This paper questioned how we could utilise feelings of joy, specifically those within a craft context, as a tool of intervention in everyday life. I explored using craft, both in its making and experiencing, as a means for carrying joy into the daily life of the public, thereby increasing well-being and potentially acting as a catalyst for change. I argued the importance of joy in our lives, as well as the need for public accessibility to art and craft. I wanted to use this paper to draw focus on the value I place upon somatic engagement of the body, specifically when we engage with craft, art and our everyday lives. I believe that by centring the experience of the body and educating about the importance of somatics, we can explore a different methodology for engaging with our everyday environments. I argued somatic understanding is critical, as it allows us to move from a purely cognitive understanding to one that is experiential, thereby creating a more accessible and inclusive framework for creating and understanding art and craft.

The purpose of this study has been to describe and understand the meaning of adult children´s experience of growing up in a family with addiction. The study is based on a lifeworld phenomenological approach where the adult children have been the focus. The data collection consisted of five open interviews, where the adult children gave their experience of their childhood. The result of the study shows that adult children all have experienced the sense of shame/stigma, de-prioritized, a dysfunctional everyday life, a body that reacts and a body that remembers. This has led to various challenges and consequences while growing up, the adult children have handled this differently according to their own abilities and circumstances. It has also resulted in challenges in adulthood, which also have been handled differently depending on the person. Based on the results, it has been possible to understand the importance of preventive work towards families where there is an addiction problem. Something that further needs continuous research to prevent dysfunctional upbringing.

[pt] A presente pesquisa estuda a produção do espaço urbano como um fenômeno complexo que se submete às determinações históricas do presente, a partir das transformações na/da cidade em processo de expansão. O urbano é dinâmico e marcado por momentos seja de valorização de novas áreas, seja de desvalorização ou revalorização de outras, determinando novos usos e funções para atender o capital. O espaço urbano é produção social, materializado nas diversas práticas espaciais dos sujeitos que vivenciam a cidade. Investigamos a produção do espaço urbano e o processo de expansão da cidade do Rio de Janeiro para à Zona Oeste, com foco na XXVI Região Administrativa de Guaratiba. O século XXI vem apresentando modelos de gestão com políticas públicas voltadas para as questões externas a cidade, com investimentos que privilegiam grandes obras viárias com forte impacto nas transformações do espaço urbano. O processo de expansão da cidade apresenta duas racionalidades que se complementam. Uma é a racionalidade horizontal que se encontra na dimensão do cotidiano e que promove mudanças nas práticas socioespaciais, atingindo os sujeitos de diversas formas. A outra é a racionalidade vertical caracterizada pela interdependência hierárquica, organizacional, configurada em redes, provocando alterações nos padrões de consumo, na circulação de bens e serviços, como também nas ideias e inovações. Nessa perspectiva propomos um estudo das intervenções que chegam à RA de Guaratiba, promovidas principalmente pelo Estado e pelo mercado imobiliário, alterando significativamente a vida dos seus habitantes, além de demostrar uma reorientação urbana da cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Essa investigação parte das representações dos sujeitos sociais, com base na dialética, a fim de compreender as contradições e os conflitos existentes, tensionados por relações de poder nas múltiplas escalas. A análise dos elementos discursivos dos sujeitos pesquisados evidenciou uma perspectiva de desenvolvimento ligado à modernidade; Guaratiba como área de fronteira para o capital; e a presença de aspectos culturais e sociais na região relacionados à concepção de Sertão Carioca. / [en] This research studies the production of urban space as a complex phenomenon that undergoes the present historical determinations, from the transformations in / of the city in expansion process. The urban is dynamic and marked by moments either of valorization of new areas, of devaluation or revaluation of others, determining new uses and functions to serve the capital. The urban space is social production, materialized in the various spatial practices of the subjects who experience the city. We investigated the production of urban space and the process of expansion from the city of Rio de Janeiro to the West Zone, focusing on the XXVI Guaratiba Administrative Region. The 21st century has been presenting management patterns with public policies focused on issues outside the city, with investments that favour major road works with a strong impact on the transformations of urban space. The city s expansion process introduces two rationalities that complement each other. One is the horizontal rationality that is in the daily dimension and that promotes changes in socio-spatial practices, reaching the subjects in various ways. The other is the vertical rationality characterized by hierarchical, organizational interdependence, configured in networks, causing changes in consumption patterns, in circulation of goods and services, as well as in ideas and innovations. In this perspective we propose a study of the interventions that arrive at the Guaratiba AR, promoted mainly by the State and the real estate market, significantly altering the life of its inhabitants, besides showing an urban reorientation of the city of Rio de Janeiro. This investigation starts from the representations of social