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The Impossible Encounter:: Creation, Incarnation, Trinity and Miracle in Nancy and Pontormo
No full textIf the predominant view of the last decades the so-called secular word – parts of the global North – is that of a ‘return of religion’ toward a ‘postsecular society’, Jean-Luc Nancy’s deconstructive studies of Western monotheism seem to contradict this view. His leading question is why the monotheistic traditions, in their ethical, imaginative, ritual, narrative and doctrinal forms, are persistent in secular modernity. Could it be that monotheism bears in itself an atheistic source? In this article, I pursue Nancy’s challenging question by focusing on three features of Christianity: creation, incarnation and the Trinitarian God. I will show how in these area’s of Christian narrative and doctrine an entanglement of presence and absence with regard to God and humanity is articulated, leading to a notion of ‘absentheism’. This ambiguous experience of the divine unveils a secular ‘truth’ within Christianity that has had and still has a deep impact on the secular age breaking away from the power of the Church since the Renaissance and early modernity. The article concludes with refining the analysis of this religious absentheism by concentrating on a painting by Pontormo, ‘Visitation’, that brings together most of the features studied earlier. Nancy’s own interpretation of this painting is elaborated with a brief account of its art historic history, that of the emergence of mannerism in the beginning of the sixteenth century, introducing magic and miracle in the new Renaissance world of realism
Navigating uncertainty: taking methodological cues from relatives and care professionals for researching the perspectives of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities
No full textBackgroundResearching the perspectives of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) presents complexity and uncertainty. Traditional research often prioritises rational, objectivist methods, which may overlook this complexity.AimsThis study aimed to develop methodological cues for researchers studying the perspectives of people with PIMD by exploring how support workers and relatives deal with the uncertainty of uncovering these perspectives, drawing on Zinn’s typology of strategies for dealing with uncertainty: “rational,” “non-rational,” and “in-between”.MethodWe conducted interviews with support workers and relatives and observed interactions through shadowing.ResultsAll of Zinn’s strategies were observed, leading to six cues: (1) practicing an ethic of engagement; (2) valuing non-rational knowledge; (3) collaborating closely with caregivers; (4) acknowledging intertwined perspectives; (5) adopting phenomenological approaches; and (6) accepting uncertainty as inevitable.ConclusionThese cues promote an “anti-sceptical ethic of engagement” that encourages researchers to actively attune to the perspectives of people with PIMD
Better spiritual support for people living with early stage dementia: Developing the diamond conversation model
No full textThis dataset is for replication and follow-up research purposes. It consists of all key documents from data collection to data analysis of the research project. See the readme document for the relevant procedure and document description
Lesson plan social inclusion and the UN Convention and people with mild to severe intellectual disabilities
Get PDFBeyond Assumptions: Rethinking Intercultural Competence Development in North-South Virtual Exchanges:The potential of Art-Based Research
No full textIn today’s globalized higher education landscape, intercultural competence (ICC) is essential, particularly for graduates engaging in virtual exchange programmes like Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). This paper challenges the assumption that such exchanges inherently foster ICC development, especially in North-South contexts. Critically assessing the limitations of prevalent self-assessment methods and Eurocentric frameworks, the paper argues for a nuanced understanding of ICC before assuming its occurrence in COIL projects. To address these gaps, alternative research approaches, including narrative research and art-based research (ABR), are proposed. These methods aim to redefine ICC within North-South relationships, moving beyond Eurocentric perspectives. By utilizing narrative research and ABR, researchers can explore students’ experiences in a more collaborative and empathetic manner, fostering dialogue and mitigating stereotypes. The paper contends that such alternative approaches are crucial for a more equitable understanding of ICC within North-South COIL projects, providing valuable insights into ICC development and assessment in a globalized educational landscape
Shared responsibility in open door policy
No full textHet opendeurenbeleid van instellingen kan leiden tot vragen over de veiligheid van en verantwoordelijkheid voor cliënten die zelfstandig naar buiten gaan. Wie is er eigenlijk verantwoordelijk voor de cliënt die zelfstandig naar buiten gaat? En welke mogelijkheden zijn er om de veiligheid te vergroten? Deze vragen komen aan de orde in de casus van mevrouw Terzeer in dit artikel
“A Spider on Your Shoulder”: Workplace Sexual Harassment Through a Narrative Lens
No full textWe theorize workplace sexual harassment in terms of narrative. Two case studies – one at Ford Motor Company plants, the other involving former New York State governor Andrew Cuomo – ground thematic analysis of victims’ accounts of experiences of harassment and commentary on their capacity to give accounts. We identify six challenges - features of workplace harassment and its social context - that victims face in narrating harassment, which facilitate abuse and undermine redress: (1) ambiguity of meaning; (2) stepwise harassment; (3) coerced co-participation; (4) admonitions/mechanisms against telling; (5) competing narrative constructions; and (6) storyteller marginalization. Anti-harassment efforts should target these challenges
Working Hard to Be Normal: The Social Dynamics of Social Inclusion
No full textIn deze bijdrage levert Bredewold een beschouwing op het boek Hard Werken om Normaal te zijn van Jaap Olthof
Uncharted Territory:Delving into Unexplored Knowledge to Curb Ableism in Academia
No full textIntroductionLanguage can reflect bias: an ‘intellectual’ disability means for many people that you cannot be an academic knowledge producer; a ‘learning’ disability means that your education will be hampered. Like language definitions, academic practices can reflect societal biases. The social (in)justice regarding knowledge and knowledge production is called epistemic injustice, and it has resulted in exclusion of nonconventional knowers, such as persons with intellectual or learning disabilities, from academia and higher education (other than as objects of research).MethodsThis paper will discuss academic practices through the lens of epistemic (in)justice and look at the potential of inclusive research and educational practices therein. We will briefly describe dominant ways of knowing (e.g., abstract, verbal), and counter these practices in exploring practical, tacit, embodied and affective ways of knowing.FindingsFor people with intellectual disabilities to be able to gain recognition as ‘real’ knowers within academia, we need to include diverse types of knowing and enable academic practices to be inclusive of people with intellectual disabilities. Inclusive practices can support a paradigm shift away from dominant ways of knowledge production in research and education, by centralising and correctly interpreting alternate knowledge. Experiences of scholars with intellectual disabilities appear to confirm the value of different ways of knowing.ConclusionsDrawing from these experiences, we will discuss the importance of relational autonomy, collectively owned and adaptive knowledge, and the learning context