Brian Schiff
Biographic Data
| ID | 240219 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian Schiff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian |
| FAMILY NAME | Schiff |
| SIGNATURE | SCHIFF B |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University of Paris |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2861-6926 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Beauty of the Gods
The Beauty of the Gods: Engagement with Laura Mark’s “Authenticating Hafu Identities on Instagram". Un article de la revue Narrative Works (Special Issue: Authenticity in Narrative Contexts) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
Talk about the Past
Like the other essays in this special issue, my analysis centers on the interview segment collected in the TRANSMEMO project and discussed in the data workshop organized by Thomas van de Putte at the University of Trento. I argue that collaborative narratives, such as this interview segment, can serve as a model for better understanding and describing the process of shared meaning-making. The production of meaning in collaborative narrative is no…
Memory is an interpretive action
In this essay, I aim to shore up the epistemological foundations of memory studies so that it can more productively fulfill its promise to understand the dynamics of shared meaning-making. I argue for theoretical and, hence, methodological, advancement toward a more precise vocabulary for describing the movement of meaning over time and space and between persons as they engage with resources and each other in order to fix and revise shared interp…
Situating Qualitative Methods in Psychological Science
Life and Narrative
Introduction
In this introductory chapter, I place Bertram J. Cohler's () seminal essay Personal Narrative and Life Course in the context of the history of narrative psychology and developmental theory. I describe four theses from Personal Narrative and Life Course, which impacted developmental theory and research: (a) the self is a narrative project, (b) developmental periods have a distinct narrative character, (c) narratives are always told in (personal an…
Bertram Joseph Cohler (1938–2012)
The promise (and challenge) of an innovative narrative psychology
In this article, I outline what are, in my view, the major conceptual and institutional weaknesses of narrative psychology. However, because my objective is to legitimatize narrative as an alternative vision of psychology, I frame these criticisms as challenges for narrative psychologists to overcome. I argue that narrative psychology has not clearly defined the meaning, scope and basic principles of a narrative approach. I ask: What does narrati…
Consistency and change in the repeated narratives of Holocaust survivors
In this article, we study the oral history interviews of eight survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau. We give a detailed analysis of a central narrative in their life story, the “selection narrative,” the experience of being forcibly separated from family into groups for labor or death, as it is told in the late 1970s-to-early 1980s and again in the 1990s. We study patterns of structure and variation in the referential aspects of narrative, how narrati…
Talking about Identity
Using life narrative interviews with Arab students with Israeli citizenship collected in 1997-98, I inquire into the processes and problems in talking about one's collective identity. In particular, I address how Arab students manage multiple identifications and the role of social relationships in shaping identity narratives. First, I argue that identity narratives do not voice a single point of view. Rather, identity narratives articulate multip…
Collected Stories in the Life Narratives of Holocaust Survivors
This research investigates the use of stories that are found through vicarious experience and told in a life narrative in order to communicate the meaning of the personal past. Through the interpretation of the life narratives of Holocaust survivors, we argue that stories outside of direct experience, collected stories, form the background of personal narratives. Collected stories are pieces of social interaction and context that are integrated i…
Collected Stories in the Life Narratives of Holocaust Survivors
This research investigates the use of stories that are found through vicarious experience and told in a life narrative in order to communicate the meaning of the personal past. Through the interpretation of the life narratives of Holocaust survivors, we argue that stories outside of direct experience, collected stories, form the background of personal narratives. Collected stories are pieces of social interaction and context that are integrated i…
The promise (and challenge) of an innovative narrative psychology
In this article, I outline what are, in my view, the major conceptual and institutional weaknesses of narrative psychology. However, because my objective is to legitimatize narrative as an alternative vision of psychology, I frame these criticisms as challenges for narrative psychologists to overcome. I argue that narrative psychology has not clearly defined the meaning, scope and basic principles of a narrative approach. I ask: What does narrati…
Talking about Identity
