scholarly journals THE SUBJECTIVITY OF THE TRANSEXUAL BODY IN CINEMATOGRAPHIC WORKS

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-208
Author(s):  
Adriana Da Silva Silveria ◽  
Everton Da Silva Silveira ◽  
Ionathan Junges ◽  
Camila Khun Vieira ◽  
Solange Garces
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
The Body ◽  
Gender Prejudice

Transsexuals are individuals who feel out of place in their own bodies, facing constant conflicts between identity and biology and still face barriers and social prejudices. The subjectivity approach present in transsexual bodies assumes relevance in the contemporary scenario to foster discussions of gender, prejudice and social inclusion, through the problem of dominance of the body. This article aims to identify the subjectivity present in the transsexual body presented in the cinematographic works Transamérica and The Danish Girl.

DV8's Can We Afford This: The Cost of Devising on Site for Global Markets

2002 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-77
Author(s):  
Jen Harvie
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
International Markets ◽  
The Body ◽  
Global Markets ◽  
Power Dynamics ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Social Prejudice ◽  
Sydney Australia

London-based DV8 Physical Theatre makes company-devised hybrid dance/theatre performance which consistently is socially committed, exploring the power dynamics of different forms of social inclusion and exclusion. The company's 2000 show, Can We Afford This, focused particularly on social prejudice about ‘the body beautiful’. Using seventeen dancers of different physical and technical abilities, ages, genders, and sizes, the show both critiqued prejudices about what constitutes the body beautiful and posited other, more inclusive, images of beautiful bodies. This analysis considers how the show's argument was focused and enhanced in its original context of devising and production (Sydney, Australia, in its Olympic and Paralympic year of 2000) and, in contrast, was dissipated and generalized when it moved out of that context to tour to the international markets of London and Hong Kong.

scholarly journals Prevention of Computer Worker Health Disturbances Caused by Physical and Physiological Risk

2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (5) ◽  
pp. 308-314
Author(s):  
Viive Pille ◽  
Kristel Oha ◽  
Mariliis Lauri ◽  
Piia Tint ◽  
Varje-Riin Tuulik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
The Body ◽  
Work Ability Index ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Group A ◽  
Group B ◽  
The Right ◽  
Physiological Risk

Abstract This investigation was carried out in the frames of the Interreg 4A project “Workability and Social Inclusion” headed by the Arcada University of Applied Life. Tallinn University of Technology and Rīga Stradiņš University were involved in the project. A questionnaire based on the Nordic, WAI (Work Ability Index), and Kiva questionnaires was compiled to study psychosocial and physical working conditions at computer-equipped workplaces for 192 workers. The results showed that the computer workers assess their health status considerably high. They are optimistic in solving the problem that the monotonous work with computers will continue and believe that their health status in the future will stay at the same level using the steadily enhancing rehabilitation means. The most injured regions of the body were the right wrist and the neck. The novelty of the study consists in the graphical co-analysis of different groups of questions presented to the workers, which allows to assess the physiological and psychological factors in complex. The rehabilitation means have to be developed and the possibility for rehabilitation must be made available to the greatest possible number of workers. The workers were divided into two groups: Group A, the length of employment with computers under 10 years (included) and Group B, having been working with computers over 10 years. These groups were found to differ in the perception of psychosocial risk factors at the workplace. Group B assessments for psychosocial working conditions were better than those of group A. In group B, employees appeared to be more afraid of losing their jobs and therefore they were not so demanding for the work atmosphere as in group A.

scholarly journals CREATIVE INCLUSIVE PRACTICES OF SUBJECTIVITY FORMATION: AN APPROACH TO CONCEPTUAL SUBSTANTIATION

2021 ◽  
pp. 376-385
Author(s):  
Natalia T. Popova ◽  
◽  
Alexey Yu. Shemanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Biological Significance ◽  
The Body ◽  
Inclusive Practices ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Expressive Movement ◽  
Symbolic World

