Natalija Mažeikienė
Biographic Data
| ID | 4017719 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Natalija Mažeikienė |
| GIVEN NAMES | Natalija |
| FAMILY NAME | Mažeikienė |
| SIGNATURE | MAŽEIKIENĖ N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vytautas Magnus University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8029-4907 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Dialogic Loops or Dialogic Engagement? Addressing Human Rights and Inclusion in Welfare Professions
Aim. This article explores how social work professionals and pedagogues negotiate tensions arising from paradigm shifts in their fields. The following objectives have been set: (a) to apply the dialogic communication theory to analyse professional practices in child welfare, inclusive education, and prison social work; (b) to explore how social care professionals apply dialogic principles of mutuality, propinquity, empathy, risk, and commitment; …
Identity Curation in Intercultural Learning
As Lithuania transitions from a multi-track to an inclusive system, changes in teacher training are needed to better respond to diversity within learning spaces. This study explores the application of a Participatory Narrative Inquiry (PNI) design in a multicultural Master’s pedagogical course aimed at developing future teachers’ intercultural competence. Identity curation techniques were tested through the application of elicitation methods to n…
Rhizomatic Learning Paths of Education Researchers
Aim. The aim of the research – to highlight the assemblages and becomings in rhizomatic learning of research methodologies among education researchers, identifying rhizomatic learning paths. Methods. Thinking with theory approach. This research is based on Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s (2004) poststructuralist philosophy and assemblage theory, as well as Alecia Y. Jackson and Lisa A. Mazzei’s (2023) thinking with theory approach. Cartograph…
Under the Canvas Ceiling
Aim. The article aims how Ukrainian women refugees learn and integrate into professional communities of practice within Lithuanian companies. Methods. Interviews with managers of Lithuanian companies (N=30) from various sectors, including education, social care, production, healthcare, hospitality and other services were conducted. Thematic analysis was employed, focusing on identifying and interpreting themes as patterns of meaning. Results. The…
Arts-based education to develop creativity in Lithuania
This study is a critical overview of the Lithuanian system of arts-based education, which provides conditions for the development of creativity in children and young people. The aim of the study is to provide an analysis of the ongoing transformations, changes, and tensions that are emerging in the field of an arts-based education in Lithuania. The authors analyze the particular case of arts-based education with reference to several theoretical p…
A Female Refugees’ Career
Recent geopolitical events have led to an increased research focus on the experiences of female refugees. As careers play a crucial role in socio-economic integration, this study aims to examine the scope and characteristics of research findings on the careers of refugee women in host countries. Following the general research questions for bibliometric analysis, the major trends and intellectual structures of the research field of women refugees’…
Exploring Post-Qualitative Inquiry as 'Research-in-Becoming
In the 21st century, post-qualitative inquiry has emerged as a novel approach that promotes non-linear, non-hierarchical, and unpredictable perspectives, drawing on postmodernism, poststructuralism, and posthumanism and moving beyond the boundaries of traditional qualitative research methodologies. In this article, we combine bibliometric analysis- with a thematic synthesis approach to recognise the distinct features and prevailing trends and pat…
Lines of Flight and Nomadic Trajectories
Aim. This article presents the research on using cartography as a research method based on Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s (2004) insights. The aim of the study – to unfold and visualise students' learning experiences in non-formal and informal learning contexts beyond the classroom. Methods. Cartography and rhizoanalysis. Cartography is a method of mapping (Wilmott, 2020). In order to create rhizomatic maps we used Deleuze and Guattari (2004…
Negotiating post-nuclear identities through tourism development in the ‘atomic town’ Visaginas
This article considers how, by applying participatory approaches and involving stakeholders in tourism development as a process of interpretation of the nuclear past, present, and post-nuclear future, variant forms of tourism (energy, nuclear, Soviet industrial heritage, recreational) promoting different narratives might stimulate change and negotiation around local identity in the ‘atomic’ town Visaginas in Lithuania. This paper presents the Par…
Framing Nuclearity
This article refers to the concept of nuclearity as a broader technopolitical phenomenon that implies a political and cultural configuration of technical and scientific matters. The nuclear media discourses become a site of tensions, struggles, and power relations between various institutions, social groups, and agents who seek to frame nuclear issues. The Bourdieusian concept of a field as a domain of social interaction is employed by the author…