subjects, based on dialectics, in order to understand the existent contradictions and conflicts, tensioned by power relations at multiple scales. The analysis of the discursive elements of the research subjects showed a development perspective linked to modernity; Guaratiba as a border area for the capital; and the presence of cultural and social aspects in the region related to the conception of Carioca Backland. / [fr] Cette recherche étudie la production de l espace urbain comme un phénomène complexe qui est soumis aux déterminations historiques du présent, à partir des transformations dans / de la ville en processus d expansion. L urbain est dynamique et marqué par des moments de valorisation de nouvelles zones, ou de dévaluation ou de réévaluation d autres, déterminant de nouveaux usages et fonctions pour servir la capitale. L espace urbain est une production sociale, matérialisée dans les différentes pratiques spatiales des sujets qui habitent de la ville. Nous étudions la production de l espace urbain et le processus d expansion de la ville de Rio de Janeiro à la Zone Ouest, en nous concentrant sur la XXVIème Région Administrative de Guaratiba. Le XXIe siècle a présenté des modèles de gestion avec des politiques publiques centrées sur des questions extérieures à la ville, avec des investissements qui privilégient les grands travaux routiers ayant un fort impact sur les transformations de l espace urbain. Le processus d expansion de la ville présente deux rationalités qui se complètent. L une est la rationalité horizontale qui se trouve dans la dimension de la vie quotidienne et qui favorise les changements dans les pratiques socio-spatiales, en atteignant les sujets de plusieurs façons. L autre est la rationalité verticale caractérisée par une interdépendance hiérarchique et organisationnelle, configurée en réseaux, qui entraîne des changements dans les modes de consommation, dans la circulation des biens et des services, ainsi que dans les idées et les innovations. Dans cette perspective, nous proposons une étude des interventions qui arrivent à la Propriété Guaratiba, promues principalement par l État et le marché immobilier, changeant de manière significative la vie de ses habitants, en plus de montrer une réorientation urbaine de la ville de Rio de Janeiro. Cette recherche part des représentations des sujets sociaux, basées sur la dialectique, pour comprendre les contradictions et les conflits existants, mis en tension par des rapports de pouvoir à des échelles multiples. L analyse des éléments discursifs des sujets étudiés a mis en évidence une perspective de développement liée à la modernité, Guaratiba comme zone frontalière de la capitale, et la présence d aspects culturels et sociaux dans la région liés à la conception du Sertão Carioca.

This dissertation provides a context-specific theory to understand how city cultural organizations can best use digital stories and impression management to create a desired image or enhance public perceptions. The generated model describes how a digital storytelling information system can affect user impressions of a city and the outcomes of using such a system. The study responds to a growing interest among cultural organizations regarding how to use emerging information technologies in the communication of cultural content. An interpretive case study was conducted on the “Love Your City, Share Your Stories” digital storytelling initiative in Hamilton, Canada. Data collection included 95 one-on-one interviews with the general public, the gathering of documents, and the researcher’s personal observations of participants during the data collection process. A systematic approach of data analysis was utilized to capture participant opinions and visualize this information in a data structure. Theories from the literature on information systems, organizational impression management, and narrative transportation ground the study. Findings suggest that a digital storytelling information system can be a viable tool to share city cultural heritage information and positively affect people’s perceptions of a city. The overall outcome of creating/maintaining a positive favorable impression is shaped through a layered experience of benefits by the users. Users are first personally engaged and informed about a city’s cultural heritage (primary benefits), and then they are influenced and inspired positively towards the city (secondary benefits). Findings show that technology characteristics (i.e., media quality and story quality) are critical factors affecting outcomes of use, and that user characteristics and context of use both moderate this relationship. This research provides theoretical insights and practical recommendations for researchers and city cultural organizations wishing to explore the utilization of newer information technologies, such as digital storytelling, for impression management. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) / This dissertation aims to understand how city cultural organizations can best use digital stories and impression management to enhance public perceptions. The generated model describes how a digital storytelling information system can affect user impressions of a city. The study responds to a growing interest among cultural organizations regarding how to use emerging information technologies in the communication of cultural content. Findings suggest that a digital storytelling information system can be a viable tool to share city cultural heritage information and positively affect people’s perceptions of a city. Findings show that technology characteristics (i.e., media quality and story quality) are critical factors affecting outcomes of use and that user characteristics and context of use both moderate this relationship. Theoretical insights and practical recommendations are provided for researchers and city cultural organizations wishing to explore the utilization of newer information technologies, such as digital storytelling, for impression management.

