Valerie Visanich
Biographic Data
| ID | 1084481 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Valerie Visanich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Valerie |
| FAMILY NAME | Visanich |
| SIGNATURE | VISANICH V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Malta |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8976-5194 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Life Expectancy
Life expectancy, the key metric for assessing current population health, measures the mean age of death for a specified population. Scientists use this summary measure to test hypotheses regarding causes of population health and to compare the mortality experience across regions, defined subgroups, and time. Demographers operationalize life expectancy in two ways: by period and by cohort. This entry explores the difference between period life exp…
Women, Economy and
Women's position in the economy and their general well‐being in all other spheres of life depend heavily on the type of society in which they reside. Historically, in various cultures, women have been excluded from economic opportunities by various restrictions being placed on their full participation in the workforce. In addition, women contribute, disproportionately to men, to unpaid carework. In recent years, the bridging of the gender gap has…
Towards the social prescription of the arts
Recently, the notion of arts as therapy has been of growing interest to sociologists. The aim of this article is to evaluate community-based arts funded projects in terms of their priorities and effectiveness and discuss possibilities for enabling Arts on Prescription schemes in Malta. Thematically, this article explores discourse on the potential of the arts on promoting well-being. Methodologically, this article draws on primary data collected …
Symbolic structures, sensory experiences and nostalgia in cultural engagement
This article refers to nostalgia and the way it is triggered by emotion-bearing symbolic structures and sensory experiences, to make sense of how these are played out in cultural engagement. It examines how the popular cultural event of the festa in Malta, an annual village feast of the patron saint, acts as a platform for nostalgic experiences. With reference to Jeffrey Alexander’s ‘iconic consciousness’, the arguments brought forward are positi…
Education, Individualization and Neoliberalism
Education, Individualization and Neoliberalism questions the individualization process in education in the Anglo-American context and analyses how this process is applied in the everyday life of millennials with tertiary education in Southern Europe. Valerie Visanich explores the close affinity of this concept to neoliberalism in contemporary societies, specifically by focusing on changes in education and employment. Using Beck & Beck-Gernsheim’s…
Structure and Agency
This article examines changes in the degree of personal agency in young women, with post–compulsory education, in the last 50 years in a Southern European reality. It explores strategies of negotiation and resistance to social and cultural conditions, such as restrictive legislation, in a relatively traditional context. The arguments brought forward are positioned broadly within a discourse of individualization—on how women are more than ever dev…
Establishing a creative identity
Youth in the age of anxiety
This paper examines the sociological implications of personal anxiety for youth in tertiary education. The arguments brought forward are positioned broadly within a discourse on individualisation – on how youth today are devising their lives on their own free-will and experiencing anxiety due to self-reliance. Various socio-economic and cultural conditions have a direct impact on their degree of anxiety. This paper focuses on three of them – chan…
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Establishing a creative identity
Youth in the age of anxiety
This paper examines the sociological implications of personal anxiety for youth in tertiary education. The arguments brought forward are positioned broadly within a discourse on individualisation – on how youth today are devising their lives on their own free-will and experiencing anxiety due to self-reliance. Various socio-economic and cultural conditions have a direct impact on their degree of anxiety. This paper focuses on three of them – chan…
Structure and Agency
This article examines changes in the degree of personal agency in young women, with post–compulsory education, in the last 50 years in a Southern European reality. It explores strategies of negotiation and resistance to social and cultural conditions, such as restrictive legislation, in a relatively traditional context. The arguments brought forward are positioned broadly within a discourse of individualization—on how women are more than ever dev…
Education, Individualization and Neoliberalism
Education, Individualization and Neoliberalism questions the individualization process in education in the Anglo-American context and analyses how this process is applied in the everyday life of millennials with tertiary education in Southern Europe. Valerie Visanich explores the close affinity of this concept to neoliberalism in contemporary societies, specifically by focusing on changes in education and employment. Using Beck & Beck-Gernsheim’s…
Towards the social prescription of the arts
Recently, the notion of arts as therapy has been of growing interest to sociologists. The aim of this article is to evaluate community-based arts funded projects in terms of their priorities and effectiveness and discuss possibilities for enabling Arts on Prescription schemes in Malta. Thematically, this article explores discourse on the potential of the arts on promoting well-being. Methodologically, this article draws on primary data collected …
Symbolic structures, sensory experiences and nostalgia in cultural engagement
This article refers to nostalgia and the way it is triggered by emotion-bearing symbolic structures and sensory experiences, to make sense of how these are played out in cultural engagement. It examines how the popular cultural event of the festa in Malta, an annual village feast of the patron saint, acts as a platform for nostalgic experiences. With reference to Jeffrey Alexander’s ‘iconic consciousness’, the arguments brought forward are positi…
Life Expectancy
Life expectancy, the key metric for assessing current population health, measures the mean age of death for a specified population. Scientists use this summary measure to test hypotheses regarding causes of population health and to compare the mortality experience across regions, defined subgroups, and time. Demographers operationalize life expectancy in two ways: by period and by cohort. This entry explores the difference between period life exp…
Women, Economy and
Women's position in the economy and their general well‐being in all other spheres of life depend heavily on the type of society in which they reside. Historically, in various cultures, women have been excluded from economic opportunities by various restrictions being placed on their full participation in the workforce. In addition, women contribute, disproportionately to men, to unpaid carework. In recent years, the bridging of the gender gap has…
Sociology (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social science (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (3 works)