Using life narrative interviews with Arab students with Israeli citizenship collected in 1997-98, I inquire into the processes and problems in talking about one's collective identity. In particular, I address how Arab students manage multiple identifications and the role of social relationships in shaping identity narratives. First, I argue that identity narratives do not voice a single point of view. Rather, identity narratives articulate multip…
Consistency and change in the repeated narratives of Holocaust survivors
In this article, we study the oral history interviews of eight survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau. We give a detailed analysis of a central narrative in their life story, the “selection narrative,” the experience of being forcibly separated from family into groups for labor or death, as it is told in the late 1970s-to-early 1980s and again in the 1990s. We study patterns of structure and variation in the referential aspects of narrative, how narrati…
Memory is an interpretive action
In this essay, I aim to shore up the epistemological foundations of memory studies so that it can more productively fulfill its promise to understand the dynamics of shared meaning-making. I argue for theoretical and, hence, methodological, advancement toward a more precise vocabulary for describing the movement of meaning over time and space and between persons as they engage with resources and each other in order to fix and revise shared interp…
Collected Stories in the Life Narratives of Holocaust Survivors
This research investigates the use of stories that are found through vicarious experience and told in a life narrative in order to communicate the meaning of the personal past. Through the interpretation of the life narratives of Holocaust survivors, we argue that stories outside of direct experience, collected stories, form the background of personal narratives. Collected stories are pieces of social interaction and context that are integrated i…
Talking about Identity
Using life narrative interviews with Arab students with Israeli citizenship collected in 1997-98, I inquire into the processes and problems in talking about one's collective identity. In particular, I address how Arab students manage multiple identifications and the role of social relationships in shaping identity narratives. First, I argue that identity narratives do not voice a single point of view. Rather, identity narratives articulate multip…
The promise (and challenge) of an innovative narrative psychology
In this article, I outline what are, in my view, the major conceptual and institutional weaknesses of narrative psychology. However, because my objective is to legitimatize narrative as an alternative vision of psychology, I frame these criticisms as challenges for narrative psychologists to overcome. I argue that narrative psychology has not clearly defined the meaning, scope and basic principles of a narrative approach. I ask: What does narrati…
Consistency and change in the repeated narratives of Holocaust survivors
In this article, we study the oral history interviews of eight survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau. We give a detailed analysis of a central narrative in their life story, the “selection narrative,” the experience of being forcibly separated from family into groups for labor or death, as it is told in the late 1970s-to-early 1980s and again in the 1990s. We study patterns of structure and variation in the referential aspects of narrative, how narrati…
Bertram Joseph Cohler (1938–2012)
Introduction
In this introductory chapter, I place Bertram J. Cohler's () seminal essay Personal Narrative and Life Course in the context of the history of narrative psychology and developmental theory. I describe four theses from Personal Narrative and Life Course, which impacted developmental theory and research: (a) the self is a narrative project, (b) developmental periods have a distinct narrative character, (c) narratives are always told in (personal an…
Life and Narrative
Situating Qualitative Methods in Psychological Science
Memory is an interpretive action
In this essay, I aim to shore up the epistemological foundations of memory studies so that it can more productively fulfill its promise to understand the dynamics of shared meaning-making. I argue for theoretical and, hence, methodological, advancement toward a more precise vocabulary for describing the movement of meaning over time and space and between persons as they engage with resources and each other in order to fix and revise shared interp…
The Beauty of the Gods
The Beauty of the Gods: Engagement with Laura Mark’s “Authenticating Hafu Identities on Instagram". Un article de la revue Narrative Works (Special Issue: Authenticity in Narrative Contexts) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
Talk about the Past
Like the other essays in this special issue, my analysis centers on the interview segment collected in the TRANSMEMO project and discussed in the data workshop organized by Thomas van de Putte at the University of Trento. I argue that collaborative narratives, such as this interview segment, can serve as a model for better understanding and describing the process of shared meaning-making. The production of meaning in collaborative narrative is no…
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