Rapport F, Sparkes A C
Swansea University, School of Medicine, Swansea, UK.
Med Humanit. 2009 Jun;35(1):27-34. doi: 10.1136/jmh.2008.000463.
This paper considers the scope of poetic representation for exploring notions of health and wellbeing in the testimony of Holocaust survivors. The paper is based on the representation, through poetic form, of testimony derived from multiple in-depth interviews with a Holocaust survivor, Anka, in south-east Wales. This paper concentrates on two of those interviews, the first a life story and the second an interview focusing on health, illness and wellbeing. Two poetic representations, one derived from each interview, provide examples of the principal investigator's response to the oral testimony, and the authors explore how these forms can present authentic and rigorous data distillates without detracting from the emotive, contextualised and powerful messages of the original text. The poetic representations offer an analysis of the survivor's life experiences, especially in Auschwitz concentration camp, and her personal perspective on her health and wellbeing. The authors discuss the value of poetic representation as a methodological approach, consider the poetic form for working with survivor stories and suggest how others might judge these pieces, to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of these alternative forms of data representation. They also consider the role of the researcher and Anka in creating the final product and the effect of Anka's voice on the researchers' work.
本文探讨了诗歌表现形式在大屠杀幸存者证言中用于探索健康与幸福观念的范围。本文基于对威尔士东南部一位大屠杀幸存者安卡进行多次深度访谈所获得的证言，通过诗歌形式呈现。本文聚焦于其中两次访谈，第一次是人生故事访谈，第二次是聚焦健康、疾病与幸福的访谈。从每次访谈中衍生出的两首诗歌表现形式，展示了首席研究员对口头证言的回应示例，作者们探讨了这些形式如何能够呈现真实且严谨的数据提炼，同时又不削弱原始文本中情感丰富、情境化且有力的信息。这些诗歌表现形式对幸存者的生活经历进行了分析，尤其是在奥斯维辛集中营的经历，以及她对自身健康与幸福的个人看法。作者们讨论了诗歌表现形式作为一种方法论途径的价值，思考了用于处理幸存者故事的诗歌形式，并建议其他人如何评判这些作品，以突出这些另类数据表现形式的优缺点。他们还考虑了研究者和安卡在创作最终作品过程中的作用，以及安卡的声音对研究者工作的影响。