Bakgrund: Vulvasmärtor är något som drabbar kvinnor världen över. Den tidigare forskningen pekar tydligt på hur smärtproblematiken påverkar de drabbade kvinnornas livskvalité och vardagsaktiviteter. Denna studie har belyst vardagsaktiviteter för kvinnor med vulvasmärtor utifrån den Biopsykosociala modellen, Model of Human Occupation, Doing, Being, Belonging och Becoming samt Occupational injustice. Modellerna och begreppen belyser flera dimensioner av görandet, hälsan och aktiviteter. Syftet: Var att belysa hur kvinnors erfarenheter av vulvasmärtor påverkar aktiviteter i vardagen. Metod: Genomfördes utifrån en kvalitativ design med en induktiv ansats och semistrukturerade intervjuer. Insamlat material analyserades i en tematiskanalys. Deltagarna rekryterades genom ett typiskt urval och bestod utav sju kvinnor med vulvasmärta från en ideell förening i Sverige. Resultat: Från intervjuerna presenterades fem olika teman: “Vulvasmärta och socialt utanförskap”, “Utmaningar med samlag”, “Vulvasmärta och dess psykiska konsekvenser”, “Den proaktiva kampen mot vulvasmärta”, “Att förstå och övervinna vulvasmärta”. Slutsats: Påvisade hur mycket vulvasmärtan begränsat kvinnorna och påverkat deras psykiska och sexuella hälsa negativt. Resultatet visade att kvinnorna till stor del blir påverkad i aktiviteter i vardagen. Implikationer: Denna studie indikerar att arbetsterapi är en användbar resurs för att stödja kvinnor med vulvasmärta och främja självständighet och välbefinnande i vardagen. Resultatet bidrar till att utveckla vården och samhällets attityder kring den sexuella hälsan och öppnar upp för vidare diskussion och utveckling gällande stödet för kvinnor med vulvasmärta. / Background: Vulvar pain is something that affects women worldwide. Previous research clearly indicates how the pain problem affects the affected women's quality of life and everyday activities. This study has highlighted everyday activities for women with vulvar pain based on the Biopsychosocial Model, the Model of Human Occupation and Doing, Being, Belonging and Becoming and Occupational injustice. The models and concepts highlight several dimensions of doing, health and activities. Aim: To shed light on how women's experiences of vulvar pain affect activities of daily living. Method: A qualitative design with an inductive approach and semi-structured interviews was used. Collected material was analyzed in a thematic analysis. The participants were recruited through a typical sample and consisted of seven women with vulvar pain from a non-profit association in Sweden. Results: Five themes emerged from the interviews: "Vulvar pain and social exclusion", "Challenges with sexual intercourse", "Vulvar pain and its psychological consequences", "The proactive fight against vulvar pain", "Understanding and overcoming vulvar pain". Conclusion: Demonstrated how much vulvar pain limited women and negatively affected their mental and sexual health. The results showed that women are largely affected in everyday activities. Implications: This study indicates that occupational therapy is a useful resource to support women with vulvar pain and promote independence and well-being in everyday life. The results contribute to the development of health care and societal attitudes towards sexual health and open up for further discussion and development regarding the support of women with vulvar pain.

