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The Film Project: What is a veteran? Beyond the Cliché

26 June 2023

Posted by David Jackson

      On the 16th May six veterans and the Military Afterlives team met at University of Exeter to put together a short film. There had already been two Zoom meetings where we discussed ideas and came up with a ‘sort of’ plan. In reflection these meetings were an important part of the process […]

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Transatlantic Perspectives on the Present and Future of Moral Injury – Durham University

6 June 2023

Posted by David Jackson

Transatlantic Perspectives on the Present and Future of Moral Injury – Durham University     Representing the Military Afterlives Team I recently presented at a Conference in Durham which explored Moral Injury in military veterans and the wider population. The conference was attended by clinicians, theologians and academics who are trying to understand what moral […]

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Defence Research Network Newsletter

11 May 2023

Posted by David Jackson

  The Military Afterlives Project was interviewed this month by the The Defence Research Network as part of our ongoing impact work and sharing our valuable research work. The Defence Research Network came about out of a conversation back in 2016 between PhD students who felt isolated in their respective South West institutions studying defence. […]

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How do you tell your story?

12 April 2023

Posted by David Jackson

The Military Afterlives Project used a method that is called life story narrative. Life story narrative is  a method were interviewers will ask the participants to give a personal account of their life experiences. In the case of the Military Afterlives project  we posed the question ‘Tell me about your life in civilian street’. This […]

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Emily’s Story

14 March 2023

Posted by Caroline Micklewright

Female veterans we interviewed had unique transitional experiences. These range from how female veterans interact with charities, how they think about their legacies of military service, to how they identify themselves whether as civilian, veteran, or other. These stem from the different experiences of military life that many female veterans have compared to their male […]

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