Following the cultural norms as an effort to protect the mother and the baby during the perinatal period: An ethnographic study of women's food choices

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 831-836 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vella Yovinna Tobing ◽  
Yati Afiyanti ◽  
Imami Nur Rachmawati
Keyword(s):  
Perinatal Period ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Cultural Norms

‘Impressed’ by Feelings-How Judges Perceive Defendants’ Emotional Expressions in Danish Courtrooms

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Victoria Johansen
Keyword(s):  
Emotional State ◽  
Physical Appearance ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Emotional Expressions ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Social Categories

Emotions constitute an integrated part of crime trials, but the evaluation of these emotions is dependent on broader cultural norms rarely addressed by legal practitioners. Previous research on emotions in the judiciary has also tended to underemphasize this cultural dimension of judges’ assessment of defendants’ emotional expressions. This article presents an ethnographic study of Danish judges’ considerations when they encounter defendants in court and get an impression of their behaviour, emotional state and physical appearance. Combining theories about emotions with intersectionality approaches, the article highlights the processes in which social categories are dynamically shaped through emotions. Judges’ assessments of emotions are mediated through their own cultural understandings, and what counts as ‘appropriate’ emotion is dependent on how the defendant is culturally and systemically situated.

scholarly journals Comparing 6th Grade Science Classrooms: Inner-City versus Suburb

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nida Syed
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
Cultural Transmission ◽  
School Funding ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
School Students ◽  
Science Classrooms ◽  
Ethnographic Studies ◽  
Learning Development

Do teachers in the inner-city have different expectations of their students than teachers in the suburbs? Ethnographic studies of the classroom such as one by Wilcox in 1982 suggest they do. Wilcox describes education as "primarily a process of cultural transmission". In other words, schools in a particular setting or neighborhood aim to instill in their students the cultural norms and behaviors accepted and expected in that setting. This project is an ethnographic study of two sixth grade science classrooms; one in an urban inner-city Detroit, Michigan neighborhood and one in the neighboring suburb of Dearborn. The study examines the way the two classrooms are run by the teachers and their teaching styles by comparing the types of assignments that are given to students and the implications they have on the students’ learning development. Other factors such as a comparison of school funding per pupil and the effect it has on the availability of resources necessary for learning in each classroom were also examined. We found that the Dearborn school students learned how to work individually and in groups whereas the Detroit school students learned only how to work in groups. We also found that Dearborn students were encouraged to read out loud to the class individually whereas Detroit students were often read to by the teacher.

History and identity: female vendors at a renaissance festival.

2021 ◽  
pp. 47-57
Author(s):  
Susan L. Slocum
Keyword(s):  
Time Frame ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract This chapter presents an ethnographic study of female vendors at a Texas Renaissance festival. Ethnography provides a lens through which the systematic study of the people and cultures is undertaken from the point of view of the subject of the study. The author lived and worked with these women for 8 weeks and conducted 12 interviews during that time frame. While not all interviews included women, this chapter presents the subset of data related to gender identities, business responsibilities, and diverse cultural norms of the women operating within the Renaissance festival community. The goal of this chapter is to deconstruct the complex relationship between women as modern agents and the perceptions of historical narratives of a woman's place in community and business. As a first step in understanding female vendors, negotiated identity, and the social constructions that fuel event participation, this chapter encourages future research into the relationship between event success and vendor relationships, as well as the role of women as entrepreneurs and actors on the event stage.

scholarly journals The experience of women with an eating disorder in the perinatal period: a meta-ethnographic study

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Fogarty ◽  
Rakime Elmir ◽  
Phillipa Hay ◽  
Virginia Schmied
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Perinatal Period ◽  
Ethnographic Study

scholarly journals Transforming human trafficking rescue services in Nigeria: towards context-specific intersectionality and trauma-informed perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Foluké Abigail Badejo ◽  
Ross Gordon ◽  
Robyn Mayes
Keyword(s):  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Service Research ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Rescue Service ◽  
Trauma Informed ◽  
Context Specific