ABSTRAKT Bakgrund: Typ 1-diabetes (T1D) hos barn ökar. T1D är en kronisk sjukdom som barnet kommer behöva leva med hela livet vilket kan medföra att fler föräldrar behöver ta ansvar för barnets behandling med T1D. Sjukdomen har visat sig ha stor påverkan på föräldrarnas och hela familjens vardag. Syfte: Syftet med litteraturstudien var att belysa påverkan på vardagen hos föräldrar som vårdar ett barn med typ 1-diabetes. Metod: En litteraturstudie baserad på tio kvalitativa studier. Studierna granskades, analyserades och sammanställdes. Resultat: Upplevelsen av att behöva anpassa sig till sjukdomen framkom som ett genomgående tema i resultatet. Resultatet presenteras i följande kategorier; Att behöva rätta sig efter sjukdomen, Att uppleva att relationer förändras samt Att uppleva stöd och brist på stöd från andra. Konklusion: Föräldrarna uppskattade när stödet de fick från vården var individuellt anpassat och när vårdpersonalen kände till hela familjens omständigheter. En förändring hos en familjemedlem påverkar hela familjen. Med kunskap om detta kan sjuksköterskan bättre förstå behovet av familjefokuserad vård. Det behövs mer forskning om föräldrars och familjers behov av familjefokuserad vård. Även forskning om könsskillnader inom föräldraskapet behövs. Nyckelord: Typ 1-diabetes, föräldrar, vardag, modell för omvårdnad, familjefokuserad omvårdnad / ABSTRACT Background: Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) among children increases. This may lead to more parents who need to take responsibility for their child’s treatment. The disease has been shown to have a major impact on everyday life for parents and the whole family.   Aim: The aim of this study was to illuminate the impact on everyday life among parents that care for a child with Type 1 Diabetes. Methods: A literature study based on ten qualitative studies. The studies were reviewed, analyzed and compiled. Results: The experience of having to adapt to the disease emerged as a recurrent theme in the outcome. The results is presented in three categories; Having to comply with the disease, To experience that relationships change and To experience support and lack of support from others. Conclusion: Parents appreciated when the healthcare support was adjusted to the whole family’s circumstances. A change in one family member affects the entire family. With knowledge of this the nurse could better understand the need for family-focused care. There should be more research on parents’ and families’ need for family-focused care and also on gender differences in parenting.  Keywords: Type 1 Diabetes, parents, everyday life, model for nursing, family-focused care

Bakgrund: Diabetes är ett samlingsnamn för en grupp metabola sjukdomar med den gemensamma nämnaren att kroppen har en oförmåga att producera eller ta upp insulin Diabetes medför, bland annat, en risk för akuta glykemiska episoder relaterat till kroppens oförmåga att vidmakthålla en normal blodglukosnivå. Syfte: Att sammanställa kunskap om hur personer med insulinbehandlad diabetes upplever att medvetenheten om akuta glykemiska episoder påverkar det dagliga livet. Metod: En kvalitativ litteraturstudie baserad på elva vetenskapliga primärstudier inhämtade från databaserna PubMed respektive CINAHL. Resultat: Tre kategorier och sex underkategorier genererades; ”En förändrad vardag” med underkategorierna; ”Planera eller ge upp”, ”Ett behov av andras stöd” samt ”Ofrånkomliga utmaningar”, ”Att leva med oro” med underkategorierna; ”Varierande syn på lämplig blodglukosnivå”, ”Självkritik och skam” samt ”Rädsla för liv och hälsa” och ”Varierande strategier i vardagen” utan underkategorier. Slutsats: Personer med insulinbehandlad diabetes möter en mängd utmaningar i vardagen relaterat till medvetenhet om akuta glykemiska episoder. Utmaningarna inkluderar särskilda krav på minutiös planering och inte sällan förändringar i vardagen. Förändringar i vardagslivet kräver i de flesta fall implementering av nya strategier för att kunna hantera de utmaningar diabetessjukdomen medför. Utmaningarna är inte enbart av praktisk natur utan även av en mer psykosocial natur som leder till att många upplever att stigmatisering från omgivningen och orealistiska krav på sig själva resulterar i ohälsosam självkritik och ibland skam relaterat till de akuta glykemiska episoder de ofrånkomligen drabbas av i olika utsträckning. / Background: Diabetes is a collective name for a group of metabolic diseases with the denominator that the body experience an inability to produce, or absorb, insulin in sufficient quantities. Diabetes entails, amongst other potential problems, a non-unsubstantiated risk of acute glycemic episodes due to the body´s inadequate ability to maintain a normal blood glucose level. Aim: To compile knowledge on how persons suffering from insulin treated diabetes manage the awareness of the threat that acute glycemic episodes impose on everyday life. Method: A qualitative study based on eleven primary scientific studies that was obtained from the databases PubMed and CINAHL. Result: Three categories and six sub-categories emerged; “A change in everyday life” containing the sub-categories “plan or give up”, “A need for others” and “Unavoidable changes” “Living with worry” containing the sub-categories “Different views on blood glucose levels”, Self-criticism and shame” and “Fear for life and health” and lastly “Various strategies in day-to-day life” which was without sub-categories. Conclusion: People with insulin treated diabetes faces a variety of challenges in everyday life related to acute glycemic episodes. The variety of challenges include special requirements when it comes to planning and scheduling everyday life. Changes in everyday life often requires the implementation of new strategies to handle the challenges imposed by diabetes and it´s symptoms. Challenges which are not only practical in nature but also entails a more psychosocial aspect that can lead to feelings of stigmatization and unrealistic demands on one self. Feelings that can result in unhealthy self-criticism, and sometimes shame, related to the symptoms of inevitable acute glycemic episodes.