Toward a new energy paradigm in geography
Aim. The aim of the article is to investigate how energy topics are presented in the geography curriculum in Lithuania and how school geography becomes an educational response to the current global challenges related to energy production and consumption. Methods. The article presents research using several methods: review of literature on energy geography and energy literacy, analysis of Lithuanian national curriculum for geography, content analy…
Living with HIV in post-Soviet states
This article addresses the continuing resilience of two post-Soviet governments – Azerbaijan and Lithuania – against community-based engagement and social protection of HIV-positive people by exploring the challenges of two social activists. The analysis shows how basic social and medical needs of people living with HIV/AIDS remain unmet, while stigmatisation informs the local health policies and manifests as a protective mechanism against contra…
Įgalinančių socialinių paslaugų modelis socialinės gerovės politikos kontekste
Šio straipsnio tikslas – pateikti ir aptarti LMT paremto projekto (MIP-021/2011) metu sukurtą ir empiriniais tyrimo duomenimis pagrįstą koncepcinį įgalinančių socialinių paslaugų modelį Lietuvoje išryškinant ir palyginant įvairias socialinės politikos bei valstybės gerovės ideologijų sąsajas, taip pat atskleidžiant ir apibendrinant atlikto empirinio tyrimo duomenimis grįstus socialinių paslaugų teikėjų ir gavėjų vertinimus
What is mixed in welfare mix? Welfare ideologies at stake in the Lithuanian case of social service delivery
The article deals with the development of social welfare and social services in Lithuania by describing cultural contexts and disclosing evaluations of social service providers and recipients and needs of social service delivery. The authors of the article discuss the changing role of the state, pose a question as to what the institutions and the actors are and to what extent should they participate in the creation of social welfare. One of the a…
Negotiating post-nuclear identities through tourism development in the ‘atomic town’ Visaginas
This article considers how, by applying participatory approaches and involving stakeholders in tourism development as a process of interpretation of the nuclear past, present, and post-nuclear future, variant forms of tourism (energy, nuclear, Soviet industrial heritage, recreational) promoting different narratives might stimulate change and negotiation around local identity in the ‘atomic’ town Visaginas in Lithuania. This paper presents the Par…
What is mixed in welfare mix? Welfare ideologies at stake in the Lithuanian case of social service delivery
The article deals with the development of social welfare and social services in Lithuania by describing cultural contexts and disclosing evaluations of social service providers and recipients and needs of social service delivery. The authors of the article discuss the changing role of the state, pose a question as to what the institutions and the actors are and to what extent should they participate in the creation of social welfare. One of the a…
Įgalinančių socialinių paslaugų modelis socialinės gerovės politikos kontekste
Šio straipsnio tikslas – pateikti ir aptarti LMT paremto projekto (MIP-021/2011) metu sukurtą ir empiriniais tyrimo duomenimis pagrįstą koncepcinį įgalinančių socialinių paslaugų modelį Lietuvoje išryškinant ir palyginant įvairias socialinės politikos bei valstybės gerovės ideologijų sąsajas, taip pat atskleidžiant ir apibendrinant atlikto empirinio tyrimo duomenimis grįstus socialinių paslaugų teikėjų ir gavėjų vertinimus
What is mixed in welfare mix? Welfare ideologies at stake in the Lithuanian case of social service delivery
The article deals with the development of social welfare and social services in Lithuania by describing cultural contexts and disclosing evaluations of social service providers and recipients and needs of social service delivery. The authors of the article discuss the changing role of the state, pose a question as to what the institutions and the actors are and to what extent should they participate in the creation of social welfare. One of the a…
Living with HIV in post-Soviet states
This article addresses the continuing resilience of two post-Soviet governments – Azerbaijan and Lithuania – against community-based engagement and social protection of HIV-positive people by exploring the challenges of two social activists. The analysis shows how basic social and medical needs of people living with HIV/AIDS remain unmet, while stigmatisation informs the local health policies and manifests as a protective mechanism against contra…
Framing Nuclearity
This article refers to the concept of nuclearity as a broader technopolitical phenomenon that implies a political and cultural configuration of technical and scientific matters. The nuclear media discourses become a site of tensions, struggles, and power relations between various institutions, social groups, and agents who seek to frame nuclear issues. The Bourdieusian concept of a field as a domain of social interaction is employed by the author…