The article is based on the experience of searching for «roundabout ways» of development for persons with mental disabilities to be able to enter the culture (L.S. Vygotsky). We substantiate the possibility of developing creative inclusive practices that contribute to the formation of the subjectivity of persons with mental disorders where subjectivity is considered as the ability for conscious purposeful intentional activity in conjunction with the supporting processes of mastering cultural ways of human activity (bodily-affective self-regulation, experiencing oneself and others, symbolic practices of mastering the body and emotions, etc.). Inclusion is seen as the development of a common language and cultural forms of interaction in an inclusive group, and not as a simple declaration of equal rights to social inclusion. The approach to the conceptual substantiation of the applied creative inclusive practices is based on rethinking of the biosemiotic concept of Umwelt (J. von Uexküll) in the light of the concept of human as a being that creates the symbolic world of culture as a sphere of his life and lays the foundations of his cultural subjectivity, developing his abilities for expressive movement (E. Cassirer). As a result, Umwelt appears as not just the surrounding world, whose biological significance is predetermined by the specific activity of a living being, but as a symbolic world of cultural meanings set by the symbolic activity of a person (based on the development of his/her expressive movement) within a group of people united for creative communication, with an integrated theater studio serving as a model of this symbolic world. The development of creative inclusive practices is based on N.A. Bernstein’s theory of construction of movements as the basis for ‘substitute ontogenesis’ and the formation of their own subjectivity and cultural symbolism in persons with mental disorders already at the pre-expressive (J. Grotowsky, E. Barba) stage of training.

scholarly journals Scarcity and the Body in Social Inclusion:

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 (27) ◽  
pp. 85-96
Author(s):  
Kenjiro Sakakibara
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
The Body

Realising Rehabilitation and Social Inclusion through Correctional Service Libraries in South Africa

Mousaion ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mbalenhle Sijabulile Khumalo ◽  
Tinashe Mugwisi ◽  
Glenrose Jiyane
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Support Point ◽  
The Body ◽  
African Government ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
People Development ◽  
Critical Structure

A need to correct the behaviour and deeds of people who have been incarcerated has been part of the plans of the South African government for a number of years now. Shifting from being punishment to rehabilitation centres, the correctional centres aim to rehabilitate and prepare inmates to be included and accepted by society beyond their incarceration period. Correctional library and information services provide a critical structure and support point by facilitating the attainment and improvement of education and providing rehabilitation and occupational skills to inmates during their time in these centres. This paper seeks to illustrate that correctional service libraries can be a critical support structure for rehabilitation and social inclusion of inmates in South African correctional centres. The paper also suggests how the correctional service libraries could be mainstreamed for correctional and developmental goals of inmates in South African correctional centres. This conceptual paper also adds to the body of knowledge that advocates for the important role of correctional service libraries in the rehabilitation of inmates. Finally, the paper aims to provide insights to policymakers on the role of correctional service libraries in shaping the lives of the inmates and people development.

scholarly journals Social Inequalities in a Time of Economic Crisis in Greece

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Papa
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
The Body ◽  
Full Time ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

The study maintains the focus at the economic crisis in Greece, in real social terms. The research highlights the evidence between the level of education and poverty, and the impact that children of poor families are facing. The authors are focusing on the lack of social protection in single parent families, as well as the significant increase in the number of unemployed in Greece during the period of the memorandum. Moreover, the lack of an effective social state and the collapse of informal support networks increases the chances of tearing the social fabric and more families going into poverty. The study also underlines the social consequences of the economic crisis that are geared towards issues of social inclusion in societies organized in relation to values and the development of skills logic, and the inability to secure full-time jobs. The absence of social protection factors, coupled with the impact of vulnerability and risk factors, are causing poverty, unemployment, loss of rights and social support, social exclusion, discrimination, deinstitutionality, migration combined with effects on personality, developmental experiences, health of the body and soul. In Greek society, at the time of the economic crisis, there is a lack of a social protection network, and the weakening of the institution of the family. In Greece, it is necessary to approach the "new poor" in terms of politics and economy, so that they can be considered as indispensable social partners of democracy. Unprivileged social groups have to claim their rights, become part of their liberation process, and become faces of a change of personnel and social level with the ultimate goal of social transformation.

scholarly journals Half man, half prosthesis: the rehabilitation of people with hemicorporectomy – case series

F1000Research ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 298
Author(s):  
André Tadeu Sugawara ◽  
Milton Seigui Oshiro ◽  
Eduardo Inglez Yamanaka ◽  
Ronaldo Meneghetti ◽  
Dayrin Vanessa Tarazona Carvajal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Functional Independence ◽  
The Body ◽  
World Health ◽  
World Health Organization Quality ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Cord Injury

