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Gavin Andrews - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the geographical turn in contemporary health professional research contexts motivators current and emerging perspectives
2021Co-Authors: Gavin Andrews, Emma Rowland, Elizabeth PeterAbstract:This chapter reviews the contemporary geographical study of health care work. Initially it examines key ‘on the ground’ transformations in health and health care which are fundamentally geographical in their making, form and consequences; transformations which have demanded a geographical research perspective be taken as well-aligned vantage point with which to report and understand them. These include increasing spatial diffusion of health professionals and roles; the transition of health care settings; the role of technologies in overcoming spatial limitations; the increasing emphasis on community and the social model of health; the embeddedness of geographical scales and concepts in policy and administration, and the globalization of work roles and responsibilities. The chapter then moves on to examine how a number of academic developments—including in medical/health geography—have at the same time coalesced to provide an additional set of motivations and opportunities for geographical scholarship on health care work. Finally, it describes the main theoretical traditions and approaches which have constituted ‘geographies of health care work’ as a current multidisciplinary academic enterprise and field—including spatial science, political economy, social constructionist/humanist, and most recently non-Representational Theory, providing examples of recent empirical research which has been framed by each.
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from post game to play by play animating sports movement space
Progress in Human Geography, 2017Co-Authors: Gavin AndrewsAbstract:As a field of research or possible sub-discipline, sports geography has not realized its full potential. This paper summarizes some of the main subjects investigated and approaches taken to date, then using this as a launching point, describes a particular way forward for research. It is argued that a better engagement with, and showing of, the physicality, energy and feeling of sport might be achieved through employing non-Representational Theory, itself involving an emphasis on exposing the immediate and moving in life, including the less-than-fully conscious practices, performances and sensations involved. In particular, these arguments are framed by discussions of some of the fundamental qualities of ‘movement-space’ that might be more clearly animated in future scholarship – specifically rhythm, momentum, vitality, infectiousness, imminence and encounter – and are supported by highlighting some pathbreaking sports geographies that have already begun to convey them. It is argued that, whilst these qua...
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geographical thinking in nursing inquiry part two performance possibility and non Representational Theory
Nursing Philosophy, 2017Co-Authors: Gavin AndrewsAbstract:: Part one in this two paper series reviewed the nature of geographical thinking in nursing research thus far. The current paper builds on it by looking forwards and providing a particular vision for future research. It argues that it is time to once again look to the parent discipline of human geography for inspiration, specifically to its turn towards non-Representational Theory, involving an emphasis on life that onflows prior to meaning, significance, and full cognition; on life's 'taking-place'. The paper introduces this way of viewing and animating the world. Some potential connections to nursing research and practice are suggested, as are some specific avenues for future inquiry. Explained is how, through non-Representational Theory, nursing might be re-imagined as something that reveals space-time.
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geographical thinking in nursing inquiry part one locations contents meanings
Nursing Philosophy, 2016Co-Authors: Gavin AndrewsAbstract:: Spatial thought is undergoing somewhat of a renaissance in nursing. Building on a long disciplinary tradition of conceptualizing and studying 'nursing environment', the past twenty years has witnessing the establishment and refinement of explicitly geographical nursing research. This article - part one in a series of two - reviews the perspectives taken to date, ranging from historical precedent in classical nursing Theory through to positivistic spatial science, political economy, and social constructivism in contemporary inquiry. This discussion sets up part two, which considers the potential of non-Representational Theory for framing future studies.
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co creating health s lively moving frontiers brief observations on the facets and possibilities of non Representational Theory
Health & Place, 2014Co-Authors: Gavin AndrewsAbstract:This paper follows up a recent debate on the potential of non-Representational Theory in health geography (see Andrews et al 2014; Kearns 2014; Hanlon 2014; Andrews 2014c) by outlining, more broadly, some of its key facets and investigative possibilities. The intention is to provide a helpful introduction, and entry point, to this particular way of understanding the world and of going about research that might help scholars reverberate the 'taking place' of health and health care.
