scholarly journals Physiotherapy Otherwise

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Nicholls ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Health Profession ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Technological Revolution ◽  
The Subject

Most people are so familiar with the idea of professions that it would be hard to imagine life without them. And yet, the professions we know today are a relatively recent invention. Although physiotherapy may not have achieved the extraordinary levels of privilege and prestige enjoyed by medicine, it still has three quarters of a million respected and valued practitioners worldwide, and is, in many ways, the model of a modern health profession. But physiotherapy is also facing unprecedented challenges, and calls for reform are now widespread. Global healthcare is on the cusp of a cultural, economic, social, and technological revolution, and entering a new post-professional era. Physiotherapy will be affected in profoundly important ways in the coming years, but, to date, we have precious few tools to help us navigate the change. The story of how physiotherapy arrived here was the subject of The End of Physiotherapy (Routledge, 2017). Physiotherapy Otherwise builds on this work, bringing a century of social theory to our understanding of the profession. The book explores what the professions are, what they do in society, what's good about them, and what's bad, and applies all of this to physiotherapy today. By taking the reader from our earliest sociological understandings of the professions to the cutting edge of contemporary thinking, Physiotherapy Otherwise is both a primer on sociology and a critical course in a new ways to understand our profession and our practice.

scholarly journals Ensino de Geografia e Alterações Ambientais Globais na Educação Profissional e Tecnológica

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-122
Author(s):  
João Vitor Gobis Verges ◽  
Nivea Massaretto Verges
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Technological Education ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Federal Institute ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Asking Questions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Teachers Training ◽  
Global Environmental Changes ◽  
Education Science

ResumoAs Alterações Ambientais Globais têm se colocado como pauta de inúmeras políticas e condicionantes culturais, econômicas e sociais em diferentes países no Mundo, sendo refletidas nas perspectivas educacionais. Dessa forma, procura-se, com este trabalho, apontar um cenário de concepção e de prática sobre as alterações ambientais globais no escopo do ensino de Geografia na educação profissional e tecnológica. Nesse sentido, o objetivo da pesquisa se assentou em desvelar os seguintes aspectos: 1) mecanismos metodológicos para as aulas desenvolvidas; 2) eixos analíticos sobre as Alterações Ambientais Globais; 3) instrumentos utilizados; 4) referenciais teóricos; 6) papel do livro didático; 7) enfoques formativos dos docentes. Para isto, foi aplicado um questionário a docentes de uma instituição da rede federal de educação profissional e tecnológica no Brasil, denominada Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia. O questionário foi empregado para 11 docentes, apresentando interrogações sobre os itens acima enumerados. Obteve-se como resultado que há o predomínio de aulas expositivas e seminários, as análises sobre o tema ocorrem, majoritariamente, pelas mudanças climáticas e desmatamento, as aulas se baseiam em maior parte nos documentários e gráficos, há a prevalência de referenciais teóricos brasileiros, ocorre a constatação ampla de que os livros didáticos são deficitários e mais de 35% dos professores consideram que suas formações não possuem enfoque para o trabalho com as Alterações Ambientais Globais. Palavras-chave: Prática Docente. Meio Ambiente. Didática. AbstractGlobal Environmental Changes have been placed on the agenda of numerous policies, cultural, economic and social conditions in different countries in the world, being reflected in educational perspectives. Thus, this work seeks to point out a scenario of conception and practice on global environmental changes in the scope of teaching Geography in professional and technological education. In this sense, the objective of the research was based on unveiling the following aspects: 1) methodological mechanisms for the developed classes; 2) analytical axes on Global Environmental Changes; 3) instruments used; 4) theoretical references; 6) the textbook role; 7) teachers training approaches. For this, a questionnaire was applied to teachers of an institution of the federal network of professional and technological education in Brazil, called Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology. The questionnaire was answered by 11 teachers, asking questions about the items listed above. It was obtained as a result that there is a predominance of expository classes and seminars, the analyzes on the subject are mainly due to climate change and deforestation, the classes are mostly based on documentaries and graphics, there is a prevalence of Brazilian theoretical references, it occurs the widespread finding that textbooks are deficient and more than 35% of teachers consider that their training does not have a focus on working with Global Environmental Changes. Keywords: Teacher Practice. Environment. Didactic.

scholarly journals Social Capital and Educational Achievements: Coleman vs. Bourdieu

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-100
Author(s):  
Silvia Rogošić ◽  
Branislava Baranović
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Conflict Theory ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Educational Achievements ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Number Of Authors