Hemicorporectomy is a procedure where the lumbar spine and spinal cord, pelvic bones and contents, lower extremities and external genitalia are surgically removed. The rehabilitation process, in addition to being prolonged and costly, is challenging. This article reports the rehabilitation process for hemicorporectomy and shows the innovative solutions for mobility for this disability for two cases of paraplegic patients: case 1 due to traumatic spinal cord injury due to firearm injury and case 2 due to lumbosacral myelomeningocele. They presented chronic pressure ulcer which evolved to neoplastic transformation. (squamous cell carcinoma - Marjolin's ulcer). The cases were submitted to L4 hemicorporectomy and were rehabilitated to ensure the right to mobility independence for activities of daily living; social inclusion; prevention of comorbidities and pluralization of disabilities. The rehabilitation involved the elaboration of a new prosthesis for the hemibody and improvement of functional capacity, within a gain of 6 - 11 points in the Functional Independence Measure (FIM). The principal changes happened in social interaction, locomotion and transfers to a bed/chair and toilet. Despite the body transformation, patients show gains in quality of life mainly for the social domain of World Health Organization Quality of Life instrument-brief version (WHOQOL-bref). In general, there is an increase in the scores of this instrument from 1.78% -19.25%. The evolution of social inclusion through the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) reveals that patients are able to resume social, working, academic-professional life and recreation and leisure activities, reducing the number of severe and complete qualifiers from 90.91 to 60% when using the products appropriate assistive devices. Hemicorporectomy can be a therapeutic option for those in need, as it provides functionality without the need for caregivers and resumes educational, professional, economic and social aspects with gains in quality of life.

scholarly journals Older adults with physical disabilities: vulnerabilities relative to the body, the physical and social environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (suppl 3) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Alves Martins ◽  
Helena Akemi Wada Watanabe ◽  
Vanessa Augusta Souza Braga ◽  
Maria Cristina Pinto de Jesus ◽  
Miriam Aparecida Barbosa Merighi
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Physical Disabilities ◽  
The Body ◽  
Social Environments ◽  
Body Dimension ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Social Barriers ◽  
Physical Decline

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the vulnerabilities of older adults with physical disabilities regarding their body, physical and social environments. Method: this was a qualitative study based on Alfred Schütz’ social phenomenology, with 15 older adults with physical disability from Cuiabá, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Open-ended questionnaires were administered to the participants in 2017. The units of meaning that emerged were organized into thematic categories. Results: physical decline, associated with the permanence of environmental and social barriers intensified the vulnerabilities of older adults. Gaps in health services are mitigated by informal social support networks and access to work was a form of social inclusion. Final considerations: vulnerabilities in the old age of persons with physical disabilities did not reside only in the body dimension, but also the physical and social environment, countering healthcare models based on the logic of reverting their dysfunctional body.

scholarly journals TRAUMA-SENSITIVE PEDAGOGY & PRACTICE NEWSLETTER 2 (OF 2)

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 461-488
Author(s):  
Alexandra Fidyk
Keyword(s):  
Compassion Fatigue ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Research Impact ◽  
The Body ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
Mental Wellness ◽  
Art Research ◽  
K 12

This publication is the second of two newsletters published in this issue of Art/Research International. This newsletter is followed by a commentary and references for both newsletters. Funding from Research Impact Canada, VP Research & Innovation University of Alberta and the Kule Institute for Advanced Study mobilized evidence-informed knowledge from “Image, Body, and Voice: Supporting Girls’ Sense of Wellbeing,” a participatory poetic inquiry with grade-6 girls in an inner-city school in Alberta, through professional community engagement. At an afternoon workshop, held during spring break with in- service teachers, leaders, and parents/guardians, activities central to the research were shared for the goal of generating mutual benefit skills and knowledge. It offered experiential opportunities, including the creation of mini body maps, and a combination of strategies to support mental wellness, including culturally aware methods for diverse populations, intended for social inclusion and freedom from discrimination and violence. Newsletter 2, as research creation artifact, sought to support teachers, leaders, and families during the onset of COVID-19, when K-12 education moved to on-line delivery and health regulations required social distancing. The content shared beyond “Image, Body, & Voice” sought to support school staff and families through information about compassion fatigue, soul weariness, the power of play, the centrality of the body in healing, emotional regulation and traumatic events. This newsletter is one of two research documents provided as follow up to the attendees of both funded events.

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