Greg Janzen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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subjective consciousness a self Representational Theory
2009Co-Authors: Greg JanzenAbstract:1. The Self-Representational Theory of Consciousness 2. Conceptual Preliminaries 3. A Representational Account of Qualitative Character 4. A Self-Representational Account of Subjective Character 5. Self-Representationalism and the Phenomenology of Consciousness 6. Self-Representationalism and the Ontology of Consciousness 7. Self-Representationalism and the Science of Consciousness 8. Self-Representationalism and the Reduction of Consciousness Appendix: Phenomenal Consciousness and Subjective Consciousness References
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the Representational Theory of phenomenal character a phenomenological critique
Phenomenology and The Cognitive Sciences, 2006Co-Authors: Greg JanzenAbstract:According to a currently popular approach to the analysis of phenomenal character mandates that the phenomenal character of an experience is entirely determined by, and is in fact identical with, the experience’s Representational content. Two underlying assumptions motivate this approach to phenomenal character: (1) that conscious experiences are diaphanous or transparent, in the sense that it is impossible to discern, via introspection, any intrinsic features of an experience of x that are not experienced as features of x; and (2) that the immediate objects of consciousness are not objects per se, but rather properties. This paper explores these assumptions, advancing the thesis that each is rejectable on phenomenological grounds.
Andrew Barnfield - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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grasping physical exercise through recreational running and non Representational Theory a case study from sofia bulgaria
Sociology of Health and Illness, 2016Co-Authors: Andrew BarnfieldAbstract:To become and maintain being physically active encompasses more than purely mindful and rational decision-making. Physical activity requires theoretical-methodological approaches that provide more subtle understandings of the variety of contextual factors. Nettleton and Green have recently argued persuasively for the need for the sociology of public health to embrace social practices. It is also necessary to think about the spaces, affects and technologies of engagement in physical exercise. This article examines the practices of recreational runners in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The article has three aims; (i) to draw attention to the promise of non-Representational Theory as an additive for health research and the contextual factors of health practices, (ii) to examine recreational runner's practices and techniques of engagement in light of non-Representational Theory, and (iii) to highlight how interventions in Sofia and beyond can incorporate elements of non-Representational Theory into their strategies for improved public health. In drawing attention to the promise of non-Representational Theory and social practices this article concludes by emphasising their importance for public health interventions in physical activity strategies.
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public health physical exercise and non Representational Theory a mixed method study of recreational running in sofia bulgaria
Critical Public Health, 2016Co-Authors: Andrew BarnfieldAbstract:Non-Representational approaches hold promise for critical Theory in public health. At the same time, they also hold promise for practitioners looking to develop practical dimensions for interventions. This article examines physical activity in Sofia, Bulgaria, a country with low levels of physical activity participation, to draw attention to the potential of non-Representational Theory for public health. In doing so, this article explores recreational running clubs and runners in Sofia. The role of affect, objects and movement in running routines is used to think through the techniques and technologies of participation. The article concludes by outlining how embracing on openness to bodily movement in public health Theory could be beneficial in attempts to improve participation rates in physical exercise.
Dominic Mciver Lopes - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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what is it like to see with your ears the Representational Theory of mind
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 2000Co-Authors: Dominic Mciver LopesAbstract:Representational theories of mind cannot individuate the sense modalities in a principled manner. According to Representationalism, the phenomenal character of experiences is determined by their contents. The usual objection is that inverted qualia are possible, so the phenomenal character of experiences may vary independently of their contents. But the objection is inconclusive. It raises difficult questions about the metaphysics of secondary qualities and it is difficult to see whether or not inverted qualia are possible. This paper proposes an alternative test of Representationalism. Do experiences in different sense modalities have the same phenomenal character when they share content? Psychological work on the perception of shape through vision and spatial hearing is discussed. This work shows that visual and auditory experiences differ in phenomenal character even in so far as they represent similar properties. This objection to Representationalism does not invite questions about secondary qualities or depend on establishing metaphysical possibilities.
Elina Sini Maria Vessonen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Complementarity of Psychometrics and the Representational Theory of Measurement
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 2019Co-Authors: Elina Sini Maria VessonenAbstract:Psychometrics and the Representational Theory of measurement (RTM) are widely used in social scientific measurement. They are currently pursued largely in isolation from one another. I argue that despite their separation in practice, RTM and psychometrics are complementary approaches, because they can contribute in complementary ways to the establishment of what I argue is a crucial measurement property, namely, Representational Interpretability. Because RTM and psychometrics are complementary in the establishment of Representational Interpretability, the current separation of measurement approaches is unfounded.
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Psychometrics versus Representational Theory of Measurement
Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 2017Co-Authors: Elina Sini Maria VessonenAbstract:Erik Angner has argued that simultaneous endorsement of the Representational Theory of measurement (RTM) and psychometrics leads to inconsistency. His claim rests on an implicit assumption: RTM and psychometrics are full-fledged approaches to measurement. I argue that RTM and psychometrics are only partial approaches that deal with different aspects of measurement, and that therefore simultaneous endorsement of the two is not inconsistent. The argument has implications for the improvement of measurement practices.
