In the last section of this chapter, some works in progress and future directions for research are given.

The ability to regulate emotions is central to well-being, but healthy emotion regulation may not merely be about using the “right” strategies. According to the strategy-situation-fit hypothesis, emotion-regulation strategies are conducive to well-being only when used in appropriate contexts. This study is the first to test the strategy-situation-fit hypothesis using ecological momentary assessment of cognitive reappraisal—a putatively adaptive strategy. We expected people who used reappraisal more in uncontrollable situations and less in controllable situations to have greater well-being than people with the opposite pattern of reappraisal use. Healthy participants (n = 74) completed measures of wellbeing in the lab and used a smartphone app to report their use of reappraisal and perceived controllability of their environment 10 times a day for 1 week. Results supported the strategy-situation-fit hypothesis. Participants with relatively high well-being used reappraisal more in situations they perceived as lower in controllability and less in situations they perceived as higher in controllability. In contrast, we found little evidence for an association between greater well-being and greater mean use of reappraisal across situations.

Background: Patients undergoing facedown positioning have
to overcome physical and psychological challenges; however,
their perspective and experience are rarely documented
in the research literature.
b Objectives: The objective of this study was to examine the
content of a self-motivated diary written by a person who
underwent 77 days of facedown positioning after macular
hole surgery. Her narrative about the obstacles during this
postsurgical requirement resulted in an insightful description
of several core topics relevant to patient care.
b Methods: The diary content was summarized using qualitative
description procedures. This document was selected
due to its unique rich nature. Thematic analysis was used
to summarize and describe main topics of importance
within the diary. Additional data sources (i.e., medical file,
research literature, patient follow-up, and Web sites) were
consulted to provide a more comprehensive understanding
of the diary content.
b Results: On the basis of proximity of coded quotes and richness
of content, seven areas of interest emerged, including
the patient’s emotional state, quality of sleep, nutritional
considerations, visual functioning, physical status, social
support, and entertainment needs.
b Discussion: Potential patients and their caregivers can learn
from the experiences of an individual who has coped
successfully with this treatment. This analysis builds the
groundwork for the refinement of guidelines for overcoming
prevalent physical and psychological barriers.

Trata-se de meu diário acadêmico, publicado na RevistaCrioula Usp hoje, 30 de junho 2016. O diário apresenta os itinerários que percorri desde o Egito, passando pelo mestrado na Colômbia, pelo doutorado em Estudos Comparados em língua portuguesa no Brasil, chegando até a atual coordenação do primeiro departamento de língua portuguesa nos países árabes na Universidade de Aswan no Egito.