Bakgrund:  Antalet äldre med skörhet ökar i samband med stigande ålder. Muskelsvaghet, ofrivillig viktnedgång, känsla av trötthet och infektionskänslighet är hälsoproblem som uppstår vid biologiskt åldrande. Till följd av dessa symtom upplever ofta multisjuka äldre svårigheter med att hantera vardagen. Det är sjuksköterskans ansvar att utgå från holistiskt perspektiv samt tillämpa vetenskapliga kunskaper för självständig vardag. Syfte: Att beskriva vilka aspekter sköra äldre i behov av omvårdnadsinsatser upplever som betydelsefulla för en bra vardag. Metod: Arbetet var av systematisk litteraturstudie och genomförd enligt tematisk syntetisk design. Resultat: Studiens resultat är grundat i tolv artiklar med kvalitativ design för att besvara studiens syfte. Dataanalysen resulterade i tre huvudteman; psykisk påverkan i vardagen, fysisk påverkan i vardagen och vården och anhörigas påverkan. Äldre upplevde att deras sociala liv påverkades av fysiska begräsningar, hjälpmedelsbehov och andelen kommunala insatser. Att få klara av sin vardag självständigt var de äldres främsta önskan. / Background: The number of elderly people with frailty is growing, with increasing age. Muscle weakness, involuntary weight loss, a feeling of exhaustion, and susceptibility to infection are health problems that occur at a rising age. As a result of these symptoms, the elderly experience difficulties coping with everyday life. To achieve independence for the elderly, it is the nurse’s responsibility to have a holistic perspective and scientific knowledge. Purpose: Describing the important aspect of a good everyday life for frail elderly individuals in need of nursing interventions. Method: The method of this study has been systematic literature review and is implemented according to the thematic synthetic design. Result: The results of the study are based on twelve articles with a qualitative design to answer the purpose. The analysis results in three main categories: the psychological impact in everyday life, the physical impact in everyday life, and lastly, health care and the role of impact. The results also show that elderly people felt that their social lives were affected by physical limitations, the need for assistive devices, and the proportion of municipal interventions. To be able to manage and cope with their everyday lives independently was their main desire.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-23T14:01:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Texto.pdf: 590860 bytes, checksum: 7a46118467a609aace206393a276a761 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-04-03 / Investiga o fenômeno de crianças e adolescentes em situação de desamparo e abandono no país, desvelando-se a urgência em pesquisar essa temática. Objetiva estudar a gênese (o que é) e a interdinâmica indissociável à gênese (como é) do ser humano criança ou adolescente em situação de rua, nos modos como eles se (des)velam, se mostram, aparecem e permitem ser capturados pelo olhar sentido do cientista. Pretende responder a três interrogações: 1) O que motivou o interesse pela rua e como essa rua tornou-se espaço de trabalho, produzindo sentido aos modos de ser sendo educador(a) (social) de rua e pesquisador(a)?; 2) O que é - e como é - o existir-se nas ruas, experienciando-a?; 3) Como se pode compreender a força de um grupo na sobrevivência existencial de crianças e adolescentes em situação de rua? Recorrer-se-á ao método de pesquisa de inspiração fenomenológica-existencial, já que há interesse no vivido, no experienciado dos participantes do estudo. Os marcos teóricos escolhidos emergiram a partir das categorias de: Paulo Freire (importância fornecida ao diálogo ), Michel de Certeau (o conceito de cotidiano como espaço de táticas inventivas ), Viktor E. Frankl ( sentido da vida ) e Hiran Pinel ( modos de ser sendo si mesmo no cotidiano do mundo ). Compreendemos que as crianças e adolescentes (des)velam diversos modos de ser sendo... efêmeros, finitos, incompletos, como a própria vida vivida. Por isso, ora são ousados ora dramáticos nas suas vivências, mas sempre se mostrando com táticas inventivas de enfrenta(dores), como por exemplo, formando grupos de resistência e (sobre)vivência nas ruas e produzindo espaços dialogais, onde procuram se compreender mesmo que nem sempre se consiga. O estudo mostrou-se com implicações significativas para a construção de políticas públicas (sociais e educacionais) e de impacto no cotidiano do educador social e do professor da instituição escolar (que pode viabilizar processos inclusivos a partir da compreensão desses modos de ser sendo...). / The phenomenon of children and adolescents experiencing destitution and abandonment has become even worse in our country. This felt fact instigates us to take a position and to research this matter in hand which urgently unveils itself in our society. This study aims to answer three questions: 1) How have I, as a researcher, become interested in streets and how have streets become my place of work, evoking a feeling into my ways of being as a(n) (social) educator conducting a research in streets?; 2) What is and How is to exist in streets undergoing such a status quo?; 3) How can we understand the power of a group in the existential survival of children and adolescents living in streets? Thus, the subject or matter/phenomenon of this study/research is the genesis (what is) and the interdynamics not separate from the genesis (how is) of the human being (boy or girl and/or child or adolescent living in streets) in the ways (s)he reveals her/himself, shows her/himself, appears, and allows her/himself to be captured by the look of a scientist who also has a feeling relation to the streets. To do so, we have resorted to the the exitential-phenomenological inspiration, since we are interested in what has been lived and exprerienced by these human beings. The chosen theoretical marks have risen out of the categories of: Paulo Freire (the importance of dialogue ), Victor E. Frankl ( life sense ), and Hiran Pinel ( the ways of being as being oneself in the world s everyday life ). We understand that children and adolescents show diverse ways of being as being ... ephemeral, finite, incomplete, etc. like life itself. Therefore, sometimes they are bold , sometimes they are dramatic in their modes of lives; however, always being brave and having ingenious tactics such as forming survival and resistance groups in order to be able to live in streets or discussing their matters so as to understand themselves, even if they do not manage to meet regularly. This study has shown significant implications to the construction of public politics (social and educational) and politics of impact to the social educator s everyday live and to that of the school teacher s as well. Such inclusive processes can be made viable since these ways of being as being a(n) are understood.

This dissertation explores how social class matters in young men’s everyday relationship to digital media. The aim is to contribute to the existing knowledge about how young people incorporate digital media in their everyday lives by focusing on the structural premises of this process. It also presents an empirically grounded critique of popular ideas about young people as a “digital generation”, about the internet as a socially transformative force, and about class as an increasingly redundant category. The empirical material consists of qualitative interviews with 34 young men (16-19 years) from different class backgrounds, upper secondary schools and study programmes. Drawing on the conceptual tools of Pierre Bourdieu, three classes are constructed: the “cultural capital rich”, the “upwardly mobile”, and the “cultural capital poor”. The analysis shows that class, through the workings of habitus, structures the young men’s relationship to school and future aspirations. This also engenders class-distinctive ways of conceiving leisure and digital media use. Through their class habitus and taste, the young men tend to orient themselves and navigate in different ways in what they perceive as a space of digital goods and practices, endowed with different symbolic value in school and society. The “cultural capital rich” are drawn to-wards practices capable of yielding symbolic profit in the field of education and beyond, whereas the other classes gravitate towards the “illegitimate” digital culture but deal with this different ways. These findings indicate that there are social and cultural continuities at play within recent technological changes. They also expose the structural differences hidden by sweeping statements about young people as a “digital generation”. Finally, they show that class, contrary to popular beliefs about “the death of class”, still represents a pertinent analytical category.