Date of Award

2016

Publisher

North Dakota State University

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Awarded

Master of Science (MS)

Program

Human Development and Family Science

Department

Human Development and Family Science

College

Human Sciences and Education

Faculty Advisor

Carlson, Tom Stone

Description

This thesis is an autoethnographic study of my transformation as a result of being involved with Insider Witness Practices (IWP). By engaging in a multi-vocal dialogue with “Anita”, my Mexican self, and “Hyphen Ana”, my Chicana (my reclaimed Mexican-American identity) self, I give an insider account of my participation in IWP. My study was guided by the following questions: How does my own hyphenated identity as Mexican-American play a role in my intimate connection to narrative therapy? Do narrative therapy and my Mexican culture have shared dreams and beliefs about humanity? What would happen to my personal life and hopes of being a narrative therapist, if my Mexican dreams and narrative dreams would come together? My involvement in this study was decidedly life altering and led to the return of the Mexican dreams I once had as a child and to the eventual embracing of a new Chicana identity.

Rights

NDSU Policy 190.6.2

Rights Link

https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf

Author ORCID Identifier

0000-0002-2361-5062

Handle Identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28067

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