scholarly journals Illness narratives of substance users from urban India

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shalini Singh
Keyword(s):  
Gender Gap ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Drug Abuse Treatment ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Medical Problems ◽  
Therapeutic Dialogue ◽  
The Social ◽  
Abuse Treatment

Reading Veena Das’s book 'Affliction: Health, Disease, Poverty' was a journey of revelations for me as a health professional. The various dialects of illness that are spoken in the rapidly urbanizing Indian community become coherent, lending a voice to the distinctive sociocultural distress of the men and women who form a part of it. A discussion of the social aspects of illness brings certain questions to mind: Does the medical community fully understand those it tries to help? Is the therapeutic dialogue about the social dimensions of medical problems or vice versa? How do we bridge the mental health gender gap in our societies? To try and find some answers, I present the illness stories of two women who sought treatment at drug abuse treatment clinics in the urban slums of New Delhi. This think piece describes substance use disorder in the context of the cultural processes that have shaped these women, their families, and society.

scholarly journals Social aspects of dementia and dementia practice

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 1579-1581
Author(s):  
Irja Haapala ◽  
Simon Biggs ◽  
Susan Kurrle
Keyword(s):  
Social Engagement ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The Public ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
The Social ◽  
Centered Care ◽  
Informal Carers

Social aspects of dementia are becoming increasingly important as part of a wider shift in emphasis from cure to care. This is partly because approaches based on finding a cure have proved far more difficult and complex than originally imagined (WHO, 2016). New evidence on the effectiveness of public health measures, that while incidence is growing as the proportion of older people in society increases its prevalence amongst older adults is actually falling, has also lead to increased interest in social dimensions of prevention, lifestyle change, and practical intervention in community settings (Prince et al., 2016; Kivipelto et al., 2017). This, in turn, has led to a rediscovery of the role of supports to people living with dementia in their daily lives, the needs of informal carers, and professional activities that can maintain the social engagement of each party (Winblad et al., 2016). The expansion of practice around person-centered care, beyond traditional institutional settings, has also contributed to a socialized view of how interactions in dementia care are thought about (Bartlett et al., 2017), as has an increased awareness of the effects of the social construction of dementia in the public mind (Biggs, 2018). Most recently, people living with dementia, and particularly with respect to younger onset dementia, have begun to find a voice and to make connections to the wider disability movement (Dementia Alliance International, 2017). Each of these developments, in their different ways, have led to a re-emphasis on psycho-social elements of dementia, its experience, and how that might translate into clinical practice and service delivery.

Some Social Aspects of New England Colonial Mortuary Art

1971 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 30-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Deetz ◽  
Edwin N. Dethlefsen
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Stylistic Evolution ◽  
The Social ◽  
Formal Controls ◽  
Mortuary Art

AbstractThe spatial, temporal, and formal controls available in Colonial gravestones permit the investigation of the various social dimensions of their occurrences. Those aspects which can be studied include status, community intermarriage, the social implications of stylistic evolution, and, in the case of the cemeteries, relative importance of community as opposed to familial control of interment practices. Such studies provide an understanding of some of the social factors reflected by measurable data of the type encountered in archaeological research. This paper documents specific responses in the evolution of marker styles to the Great Awakening's effect at Boston.

scholarly journals Visual Representations of Science in a Pandemic: COVID-19 in Images

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Delicado ◽  
Jussara Rowland
Keyword(s):  
Science Communication ◽  
Visual Representations ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Visual Images ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Responsible Behavior ◽  
The Social ◽  
Communication Differences ◽  
Medical Side

This article aims to contribute to the understanding of the social dimensions of the 2020 pandemic, with a particular emphasis on the visual practices of science communication in times of health emergency, by analyzing how the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is being visually represented. It seeks to identify the format and content of images used to illustrate online information about the pandemic, in particular, from websites of policy institutions, research promoters, and media in Portugal and Spain. By examining a sample containing 600 images, it aims to identify the messages being conveyed and the effects these images intend to provoke and to illuminate the differences in representations among the three sources of communication. Differences and similarities with visual images of previous pandemics (influenza, AIDS) are examined. This article ascertains that policy websites aim to be mostly prescriptive, relying on infographics to convey prevention and care instructions to its audiences. On the other hand, science websites rely mostly on stock photos and images from scientific articles to illustrate current research, while newspaper websites are the most diversified in terms of the images they use and the topics they cover. This study concludes that representations of science are still very much based on stereotypical imagery of labs and white coats, that representations of the medical side of the pandemic are focused on images of intensive care that aim to generate fear and stimulate responsible behavior, and that the social aspects of the pandemic are illustrated by images that focus either on pandemic prevention (e.g., washing hands) or on the impacts of the pandemic itself (e.g., empty streets during lockdown).

Social Aspects of Scientific Knowledge

Philosophy ◽  
2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen E. Longino
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Current Work ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Thomas Kuhn ◽  
Science And Society ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Scientific Communities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Internal Relations

Attention to the social dimensions of scientific knowledge is a relatively recent focus of philosophers of science. While some earlier philosophers made contributions to the topic that are still of relevance today, modern interest was stimulated by historians and sociologists of science such as Thomas Kuhn and the growing role played by the sciences in society and, by extension, in the lives of its citizens. There are two main vectors of interest: internal relations within scientific communities, and relations between science and society. This article covers literature in both categories. It starts with work that functions as historical backdrop to current work. As a subfield within philosophy of science, this area is too recent to have dedicated journals and has only a few anthologies. Nevertheless, there are resources in both categories. The remainder of the article lists work in specific subareas.

scholarly journals Social dimensions of expertise in World of Warcraft players

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Chen
Keyword(s):  
World Of Warcraft ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Online Game ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Social And Cultural Capital ◽  
Massively Multiplayer Online Game ◽  
The Social ◽  
Stage Process ◽  
Gain Access

Expertise development in the massively multiplayer online game World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment, 2004) depends greatly on a player's use of social skills to gain access to expert player groups and accrue social and cultural capital. Drawn from ethnographic research, this paper maps out various forms of expert practice and highlights the social aspects of game play that often eclipse the importance of game-mechanics knowledge. At the time of this research, playing World of Warcraft and developing expertise in the game happened roughly within a two-stage process: (1) leveling up, or advancing one's character or avatar while learning the mechanics of the game, and (2) drawing on social capital gained during the first stage to join a group of up to 40 players to partake in high-end or endgame content.

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