Ölüm Sosyolojisi Bağlamında Pandem(ik) Kapatılma:  Sevgi, Duyumsama ve Hiçlik

Sağır, Adem

doi:10.26650/sj.2021.41.2.0031

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“…Charmaz (1980:88-89) describes the denial of death under three subheadings: to indicate disbelief in the possibility of death of self; to describe a negation of death as a part of human existence; and to depict a cultural stance toward death. Today, the COVID-19 pandemic has reintroduced stigma through such professions (Kumari 2021;Lohiniva et al 2021;Sağır 2021aSağır , 2021bStangl et al 2019;Sotgiu and Dobler 2020;Que et al 2020). Being trapped in the middle of ill and dead bodies (Misra et al 2020), no leaves for healthcare personnel to their homes (Bear et al 2020;Fischer et al 2019), and strict quarantine measures (Roberto, Johnson, and Rauhaus 2020) during the pandemic may be considered some of the manifestations of modern stigmatization.…”

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“…According to A. Sağır (2021a), total institutions that cover death have transformed the dead washer into a "gassal" and added a new feature to the stigma. Thus, the profession of gassal was built in an area whose borders were physically drawn.…”

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“…This acknowledgment draws attention to an imminent motive in one's struggle with nature: escape from death in all vital areas. Previously, scholars focused on the emergence of cultural practices through society-established relations with death that vary by the meaning attributed to death (Baudrillard 1993;Bauman 1992;Canetti 1962;Sağır 2017;Jones 1997;Vernon 1970;Thomas 1991). In traditional societies, death appears as an agenda for order in daily life, and it is often governed by the relationship between religion and similar structures.…”

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“…The concept of death ethnography is used for the first time in the literature in this article. The researcher's 10 years of experience in death sociology and his previous research in the field (Sağır 2012(Sağır , 2013a(Sağır , 2013b(Sağır , 2016(Sağır , 2017(Sağır , 2020(Sağır , 2021a(Sağır , 2021b led to the adoption of death ethnography in the study. Aiming to describe how death appears to humans, death ethnography involves collecting data through participant observations and experiencing rituals in the field while, at the same time, stepping back from social beliefs about death.…”

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“…Preparing a dead body for the afterlife covers the entire process from the moment of death to burial (Cengiz and Dennis 2016; Cook and Walter 2005; Kerrigan 2007; Mitford 1963; Jones 1997; Thomas 1991; Neumann 2017; Sağır 2017; Slocum and Carlson 2021). In Türkiye, local governments manage this whole process, but there are hardly any private enterprises that provide post-mortem services (Akıllı 2020; Celik 2017; Coskun and Buken 2020; Sağır 2012).…”

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Bathing the Dead, the Dirty Work: Stigmatization of Gassals in Modern Türkiye

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The present study examines the transformation of the profession of Gassals, dead body bathers in Islamic culture, from a prestigious role to a stigmatized job in modern Türkiye. Through a qualitative research design, this study employs a combination of participant observation and in-depth interviews with Gassals in Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. In the study conducted with the purposeful convenience sampling technique, in-depth interviews were conducted with 19 participants (3 male,16 female). Ultimately, the study raises three major modernity-related claims: Modernity marginalizes death and excludes it from daily life, primarily functions to secularize the public sphere and excludes religious issues, and presents the dead body as dirty, as it sees the body as a biological mechanism, as a product of standardization and institutionalization. Their job involves physical contamination due to direct contact with deceased bodies, and this solid physical taint overshadows the overall dignity of the profession. The three main findings of the study are important. First, community members perceive it as a “reminder of death.” The second is the modern human tendency to avoid death in the domains of everyday life, primarily through institutions such as hospitals. Lastly, the stigma toward gassals may be explained by them losing their status in the modern era under the influence of institutionalization despite enjoying a prestigious status in the past.

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Opinions of Psychological Counselor and Guidance Teachers Taking Work in Earthquake Psychosocıal Support Works (Malatya Province Example)

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Yildirim

2024

Türk Psikolojik Danışma Ve Rehberlik Dergisi

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This study was carried out with psychological counselor/guidance teachers working within the scope of psychosocial support services in the earthquake region of Malatya in 2020. The research was carried out by using the phenomenological design, one of the qualitative research models, with the focus group interview method. 11 psychological counselors/guidance teachers participated in the study. During the interview, video and audio recordings were taken and the interviews were deciphered. Content analysis method was used to analyze the findings. When the findings of the study were examined, it was revealed that the motivation of the participants to provide psychosocial support services was prior experience and encouragement. Encouragement; In the title, the support and experience of the Guidance and Research Center Directorate (RAM), attending the coordination meeting and communicating with colleagues are mainly included. Findings were obtained that the participants did not feel professionally competent before starting psychosocial support activities. However, towards the end of the studies, there are also findings regarding the development of professional competence. It was found as the most extraordinary event that some of the relatives of the people who died due to the earthquake found solace in death. Participants stated their expectations and suggestions regarding post-earthquake psychosocial support activities.

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Surviving Life After Suicide: Emotional Reconstruction of the Bereaved

Fidan

2023

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Suicide is a stigmatized and marginalized act by society that damages the lives of those close to the suicidal person and makes rebuilding their lives difficult. In understanding the social reality after suicide, emotions that are a component of social action play a key role. This study’s fundamental aim is understanding the emotions of those close to the suicidal person and the cultural roots of these emotions. In-depth interviews were conducted with twenty-three individuals who are close to someone who had committed suicide to obtain the necessary data, and the data were analyzed using discourse analysis. The following results were obtained: The most prominent emotion in those close to the suicidal person is anger. This anger is directed towards actors who are indifferent to the problems that led to suicide and towards the individual who committed suicide. Those close to the suicidal person are in a state of anger, shame, fear, guilt, and fear of being blamed due to social stigma and marginalization. The most significant feature of those close to the deceased is the emotional disturbances resulting from the coexistence of opposing emotions.

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Ölüm Sosyolojisi Bağlamında Pandem(ik) Kapatılma: Sevgi, Duyumsama ve Hiçlik

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Bathing the Dead, the Dirty Work: Stigmatization of Gassals in Modern Türkiye

Bathing the Dead, the Dirty Work: Stigmatization of Gassals in Modern Türkiye

Opinions of Psychological Counselor and Guidance Teachers Taking Work in Earthquake Psychosocıal Support Works (Malatya Province Example)

Surviving Life After Suicide: Emotional Reconstruction of the Bereaved

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