Purpose This study aims to introduce context-specific intersectionality and trauma-informed perspectives for transformative services theory and practice. While transformative service research concerning vulnerable people has focused on well-being and alleviating suffering, there has been less attention paid to how the intersection of scales of social categorisation such as class, gender and cultural norms shapes experiences and outcomes. Likewise, there is a paucity of attention to how lived experiences of trauma among people, such as human trafficking survivors, can and should influence service interactions, delivery and outcomes. Design/methodology/approach The authors draw upon insights from a focused ethnographic study featuring narrative interviews with ten human trafficking survivors and seven rescue service industry stakeholders, as well as field observations, in Nigeria. Thus, this work enriches the limited scholarship on transformative services across Africa, where local cultural contexts have a significant influence on shaping service environments. Findings The authors identify how the intersections of socio-economic class, gender dynamics, cultural norms and trauma shape the service experience for survivors. Originality/value The authors argue for the criticality of intersectionality and trauma-informed perspectives to transformative services to improve the mental and economic well-being of survivors of human trafficking in the long term.

scholarly journals “I want you to help me, you’re family”: A relational approach to women's experience of distress and recovery in the perinatal period

2022 ◽  
pp. 095935352110477
Author(s):  
Abi Enlander ◽  
Laura Simonds ◽  
Paul Hanna
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Perinatal Period ◽  
Relational Model ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Relational Dynamics ◽  
Cultural Discourses ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Practical Support

Theoretical approaches have tended to understand perinatal distress through either individual or socio-cultural factors. In contrast, Natasha Mauthner proposed a relational model that understands perinatal distress in the context of interpersonal relationships. This study aims to build on Mauthner's work to explore how women speak about their relationships in connection to their stories of perinatal distress and recovery. Eight women were interviewed for the study. All women had at least one child under the age of three and self-identified as having experienced distress in the perinatal period. Interviews were recorded, transcribed and analyzed using Voice Centred Relational Analysis. Four broad themes were identified: (i) the role of practical support, (ii) the role of emotional support, (iii) relational dynamics, and (iv) the role of socio-cultural norms. Whilst some women experienced practical and emotional support in their relationships, those who did not linked a lack of support to their feelings of distress. Relationships were also found to reinforce unhelpful social norms around motherhood and mental health, as well as offering a space to resist norms and create wider discourses about what it means to be a mother. This study suggests that organizations supporting women in the perinatal period should focus on women's relational needs and consider the cultural discourses of motherhood that they perpetuate.

Ultrastructural alterations in the fetal mouse myocardium in response to genetic and environmental factors

1987 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 724-725
Author(s):  
K.C. Feng-Chen ◽  
F.B. Essien ◽  
K.J. Prestwidge ◽  
J.T. Cheng ◽  
C.L. Shen
Keyword(s):  
Fetal Heart ◽  
Perinatal Period ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Cardiac Contraction ◽  
Ultrastructural Changes ◽  
Fetal Mouse ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Physiological Adjustments ◽  
Genetic And Environmental Factors ◽  
Genetically Determined

The physiology of the fetal heart differs significantly from that of the mature post-natal organ: e.g., the metabolic supply for adult cardiac contraction relies mainly on fatty acids; whereas, the fetal heart uses carbohydrates as its primary energy source. Limited morphological descriptions of the developing myocardium have appeared. However, additional studies are required to elucidate the ultrastructural changes occuring in the perinatal period when enormous physiological adjustments are made. Although adult animals are most often used in toxocological and pathological analyses, it is also important to investigate fetal cardiac responsiveness to various agents. The vulnerability of the ultrastructure of the fetal mouse myocardium to genetic and environmental assault is the subject of this report. The genetically determined effect on the heart was observed in mouse embryos homozygous for the cab (cardiac abnormality) mutation discovered by Essien.

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