The influence of social capital on an individual’s educational achievements is the subject of numerous scientific papers. Research on social capital is most frequently based on Coleman’s (1988) or Bourdieu’s (1986) theories of capital, which are related to different paradigms of social theory: whereas Coleman’s approach has its roots in structural functionalism, Bourdieu’s approach contains elements of conflict theory. A number of authors, starting with Bourdieu, attempt to explain and prove that, when connected with the education of individuals, the activity of social capital facilitates social reproduction. Other authors support the notion that social capital is, in fact, a powerful weapon that encourages social mobility. A third group of researchers emphasise that neither of these approaches in isolation can entirety explain the influences of social capital on an individual’s education (Ho, 2003). The present paper offers a review of research focusing on the influences of social capital on educational achievements, while outlining the fundamental differences between the two theoretical approaches that are most frequently used for research of this topic. The aim of the paper is to explain the influence of social capital on an individual’s educational achievements under Bourdieu’s and Coleman’s theoretical concepts, and to establish whether combining the approaches is possible. The conclusion and arguments show that it is legitimate to use all three theoretical approaches. 

More from the cutting edge: further discoveries of Clactonian bifaces

Antiquity ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 70 (268) ◽  
pp. 428-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
John McNabb
Keyword(s):  
Cutting Edge ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Exact Relationship ◽  
Stratigraphic Succession ◽  
Simple Sequence ◽  
Lower Palaeolithic

An important step in our knowledge of the British Lower Palaeolithic has been the finding that its two recognized components, ‘Clactonian’ and ‘Acheulean’, are not ranged into a simple sequence; the exact relationship between the two is the subject of much debate. What does this do to interpretations of Swanscombe, classic site of the Lower Thames Valley, which has been studied in terms of stratigraphic succession?

scholarly journals Cultural aspects of meals and meal frequency

1997 ◽  
Vol 77 (S1) ◽  
pp. S21-S28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matty Chiva
Keyword(s):  
Food Intake ◽  
Cultural Models ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Subjective Perceptions ◽  
Value Judgements ◽  
Future Data ◽  
The Subject

AbstractsThe present paper presents a certain number of cultural elements which interact in the determination of the frequency of food intake. Approaches from various perspectives (historical, ethnological, anthropological, sociological) draw attention to two major aspects relating to the periodicity of food intake: the extreme cultural diversity and the continual modifications which have occurred over time and space. The various cultural models change and are subject to multiple influences, for example, cross-cultural, economic and historical. In addition, there are interactions between the models. The definitions of food intake and frequency play a major role in building up consumers' perceptions. These various perceptions are multiple (perception of self, of food and its virtues, the rules and moral values of consumption) and finally influence behaviours. Finally, and taking into account the systems of beliefs, the very nature of feeding behaviours may carry feelings of guilt for the subject. The study of real behaviours and their relationship with health is still incomplete for reasons of methodology and also of conceptual definition. In future, data collection has to take into account real behaviour as well as subjective perceptions and value judgements. A specific effort has to be made in the future to develop methodology. This should allow the collection of reliable data and particularly comparisons between studies, without oversimplifying and distorting cultural specificities.

scholarly journals The Desire for New Humanisms

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Dan Goodley ◽  
Rebecca Lawthom ◽  
Kirsty Liddiard ◽  
Katherine Runswick-Cole-Cole
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Disability Studies ◽  
The Political ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Critical Disability Studies ◽  
Global Context ◽  
New Humanism ◽  
Disability Studies In Education

This paper articulates our desire for new humanisms in a contemporary cultural, economic and global context that has been described as posthuman. As researchers committed to modes of radical, critical, politicised and inclusive education, we are mindful of the significance of social theory and its relationship with articulations of social justice. Whilst sympathetic to the potentiality of posthuman thought we grapple with the imperative to embrace new humanisms that historicise and recognise global inequalities that concurrently exist in relation to a myriad of human categories including class, age, geopolitical location, gender, sexuality, race and disability. We focus in on the latter two categories and draw on ideas from postcolonial and critical disability studies. Our argument considers the problem of humanism (as a product of colonial Western imaginaries), the critical responses offered by posthuman thinking and then seeks to rearticulate forms of new humanism that are responsive to the posthuman condition and, crucially, the political interventions of Postcolonial and Critical Disability Scholars. We then outline six new humanist projects that could productively feed into the work of the Journal of Disability Studies in Education.

How Can a Subject Be Reified?

