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Reframing Humanistic Education in the Anthropocene:Ideas inspired by Bruno Latour's philosophy
No full textGoede zorg vereist ander gesprek:Over zorg voor elkaar in een veranderende verzorgingsstaat
No full textZorg voor en met elkaar zou de houdbaarheid en betaalbaarheid van het zorgsysteem ten goede komen. Hoogleraar Femmianne Bredewold ziet daarin spanningen. Ze roept op tot bedachtzaamheid en een gesprek dat niet alleen gaat over wie er zorgt
Van klaslokaal naar museumzaal: het museum als alternatieve pedagogische ruimte voor gesprekken over controversiële onderwerpen
No full textHolocaust, Colonialism, Slavery: Entangled Histories of a Benin Bronze from a Jewish Collection
No full textThe article examines the history of a Benin Bronze which was looted by Nazis in 1934 and sold in 2018. It explores the broader debates surrounding the restitution of Benin Bronzes while situating the Benin Bronze within the contexts of the Holocaust, colonialism, and slavery, highlighting the complexities of restitution and transitional justice
Interfaith Collaboration:Boundary Crossing in a Participatory Action Research Project with Health Care Chaplains in The Netherlands
No full textThis article explores the challenges faced by a multifaith chaplaincy team in a Dutch health care organization when searching for a shared professional identity regarding the role of worldview and religion. Using boundary theory, we show how the diverse worldviews and the contradictory visions on their role for chaplaincy’s professional identity led to misunderstandings and conflict. However, open and respectful dialogue about these differences helped clarify disagreements and identify common ground. The findings suggest that in secular contexts worldview remains significant in chaplaincy and that engaging in dialogue about worldviews and seeking connections across differences is the basis for a shared professional identity
The role of group formation and interpersonal connections in support:A qualitative analysis of social structures in emergency services organizations and hospital-based emergency settings
No full textProfessionals in emergency services organizations (firefighters, paramedics, police, military) and professionals in hospital-based emergency settings (emergency rooms, operating rooms, intensive care units) are frequently exposed to potentially traumatic events. They are at higher risk for the development of trauma-related mental health problems than the general population. To maintain mental health, it is essential for individuals to be embedded in a social environment with supportive relationships. We employed ethnographical research that explored the social environment of seven high-risk professional groups in the Netherlands through observational fieldwork, interviews, and document analysis. We analyzed the data using Chie Nakane’s social anthropological model of Group formations and interpersonal connections as a heuristic lens. Findings indicate that in the social environments of these various high-risk occupational groups, two different social structural tendencies can be distinguished: vertical versus horizontal group formation and interpersonal connections. In our discussion, we suggest how these different social structures in which the professional is embedded might explain inconsistent results in current studies, and how knowledge of these different social structures might be relevant for support and prevention of trauma-related mental health problems
Factors associated with posttraumatic stress severity and treatment response in a retrospective, naturalistic sample of homicidally bereaved children and young people
No full textBackground: Research on the mental health of homicidally bereaved children and young people is scarce. Despite the importance of timely referral of those at risk of developing severe mental health problems, few convincing risk factors have been identified. The effectiveness of current treatment models is unclear.Objective: This study examined factors associated with posttraumatic stress (PTS)symptom severity and treatment response in a naturalistic sample of homicidally bereaved children and young people who received traumatic grief-focused cognitive behavioural therapy (TGF-CBT); and assessed whether PTS-symptoms decreased between the start and termination of treatment.Method: Data was used from 222 children and young people aged between 8 and 25, who had completed therapy by July 2017, and for whom either start – or end scores on PTS-symptoms, or both, were available. PTS-symptoms were measured with the Children's Revised Impact of Event Scale-8 (CRIES-8). We explored associations of personal and loss-related variables with baseline symptom levels and symptom reduction during treatment, using latent growth modelling.Results: PTS-symptoms decreased significantly from pre- to posttreatment and with a large effect size. Higher age was associated with early treatment discontinuation. Female sex was associated with higher baseline scores, and having lost a parent or sibling with lower baseline scores. Higher baseline scores were associated with larger symptom reduction during treatment.Conclusions: TGF-CBT shows promise in reducing PTS-symptoms following homicidal bereavement, regardless of the individual differences in personal or loss-related characteristics included in this study. However, it is important to recognize the uniqueness of children and young people confronted with homicidal loss, and to tailor treatment to their individual needs and developmental stage. More research on risk and protective factors for adverse mental health outcomes and response to treatment in children and young people bereaved by homicide is urgently needed
Gezondheid is niet altijd maakbaar
No full textPositieve Gezondheid is waarschijnlijk een blijvend begrip in de Nederlandse gezondheidszorg. Toch zijn er kritische noten bij te plaatsen. Wat betekent dit voor de fysiotherapie?<br/
Phenomenologies of aging: an introduction
No full textThis introduction to the special issue on the phenomenologies of aging explores the relative philosophical neglect of aging as a distinct topic. It critiques the naturalistic reduction of aging, which frames it primarily as decline, and examines the ethico-political implications of this perspective. In order to contextualize the possibilities of forming a new sustained philosophical debate on aging, we describe the earlier advances made in the field by notably Simone de Beauvoir’s work and the developments in critical gerontology, aging studies and the anthropology of aging and the life course. The introduction then programmatically states the need for a revitalized philosophical discourse on aging, suggesting that phenomenological inquiry can reveal the ontological complexities of intergenerational relationships and shared existence. Finally, we briefly introduce the contributions to this special issue by drawing forward the themes of corporeal temporality, generationality and the problem of sharing the world across generations