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Vampires and Mirrors - A Reflection on Identity

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I wrote today's blog inspired by the work of Stetler (2009, as cited by Fine and Torre, 2021, p. 26).  The author comments:  "If you want to make a human being a monster, deny them at the cultural level, any reflection of themselves." A short poem entitled, "I am Vampire." The man in the mirror shines not in the glass. No face and no body, no future, no past. Not living, not dying, just not one of them. A life as the other, rejection and shame.  His story, his life, beyond care or detection.  Heed the tale of the man who has no reflection. I walk without feet so where am I going?  I see without eyes, at what am I looking? I breathe with no body.  I think with no mind.   I speak with no mouth, but their words are unkind.   What are they hearing?  What is their intention? Asketh the man who has no reflection. The whispers, the stories, the rumour mill,  Their faces, their smiles with hatred are filled. Like spears and like daggers, his spirit was broke
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Critical realism - my next steps

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Since writing my last blog post I passed my 2nd year of study and got my upgrade. But, as I mentioned in the comments and reflections I wrote to my supervisor, the examiners who reviewed my work clearly picked up on the tensions and the struggles that I was trying to navigate between a critical realist stance and an interpretivist stance. ( " Truth Values - Ayn Rand - Relativism - Objectivism - free to use " by  Templestream  is licensed under  CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 .) While Scott (2010) points out that, from a pragmatist stance, such considerations are essentially epistemic and are therefore not related the collection and analysis of data, in much the same manner as Scott (2010), I have to say I disagree.  I can't remember the author, or where I read it (if anyone has a reference for this, please message me or leave a comment) but I remember reading somewhere that ontology could be understood as asking the question of what the world/reality is like, what can be known and captu
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