Symposium ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-30
Author(s):  
Saulius Jurga ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Affective Experience ◽  
Théorie Sociale ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Precise Interpretation

This paper examines Georg Lukács’s conception of rei􀏔ied subjectivity under capitalism. I claim that Lukács’s transition from his ethical pre-Marxist notion of the reified subject, to his early-Marxist understanding of capitalist reification of the subject contains the elements of a potential Lukácsian anti-critique of any epistemic or normative reinterpretation of his theory of reification. In particular, the shift in Lukács’s conceptualization of the thinglikeness of objects implied in his dialectical social theory points to a historically precise interpretation of the subject’s reification. The paper also suggests that Lukács’s project of dereification is rooted in the affective experience of reified subjects.Cet article examine la conception lukacsienne de la subjectivité réifiée en régime capitaliste. Mon propos est de montrer que le passage de la notion éthique pré-marxiste du sujet réifié à une compréhension marxiste précoce de la réification capitaliste du sujet chez Lukács contient des éléments d’une critique lukacsienne potentielle de toute réinterprétation normative de sa théorie de la réification. Le tournant dans la conceptualisation lukacsienne de l’apparente « choiséité » (Dinghaftigkeit) des objets, implicite dans la dialectique de sa théorie sociale, fait signe vers une interprétation historiquement précise de la réification du sujet. L’article suggère également que le projet lukacsien de la dé-réification est enraciné dans l’expérience affective des sujets réifiés.

Study and Review of Advancements in Cutting Edge Inventions of Nanotechnology “Wherever Technology Takes Us the Human Still Has a Key Role to Play”

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1737-1742
Author(s):  
K. Muthukumar ◽  
A. Amudha ◽  
V. Richard Arutselvan ◽  
G. Radhakrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Cancer Treatment ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Human Experience ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
Technological Revolution ◽  
The World ◽  
Flow Batteries ◽  
Self Powered ◽  
Work Done

The world is on the brink of a new technological revolution beyond any human experience. A new more powerful industrial revolution capable of bringing wealth, health and education, without pollution, to every person on the planet. This is the promise of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology has gained increased popularity largely due to the design, creation and utilization of materials whose constituent structures exist at Nanoscale. This paper aims to review all the previous work done and also therecent advancements and cutting edge inventions in nanotechnology. Today most of the products made using nanomaterials have general as well as unique applications like cancer treatment, self-powered Nano systems, Integrated chip fabrications, batteries etc. The recent works in the area of carbon nanotubes, Nano-polymers, nanocomposites, Nano-crystals, Nanoparticles, Nano shells, nanotubes, Nano filters, Nanohorn, nanowires, Nano springs etc. are reportedand the Various risks involved in using nanotechnology is discussed and the futuristic works like CNT processors, Peroforene, super capacitors and flow batteries are also discussed.

Sense and Segmentarity: Some Markers of a Deleuzian-Guattarian Sociology

1998 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Bogard
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Gilles Deleuze ◽  
Molecular Level ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Felix Guattari ◽  
Deleuze And Guattari ◽  
Organic Form ◽  
The Subject

Although the focus of their work was rarely explicitly sociological, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari developed concepts that have important and often profound implications for social theory and practice. Two of these, sense and segmentarity, provide us with entirely new ways to view sociological problems of meaning and structure. Deleuze conceives sense independently of both agency and signification. That is, sense is neither the manifestation of a communicating subject nor a structure of language—it is noncorporeal, impersonal, and prelinguistic, in his words, a “pure effect or event.” With Guattari, Deleuze notes that it is not a question of how subjects produce social structures, but how a “machinics of desire” produces subjects. In Deleuze and Guattari, desire is not defined as a want or a lack, but as a machinery of forces, flows, and breaks of energy. The functional stratification we witness in social life is only the molar effect of a more primary segmentation of desire that occurs at the molecular level, at the level of bodies. In Deleuze and Guattari, bodies are not just human bodies, but “anorganic” composites or mixtures, organic form itself being a mode of the body's subjectification. The problem of the subject, and thus of the constitution of society, is first a problem of how the sense of bodies is produced through the assembly of desiring-machines. The subject, we could say, is the actualization of desire on the incorporeal surface of bodies.

THE CURIOUS HISTORICAL DETERMINISM OF RANDALL COLLINS

2003 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
BARBARA MISZTAL ◽  
DIETER FREUNDLIEB
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Sociological Theory ◽  
Ancient Greece ◽  
Global Theory ◽  
China And India ◽  
The Social ◽  
Medieval China ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Intellectual Creativity

Randall Collins' The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change (1998) examines and compares communities of intellectuals linked as networks in ancient and medieval China and India, medieval and modern Japan, ancient Greece, medieval Islam and Judaism, medieval Christendom and modern Europe. The book has been the subject of many interesting and often positive reflections (for example, European Journal of Social Theory 3 (I), 2000; Review Symposium or reviews in Sociological Theory 19 (I), March 2001). However, it has also attracted a number of critical reviews (for example, reviews in Philosophy of the Social Sciences 30 (2), June 2000). Since not many books achieve such notoriety, it is worthwhile to rethink Collins' controversial approach. The aim of this paper is to encourage further debates of notions and issues presented in Collins' book. We would like, by joining two voices—sociologist and philosopher—to reopen discussion of Collins' attempt to discover a universality of patterns of intellectual change, as we think that more interpretative rather than explanatory versions of our respective disciplines can enrich our understanding of blueprints of intellectual creativity.

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