1071-4421 print/1547-7487 online DOI: 10.1080/10714421.2010.505145 I Witness: Re-presenting Trauma in and by Cinema TAMAR ASHURI Department of Communication Studies‚ Ben-Gurion University‚ Beer-Sheva‚ Israel and School of Communication‚ Sapir College‚ D.N. Hof Ashkelon‚ Israel This article considers how film helps reconcile a traumatic collective past through representation of a personal trauma. It focuses on the role of witnesses in conveying their experiences regarding events that have traumatized
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The Traumas Associated with Hurricane Katrina Michael A. Porch Saint Leo University Abstract Trauma is defined as; an extremely distressing experience that causes severe emotional shock and may have long-lasting psychological effects (Encarta Dictionary‚ 2013). Hurricane Katrina was one of‚ if not‚ the most devastating natural disaster to hit the United States (US); while being the costliest and the third deadliest (The Weather Channel‚ 2009). The physical‚ social‚
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to recover. However‚ this experience is not taken lightly and cannot be understood by those who have not experienced it anyways. For many children who have experienced and suffered from childhood trauma such as abuse‚ help and getting to the main issue can be very difficult. Not treating said trauma can result in psychological disorders such as PTSD or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder‚ often caused by traumatic experiences from abuse to war to natural disasters and even sexual assault. Females who
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their definition of happiness. Some may find happiness in material things like money‚ cars‚ and clothes while others may find happiness in relationships with family or God‚ but do these things constitute true happiness? In the article “Psychological Trauma‚ PTSD‚ Resilience‚ and Coping‚” psychological researchers Girdand‚ Dusek‚ and Everly examined how people’s mental state and resilience is what really affects ones overall happiness and wellness. Also‚ a study done with a group of college students
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traumatic and influential experience. The nature of trauma is endemic to the human experience‚ and many are specifically rooted in various stages of development‚ whilst certainly others are not. It can be unequivocally stated that most‚ if not all human beings‚ shall inevitably suffer at some point in their lives a developmental crisis or trauma such as divorce‚ to unexpected and uncontrollable tragedies such as the death of a child. Examples of trauma may range from the unfathomable pain of victims
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kissing her softly with his last breathe. Is it fate‚ karma or bad luck‚ but every time something good happens in Sky’s life it all comes tumbling down. This time it really hurt her‚ Jason had been the one person that really understood all the pain and trauma she experienced in the Air Force. The first time they met was at Vancouver General hospital‚ after he found Sky wallowing in grief. Her world was crumbling down‚ she wouldn’t be able to walk or fly. That was her dream‚ ever since she flew her first
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Question 2: What are the three challenges of trauma-informed practice? Pick one and explain how to combat the challenge. Trauma-informed practice is an essential part of effective group work. When operating from a trauma-informed perspective‚ social workers will be mindful‚ but not assuming‚ of the possibility that clients may have experienced trauma (Knight‚ 2015). Knight (2015) goes on to say that workers must consider how clients’ past trauma carries forward and impact the client currently‚
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For this learning area: Use of knowledge in Practice‚ I have completed the second task by attending the organisation’s training session on how the use of methamphetamines and trauma affects parenting capacity‚ skills‚ as well as its effects on young people. I found this training session very informative and useful especially how the clients/parents who are engaged in the child protection system do utilise some of the methamphetamines and having the knowledge which can be applied to practice about
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us‚ do we not laugh? If you poison us‚ do we not die? And if you wrong us‚ shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest‚ we will resemble you in that.’ -an excerpt from The Merchant of Venice Introduction Inspired by Art Speigelman’s ‘Maus’ and his use of the medium of graphics combined with words in narrating a pensive horror story of the holocaust in WW2‚ Marjane writes about her own life story when she was growing up in Iran before‚ during and after The Islamic Revolution in her
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Tom has been experiencing changes in his sensations due to a recent tumor in the posterior aspect of the spinal cord at C6. Considering that the injury on in the posterior aspect‚ the ascending tract of the dorsal column medial lemniscus (DCML) will be affected. As a result‚ Tom has lost bilateral conscious proprioception‚ vibration‚ discriminative touch‚ and stereognosis‚ which may also lead to sensory ataxia Despite all the sensations that have been affected‚ Tom will have other sensations that
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