"Still Living Flesh": Beckett, Merleau-Ponty, and the Phenomenological Body

Garner, Stanton B.

doi:10.2307/3209015

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“…By reconsidering the concept of "The body as a cultural object", discussed by authors such as Foucault (1977), Mary Douglas (1973), (Merleau-Ponty 1945, In: Silverman 1976, and Gardner (1993), it is possible to develop different strategies using the body language to experience, adopt, and translate the scientific information. The concept of "body language" refers to the collective expressions, which use the physical body as the main subject of human perception, nonverbal expression, and communication (cf., MerleauPonty 1945, In: Silverman, 1976Fran 1988).…”

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Bridging Māori indigenous knowledge and western geosciences to reduce social vulnerability in active volcanic regions

Pardo

Wilson²,

Procter

et al. 2015

J Appl. Volcanol.

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A new pedagogical methodology is proposed to reduce the social vulnerability of indigenous communities occupying areas subject to volcanic activity, as a potential interactive approach between those communities, scientists, and scientific institutions. The multidisciplinary methodology aims to increase scientist's understanding of the relationship between native inhabitants and active volcanoes in indigenous territories, and to improve the effective dissemination of information. Also, the proposed methodology offers to the local community the scientific knowledge in an understandable and useful way, in order to maximize people's awareness of their exposure to volcanic activity. The procedure starts with the recognition of the local ancestral comprehension of the volcano and the cultural, ecological, and economical bonds between humans and volcanic processes. Subsequently, the transmission of the indigenous knowledge to the scientific community and the appropriation of geological knowledge by the children and teachers in a specific Māori primary school in New Zealand, allowed: (1) the establishment of a common language, (2) enhanced communication and collaboration between the participants involved in understanding and living with an active volcano, and (3) increased awareness about the relationship between humans and active volcanoes. A permanent application (and site-specific adjustment) of this method, and the use of the resulting teaching tools, could reduce social vulnerability and empower indigenous communities in the development of volcanic risk mitigation strategies by revitalizing and sharing knowledge, rather than imposing one epistemological system onto the other.

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Bridging Māori indigenous knowledge and western geosciences to reduce social vulnerability in active volcanic regions

Pardo

Wilson²,

Procter

et al. 2015

J Appl. Volcanol.

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“…Merleau-Ponty explored the grounds of being in the world by emphasizing the bodily structure of being. He turned the attention of phenomenology to the body as it is experienced (Dahlberg, Dahlberg, & Nystrom , 2008; Garner, 1993). “To perceive is to render oneself present to something through the body” (Merleau-Ponty, 1964, pp.…”

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Health-Support Needs of Widows in South Africa: A Phenomenological Inquiry

2018

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Community health care should facilitate effective adaptation to widowhood. In South Africa, the primary health-care nurses, who are the first-line health-care services, seem to miss opportunities for identifying and effectively managing widows experiencing health risks. This study explored the health-support needs of widows. We purposively selected 12 participants, who were widows between 25 and 65 years old residing in an urban area of South Africa. Data were gathered during unstructured individual phenomenological interviews and analyzed using a descriptive phenomenological method. Widowhood is an embodied and intense emotional experience with a cognitive impact. Related to these experiences are widows’ health-support needs. Widows have a need to be listened to and to be understood and cared for; attitudes and skills which require time and availability from primary health-care nurses. Widows expressed a need to engage in support groups, receive home visits, and receive health education from primary health-care nurses.

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The intimate hybridity of roadkill: A Beckettian view of dismay and persistence

Lulka

2008

Emotion, Space and Society

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"Still Living Flesh": Beckett, Merleau-Ponty, and the Phenomenological Body

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Bridging Māori indigenous knowledge and western geosciences to reduce social vulnerability in active volcanic regions

Bridging Māori indigenous knowledge and western geosciences to reduce social vulnerability in active volcanic regions

Health-Support Needs of Widows in South Africa: A Phenomenological Inquiry

The intimate hybridity of roadkill: A Beckettian view of dismay and persistence

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