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View article: Expanding the Methodological Repertoire in Institutional Ethnography: A Design Sociology Approach to Mapping and Visualizing Invisible Work
Expanding the Methodological Repertoire in Institutional Ethnography: A Design Sociology Approach to Mapping and Visualizing Invisible Work Open
This article presents a novel methodological approach in which institutional ethnography borrows from design sociology. Although mapping is a core component of institutional ethnography, previous research highlights opportunities to furthe…
View article: Symptomatic Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Self-Rated Health, One Year After Childbirth: A Swedish Nationwide Register Study
Symptomatic Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Self-Rated Health, One Year After Childbirth: A Swedish Nationwide Register Study Open
Introduction and Hypothesis Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a complication of childbirth that may impair the overall health of women. We hypothesized that women with symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse (sPOP) would rate their health lower tha…
View article: Norm-critical Approaches, a Way Forward to Increase Participation for Marginalized Children and Young People in Health Research & Design: A Scoping Review
Norm-critical Approaches, a Way Forward to Increase Participation for Marginalized Children and Young People in Health Research & Design: A Scoping Review Open
Engaging individuals with lived experience in research and design without incorporating critical perspectives on norms in knowledge production may result in tokenism and disempowerment. This scoping review pulls together method contributio…
View article: Design Sociology in Action: Exploring and Visualizing Gendered Experiences
Design Sociology in Action: Exploring and Visualizing Gendered Experiences Open
This article builds on Deborah Lupton’s concept of design sociology. It explores the potential of this approach for examining and visualizing experiences and how they are coordinated by social institutions and discourses. Particularly the …
View article: 51 - Unexpected challenges: men's perspectives on pelvic organ prolapse following vaginal birth
51 - Unexpected challenges: men's perspectives on pelvic organ prolapse following vaginal birth Open
Hypothesis / aims of study: This unique study explores, from the men’s perspective, what it means to live with a partner affected by symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse after vaginal birth. Study design, materials and methods: A qualitative,…
View article: Mitigation measures for addressing gender bias in artificial intelligence within healthcare settings: a critical area of sociological inquiry
Mitigation measures for addressing gender bias in artificial intelligence within healthcare settings: a critical area of sociological inquiry Open
Artificial intelligence (AI) is often described as crucial for making healthcare safer and more efficient. However, some studies point in the opposite direction, demonstrating how biases in AI cause inequalities and discrimination. As a re…
View article: The potential of incorporating norm-critical design objects as a pedagogical tool in sociology courses
The potential of incorporating norm-critical design objects as a pedagogical tool in sociology courses Open
Previous research has raised challenges in teaching gender theory in sociology courses. While many students appreciate such theories, some students resist sociological approaches to gender, sexualities, and social inequalities. There is a …
View article: Bearing the burden of spill-over effects: Living with a woman affected by symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse after vaginal birth – from a partner’s perspective
Bearing the burden of spill-over effects: Living with a woman affected by symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse after vaginal birth – from a partner’s perspective Open
This study demonstrated that women's sPOP had an apparently negative impact on partners' health behaviours, sexual health, relationship harmony, and psychological well-being. The partners indicated they were unprepared for post-birth adver…
View article: Teachers' guiding role - On the tension between reflexivity and reproduction
Teachers' guiding role - On the tension between reflexivity and reproduction Open
In Sweden, study and career guidance is the responsibility of the whole school, which also includes teachers. However, research concerning the role of teachers in study and career guidance is limited if one compares it with the existing re…
View article: Classical Sociology Through the Lens of Gendered Experiences
Classical Sociology Through the Lens of Gendered Experiences Open
There is a body of literature problematizing the lack of women's accounts in what is called classical sociology. However, limited efforts have been made to place female and male theorists' writings in juxtaposition with each other in order…
View article: Differentiations in Visibility-Male Advantages and Female Disadvantages in Gender-Segregated Programmes
Differentiations in Visibility-Male Advantages and Female Disadvantages in Gender-Segregated Programmes Open
This article stresses the importance of understanding that women and men in gender-segregated programmes experience their gender minority positions very differently. It stems from an interest in the kind of interventions that academia shou…
View article: Don't ask for ideas and innovations, ask for what they do. Understanding, recognizing and enhancing (women’s) innovation activities in the public sector
Don't ask for ideas and innovations, ask for what they do. Understanding, recognizing and enhancing (women’s) innovation activities in the public sector Open
Isaksson, Anna Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för hälsa och välfärd, Centrum för forskning om välfärd, hälsa och idrott (CVHI). ORCID-id: 0000-0002-3720-693X Andersson, Camilla Department of Design, Aalto University, Aalto, Finland. Börjes…
View article: G-CoRe: A pedagogical tool for gender mainstreaming in higher education
G-CoRe: A pedagogical tool for gender mainstreaming in higher education Open
Aims of the contribution The aim of this contribution is to present and further explore a pedagogical tool aiming to enhance gender mainstreaming in teaching and content in higher education. Description of the research Introduction Previou…