From The Standpoint(s) of Traditionally Muted Groups: Explicating A Co-cuItural Communication Theoretical Model

Orbe, Mark P.

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2885.1998.tb00209.x

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“…When this is added to the cultural differences involved asymmetries might be accentuated, and the effort needed to break the communication breach is bigger (Valero-Garcés, 2002:491). This ties into what is described above, how hierarchies determine communication structures, and renders people partly silenced in communication with professionals (DeTurk, 2010;Orbe, 1998;Thesen, 2005).…”

Section: Fleksmentioning

confidence: 60%

“…Different categories based on identity markers such as age, gender, religion, and ethnicity may add to the asymmetry between the provider and receiver of healthcare, and increase the risk of oppression. The majority, or the groups at the top of social hierarchy, seems to determine to a great extent the communication system of the entire society (Ardener, 1978;DeTurk, 2010;Kramarae, 1981;Orbe, 1998). Over time, the structures of communication -based on the worldviews of the dominant group -are reinforced as the appropriate communicative system for both dominant and non-dominant group members (DeTurk, 2010).…”

Section: Health Encounters As Oppression and One-way Communication?mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Health Encounters with Minority Patients

Ihle

Sudmann²

2014

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During recent decades there has been an increasing claim for patient participation and shared decision-making in health services across the Western world. Focus on participation recasts the relationship between healthcare providers and their patients. Professionals are compelled to acquaint themselves with new worldviews, new ways of understanding illness and disease, and to communicate with patients with language, religion and cultural backgrounds increasingly different from their own. Contested concepts such as communication, tolerance, participation and shared decision-making emerge, as do claims about non-participation, oppressive practice and muting of patients. In this article we look into how the paternalistic tenets of intercultural communication, tolerance and the culture of medicine intersect in such ways that empowerment and shared decision-making in health can be constrained. Modern day health concerns such as lifelong disabilities or chronic illness have multiple faces, and there is no one agreed-upon approach to assessment, treatment or non-treatment. Patients and providers have to engage in communication to detect enablers and constraints, bodily and socially. If communication is envisioned as a one-way delivery of knowledge or prescriptions, or a difference in culture is magnified to a degree that other characteristics fade away, the patient risks oppression, muting, and poor healthcare. We argue in favour of appropriating a critical perspective on interaction in healthcare and intercultural communication, and in favour for interpreting face-to-face interaction as situated social practice. A situated social practice compels those present to communicate to create an agreed-upon situational definition, and to enter into a recuperative dialogue where patients too may exercise agency and present themselves as empowered.

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Section: Fleksmentioning

confidence: 60%

Section: Health Encounters As Oppression and One-way Communication?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Health Encounters with Minority Patients

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Sudmann²

2014

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“…Co-cultural theory is based is a communication theory examining the interactions between traditionally subordinated groups and dominant groups. Co-cultural theory seeks to bring voice to the subordinated group experience, especially when a member of the subordinated group perceives that there are cultural differences pertinent to the interaction or exchange (Orbe, 1998a(Orbe, , 1998b. Co-cultural theory is grounded in a phenomenological approach and is more interested in obtaining the lived experience of an individual and, as such, makes room for various perspectives (Orbe, 1998a(Orbe, , 1998b.…”

Section: Social Dominance Theory Social Dominance Theory Was Authorementioning

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Section: Social Dominance Theory Social Dominance Theory Was Authorementioning

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“…Co-cultural theory has emerged from muted group theory and standpoint theory (Orbe, 1998a(Orbe, , 1998b(Orbe, , 2005. Muted group theory speaks to the process of how marginalized group members learn to communicate within the dominant hierarchy (Ballad-Reisch, 2010;Kramarae, 2005;Orbe, 1998aOrbe, , 1998b. Muted group theory was originally established by anthropologists to provide a framework for how Black women communicate within a White, male-dominated society and concluded that every society has dominant groups and subordinated groups (Orbe 1998a(Orbe , 1998b.…”

Section: Social Dominance Theory Social Dominance Theory Was Authorementioning

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Navigating Straight Waters: The Lived Experience of How Out, White, Gay Males Have Successfully Navigated the College Presidential Search Process

Leipold¹

2014

J Psych Issues Organ Cult

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CommentsLesbians and gays are one of the most ostracized and marginalized groups in the U.S. (Rankin, Weber, Blumenfeld, & Frazer, 2010). With a limited number of out, gay leader to study, minimal research has been conducted on how gays have navigated their way into visible leadership positions (Fassinger, Shullman, & Stevenson, 2010;Snyder, 2006). The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the lived experience of how out, White gay males have successfully navigated the presidential search process. The study utilizes the framework of social dominance theory, queer theory, and co-cultural theory in exploring the historical and current environment for lesbian and gays within the U.S. This national study utilized a qualitative, phenomenological approach. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 participants. Study findings included: (a) most gay men have a non-traditional career pathway to the presidency; (b) mentoring and networking plays a significant role for gay men in the pursuit of a career as a college president; (c) while gay men are resilient in overcoming the dominant heteronormative culture impacts, dominant culture beliefs continue to play a significant role in the search process; (d) gay men believe that being out during the search process speaks to their integrity and character; (e) gay men strategically utilize two communication approaches when communicating with the dominant culture in an effort to assess if the heteronormative environment will be affirming; and, (f) in deciding on institutional fit, gay men seek to synergize their skill set and values with that of the hiring institution. Bil has had a career in higher education for more than 25 years. Mr. Leipold has had the opportunity to work in numerous administrative areas that include: student services, athletics, human resources, and academic affairs. Over the past two years, Bil has been a member of the team that provided oversight to the integration of Rutgers University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. During the integration of these two institutions, Bil provided leadership and direction for the integration of human resources. Bil also has had the opportunity to speak on issues of social justice, homophobia, and leadership at hundreds of colleges and universities.Throughout his speaking career, Bil has had the privilege to be the keynote speaker at various national and regional student leadership and professional development

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Ally Communication

Anderson¹

2022

The International Encyclopedia of Health Communication

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Health ally communication occurs whenever a person or group discursively leverages their privilege to stand in solidarity with people facing health‐related injustice, whether that person or group identifies as an ally or not. Health ally communication should not be confused with health advocacy or health activism, because health ally communication always speaks “with” not “for” groups experiencing health‐related marginalization as it seeks to dismantle health‐related injustices. Health ally communication is a form of discourse that reveals a fluid, intersectional notion of privilege (unearned status, power, preference) in any given context and leverages that privilege to challenge injustice alongside a nonprivileged group. In this way, the conceptualization of ally communication recognizes that one may possess privilege in one social space but not another, and therefore that a person may serve as a health ally in one context yet seek out a health ally in another. Focusing on the communication of allyship, rather than allyship as an identity, draws attention to the complex ways that messages – from interpersonal conversations to health campaigns – can be crafted to address health‐related injustices in ways that amplify the voices and experiences of marginalized groups experiencing that injustice.

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From The Standpoint(s) of Traditionally Muted Groups: Explicating A Co-cuItural Communication Theoretical Model

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