Approaching Health in Landscapes An Ethnographic Study with Chronic Cancer Patients from a Coastal Village in Northern Norway
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Approaching Health in Landscapes An Ethnographic Study with Chronic Cancer Patients from a Coastal Village in Northern Norway. / Skowronski, Magdalena; Risør, Mette Bech; Foss, Nina.
In: Anthropology in Action, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2017, p. 27-33.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Approaching Health in Landscapes An Ethnographic Study with Chronic Cancer Patients from a Coastal Village in Northern Norway
AU - Skowronski, Magdalena
AU - Risør, Mette Bech
AU - Foss, Nina
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Chronic cancer patients (CCPs) pay attention and act in response to diverse bodily sensations they experience in everyday life aft er a cancer episode. Here, we analyse how North Norwegian CCPs use their familiar surroundings in an effort to counter bad mood, anxiety and symptoms of relapse and to strengthen their health. The core participants of the anthropological fieldwork over the course of one year were 10 CCPs from a small coastal village in northern Norway. By drawing on Tim Ingold's understanding of taskscape, it is suggested that the participants aft er cancer treatment dwell in and engage with the surroundings of the village, including the core task of staying healthy. The participants are part of and embody the landscape through the temporality of taskscape, related to their ways of dealing with pain, worries and bodily sensations in everyday life.
AB - Chronic cancer patients (CCPs) pay attention and act in response to diverse bodily sensations they experience in everyday life aft er a cancer episode. Here, we analyse how North Norwegian CCPs use their familiar surroundings in an effort to counter bad mood, anxiety and symptoms of relapse and to strengthen their health. The core participants of the anthropological fieldwork over the course of one year were 10 CCPs from a small coastal village in northern Norway. By drawing on Tim Ingold's understanding of taskscape, it is suggested that the participants aft er cancer treatment dwell in and engage with the surroundings of the village, including the core task of staying healthy. The participants are part of and embody the landscape through the temporality of taskscape, related to their ways of dealing with pain, worries and bodily sensations in everyday life.
KW - approaching health
KW - chronic cancer
KW - landscapes
KW - northern Norway
KW - relapse
KW - taskscape
KW - EXPERIENCES
U2 - 10.3167/aia.2017.240105
DO - 10.3167/aia.2017.240105
M3 - Journal article
VL - 24
SP - 27
EP - 33
JO - Anthropology in Action
JF - Anthropology in Action
SN - 0967-201X
IS - 1
ER -
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