Transformacje w interakcjach: przykład relacji między rodzicami i dziećmi LGBT+

Katarzyna Gajek

doi:10.18778/2450-4491.13.12

Authors

Katarzyna Gajek Uniwersytet Łódzki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2610-5842

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/2450-4491.13.12

Keywords:

transformations, narrative interview, parents, LGBT people, coming out

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to reconstruct the transformation process that takes place in the parent-child relationship with a non-normative sexual orientation or gender identity (LGBT+). Due to the fact that the transformation of oneself and reality takes place in the course of undertaken activities, mental, affective and performative activities as well as relationships between them were identified from the communicated biographical experiences of the narrators. Parents of LGBT+ people from Poland who were selected according to the snowball procedure participated in the study. Empirical data was collected through the narrative interview technique and developed through qualitative inductive thematic analysis. The transformation process recreated on this basis included the identified mental changes in the perception and understanding of reality, modifications of affects that dynamized the activity of the subject and activities transforming the world. The transformations were expressed both in the perception and transformation of reality, as well as the subject acting in it.

Author Biography

Katarzyna Gajek, Uniwersytet Łódzki

Gajek Katarzyna, a social pedagogue, a Doctor of Humanities in the discipline of Education, and an Assistant Professor at the University of Lodz, Department of Social Pedagogy and Social Rehabilitation. Her research areas include Gender Studies, the phenomenon of violence (domestic violence, bullying, human trafficking), social exclusion and empowerment processes, qualitative research methods (especially biographical method and discourse analysis). She is the author of the book: Doświadczenie przemocy w rodzinie. Autobiograficzne narracje kobiet [The Experience of Domestic Violence. Autobiographical Narratives of Women] (2018).

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