Toward a new energy paradigm in geography
Aim. The aim of the article is to investigate how energy topics are presented in the geography curriculum in Lithuania and how school geography becomes an educational response to the current global challenges related to energy production and consumption. Methods. The article presents research using several methods: review of literature on energy geography and energy literacy, analysis of Lithuanian national curriculum for geography, content analy…
Negotiating post-nuclear identities through tourism development in the ‘atomic town’ Visaginas
This article considers how, by applying participatory approaches and involving stakeholders in tourism development as a process of interpretation of the nuclear past, present, and post-nuclear future, variant forms of tourism (energy, nuclear, Soviet industrial heritage, recreational) promoting different narratives might stimulate change and negotiation around local identity in the ‘atomic’ town Visaginas in Lithuania. This paper presents the Par…
Lines of Flight and Nomadic Trajectories
Aim. This article presents the research on using cartography as a research method based on Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s (2004) insights. The aim of the study – to unfold and visualise students' learning experiences in non-formal and informal learning contexts beyond the classroom. Methods. Cartography and rhizoanalysis. Cartography is a method of mapping (Wilmott, 2020). In order to create rhizomatic maps we used Deleuze and Guattari (2004…
Exploring Post-Qualitative Inquiry as 'Research-in-Becoming
In the 21st century, post-qualitative inquiry has emerged as a novel approach that promotes non-linear, non-hierarchical, and unpredictable perspectives, drawing on postmodernism, poststructuralism, and posthumanism and moving beyond the boundaries of traditional qualitative research methodologies. In this article, we combine bibliometric analysis- with a thematic synthesis approach to recognise the distinct features and prevailing trends and pat…
Dialogic Loops or Dialogic Engagement? Addressing Human Rights and Inclusion in Welfare Professions
Aim. This article explores how social work professionals and pedagogues negotiate tensions arising from paradigm shifts in their fields. The following objectives have been set: (a) to apply the dialogic communication theory to analyse professional practices in child welfare, inclusive education, and prison social work; (b) to explore how social care professionals apply dialogic principles of mutuality, propinquity, empathy, risk, and commitment; …
Identity Curation in Intercultural Learning
As Lithuania transitions from a multi-track to an inclusive system, changes in teacher training are needed to better respond to diversity within learning spaces. This study explores the application of a Participatory Narrative Inquiry (PNI) design in a multicultural Master’s pedagogical course aimed at developing future teachers’ intercultural competence. Identity curation techniques were tested through the application of elicitation methods to n…
Rhizomatic Learning Paths of Education Researchers
Aim. The aim of the research – to highlight the assemblages and becomings in rhizomatic learning of research methodologies among education researchers, identifying rhizomatic learning paths. Methods. Thinking with theory approach. This research is based on Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s (2004) poststructuralist philosophy and assemblage theory, as well as Alecia Y. Jackson and Lisa A. Mazzei’s (2023) thinking with theory approach. Cartograph…
Under the Canvas Ceiling
Aim. The article aims how Ukrainian women refugees learn and integrate into professional communities of practice within Lithuanian companies. Methods. Interviews with managers of Lithuanian companies (N=30) from various sectors, including education, social care, production, healthcare, hospitality and other services were conducted. Thematic analysis was employed, focusing on identifying and interpreting themes as patterns of meaning. Results. The…
Arts-based education to develop creativity in Lithuania
This study is a critical overview of the Lithuanian system of arts-based education, which provides conditions for the development of creativity in children and young people. The aim of the study is to provide an analysis of the ongoing transformations, changes, and tensions that are emerging in the field of an arts-based education in Lithuania. The authors analyze the particular case of arts-based education with reference to several theoretical p…
A Female Refugees’ Career
Recent geopolitical events have led to an increased research focus on the experiences of female refugees. As careers play a crucial role in socio-economic integration, this study aims to examine the scope and characteristics of research findings on the careers of refugee women in host countries. Following the general research questions for bibliometric analysis, the major trends and intellectual structures of the research field of women refugees’…
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