Kate F A Lowe
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4199463 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Kate F A Lowe |
| NOMBRES | Kate F A |
| APELLIDO | Lowe |
| FIRMA | LOWE K F A |
| AFILIACIONES | Department of Sociology The University of Hong Kong Pok Fu Lam Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5536-6657 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2022 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Harm reduction as “moral improvisation”
Background Within Hong Kong’s prohibitionist, abstinence-based approach to drug use and policy, frontline drug workers (FDWs) are the key point of contact between the state and People Who Use Drugs (PWUD). Adopting a street-level bureaucrat perspective, we examine the role of FDWs in implementing drug policy in Hong Kong.Methods We conducted five focus groups (n = 17) with frontline drug workers (FDWs) to understand how they perceive their role i…
Sociocultural context of SMART recovery in Singapore
The perception and management of risk by people who use heroin in Hong Kong's ‘drug-free’ society
Bag politics and 'Wall' Street capital
Drawing on ethnographic data on the use and supply of cocaine in Hong Kong among privileged expatriates, we examine how members of the subculture enter into and navigate the fluid yet instrumental social supply networks and learn "bag politics" (the negotiation of using, obtaining, and sharing drugs). At the heart of "bag politics" lies a process of developing, sustaining, and strengthening one's social capital within and beyond social supply net…
Looking Within
Self-examinations of researcher positionality are central to understanding how scholars engage with research populations and vice versa. Discussions of how researchers are positioned are considered particularly important when studying groups whose vulnerability is well-accepted. Less is known, however, about the role of researcher positionality when interviewing participants deemed privileged, such as expatriates. Researchers who study expatriate…
Looking Within
Self-examinations of researcher positionality are central to understanding how scholars engage with research populations and vice versa. Discussions of how researchers are positioned are considered particularly important when studying groups whose vulnerability is well-accepted. Less is known, however, about the role of researcher positionality when interviewing participants deemed privileged, such as expatriates. Researchers who study expatriate…
Bag politics and 'Wall' Street capital
Drawing on ethnographic data on the use and supply of cocaine in Hong Kong among privileged expatriates, we examine how members of the subculture enter into and navigate the fluid yet instrumental social supply networks and learn "bag politics" (the negotiation of using, obtaining, and sharing drugs). At the heart of "bag politics" lies a process of developing, sustaining, and strengthening one's social capital within and beyond social supply net…
Looking Within
Self-examinations of researcher positionality are central to understanding how scholars engage with research populations and vice versa. Discussions of how researchers are positioned are considered particularly important when studying groups whose vulnerability is well-accepted. Less is known, however, about the role of researcher positionality when interviewing participants deemed privileged, such as expatriates. Researchers who study expatriate…
Bag politics and 'Wall' Street capital
Drawing on ethnographic data on the use and supply of cocaine in Hong Kong among privileged expatriates, we examine how members of the subculture enter into and navigate the fluid yet instrumental social supply networks and learn "bag politics" (the negotiation of using, obtaining, and sharing drugs). At the heart of "bag politics" lies a process of developing, sustaining, and strengthening one's social capital within and beyond social supply net…
Harm reduction as “moral improvisation”
Background Within Hong Kong’s prohibitionist, abstinence-based approach to drug use and policy, frontline drug workers (FDWs) are the key point of contact between the state and People Who Use Drugs (PWUD). Adopting a street-level bureaucrat perspective, we examine the role of FDWs in implementing drug policy in Hong Kong.Methods We conducted five focus groups (n = 17) with frontline drug workers (FDWs) to understand how they perceive their role i…
Sociocultural context of SMART recovery in Singapore
The perception and management of risk by people who use heroin in Hong Kong's ‘drug-free’ society
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (4 obras) · Psychology (3 obras) · Sociology (3 obras) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (3 obras) · Criminology (2 obras) · Drug (2 obras) · Medicine (2 obras) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (2 obras) · Political science (2 obras) · Psychiatry (2 obras)