„Jestem” – społeczne nadawanie znaczeń narracji w chorobie przewlekłej
“I Am” – Social Signification of Narration in Chronic Disease

Summary/Abstract: Cancer is currently regarded as a chronic disease, leading to disabilityat the level of biology, psychological functions and fulfilling social roles.In the consciousness of society, sick, suffering and dying people are perceivedas Others/Strangers. The aim of the presented research is the recognition ofsocial meanings attributed to the photographic narration of a person sufferingfrom cancer about his/her own disease. The research was carried out in 2016in Gdańsk and Toruń. Utterances of 82 exhibition’s recipients were analyzed.The research shows that this type of narration favours the transformation ofthe sick person from the Stranger to the Other – the majority of people triedto interpret the situation of a sick person from the perspective of an emphaticperson, to enter into emotional contact with the author of the narration, andask themselves about the meaning and value of their own existence.Cancer is currently regarded as a chronic disease, leading to disability at the level of biology, psychological functions and fulfilling social roles. In the consciousness of society, sick, suffering and dying people are perceived as Others/Strangers. The aim of the presented research is the recognition of social meanings attributed to the photographic narration of a person suffering from cancer about his/her own disease. The research was carried out in 2016 in Gdańsk and Toruń. Utterances of 82 exhibition’s recipients were analyzed. The research shows that this type of narration favours the transformation of the sick person from the Stranger to the Other – the majority of people tried to interpret the situation of a sick person from the perspective of an emphatic person, to enter into emotional contact with the author of the narration, and ask themselves about the meaning and value of their own existence.

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