L40 Mae Proudley Doctoral thesis.pdf (4.9 MB)
Language, loss and time: 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria
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posted on 2019-03-14, 04:20 authored by MAE AMBER PROUDLEYThis narrative inquiry has grappled with loss and grief in the wake of the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria. Primary material obtained from men and women of the Latrobe Valley revealed the fragilities of home and the complexities of both negative and positive emotions associated with re-establishing intimate domestic spaces. This research has explored the complicated ‘emotional work’ and the sometimes difficult decision-making triggered by sudden and profound loss. It suggests that failing to acknowledge or validate the less apparent losses can confuse or prolong the processing of grief that fire-affected people contend with in the aftermath of bushfire.
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Fiona McdermottAdditional supervisor 1
Margaret AlstonYear of Award
2019Department, School or Centre
Primary and Allied Health CareAdditional Institution or Organisation
Department of Social WorkCampus location
AustraliaCourse
Doctor of PhilosophyDegree Type
DOCTORATEFaculty
Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health SciencesUsage metrics
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Black SaturdaybushfiredisastergriefhomeidentitylanguagelossPierre Bourdieutimeeveryday sensory practicesnarrative inquiryqualitative researchpossessionstraumahomelessnessclimate changepost-traumatic growthtransformationplace and placelessnessPhilosophyEnvironmental HumanitiesSocial and Cultural GeographyHuman Geography not elsewhere classifiedSociologySocial PolicyAnthropologySocial and Community PsychologyHistory
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