Eric Asaba
Biographic Data
| ID | 144714 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric Asaba |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric |
| FAMILY NAME | Asaba |
| SIGNATURE | ASABA E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Karolinska Institutet |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6910-3468 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 24 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Are we in this together? Exploring occupations in home care by applying the concept of enacted togetherness
This narrative-in-action study applied the concept of enacted togetherness within the context of home care. The focus was on the unfolding of occupations among home care workers in their work with older persons. Using a transactional perspective, this study considers how the home care context—including persons, materials, and spaces—shapes occupations and the experience of enacted togetherness. Temporal weavings of past experiences, present circu…
Living in Stand-by Mode While Constructing Lived Citizenship
Refugee women can encounter a range of challenges in their new countries, including limited access to health services, education, and employment opportunities, factors that significantly shape and limit everyday lives and opportunities for social participation. This study aims to understand health and social participation in everyday life through dialogue with refugee women and the local organizations addressing applying an intersectional lens. G…
Faculty experiences with active student engagement in online doctoral courses during the Covid-19 era
Objective During the COVID-19 pandemic, universities quickly transitioned from campus-based to online education. However, there is limited insight into how faculty members experienced this transition, particularly in doctoral courses where active student engagement is crucial. This study aimed to explore faculty members’ experiences in promoting active student engagement in online doctoral courses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A qualitati…
Problematising what constitutes a ‘true’ examination of personal narratives
Gerotranscendence and motivation for work past retirement age
Usually, work beyond retirement is seen as part of the active and healthy aging paradigm. However, during the work-to-retirement transition, some people can experience activity and value re-prioritization, which might align more closely with the theory of gerotranscendence. The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to explore the concept of gerotranscendence in a group of retirement-aged workers (n = 219) and determine the relationship bet…
Striving in uncertainty
Disabled refugee women can experience a lack of possibilities for social participation in their new country, which can impact their health and well-being. Intersectional approaches that acknowledge the participatory needs of disabled refugees are missing in policies and regulations. This study highlights the capabilities that disabled refugee women use to construct their everyday lives and to experience social participation. For more than one yea…
The Feasibility of Make My Day—A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of a Stroke Prevention Program in Primary Healthcare
Incorporating and sustaining engaging everyday activities (EEAs) in everyday life holds potential for improving health and wellbeing; thus, there is reason to explore EEAs as a behavioral change technique in stroke prevention. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of the stroke prevention program Make My Day (MMD) for people with moderate-to-high risk for stroke in a primary healthcare setting, where EEAs are utilized to promote h…
Motives of retirement-aged workers and the importance of doing, being, becoming, and belonging
Migration and disability narratives from an intersectional perspective
The aim of this paper is to explore everyday life experiences of migration and disability from an intersectional perspective drawing on issues such as gender, class, and ethnicity. This is relevant because when focus is on either migration or disability, unique challenges faced by disabled migrants are neglected, leading to fragmented support and a lack of accurate knowledge. The analysis is based on retrospective data from photovoice sessions co…
Everyday influence – democracy when health and social care are part of everyday life
This article contributes to ongoing discussions about frailty and vulnerability in critical gerontology by asserting that possibilities to engage and enact influence in everyday life situations is a crucial dimension of democracy in later life. We discuss how democracy in this sense can be threatened for older persons for whom health and social care services are needed, following from the labelling practices of frailty and the non-recognition of …
Photovoice Revisited
Photovoice has gained acceptance as a viable visual method to engage community members as partners in research. However, as methods associated with photovoice have developed and evolved over time, concerns have also been raised with regard to how this impacts the methodological underpinnings on which photovoice rests. The aim of this article is to explore the meaning of dialogue and action as methodologically pivotal for the relevance of photovoi…
Migrants’ experiences of a nature-based vocational rehabilitation programme in relation to place, occupation, health and everyday life
Forced migration has dramatically increased around the world during the last decade. Integration, including health and work among migrants, is an important topic in many European countries; thus, it is crucial to develop relevant approaches to address challenges that arise in tandem with migration and work. Nature-based intervention is one such approach that addresses different kinds of challenges related to human health and social welfare. The a…
Experiences and motives of retirement-aged workers during the first wave of Covid-19 in Slovenia
Challenging conceptualisations of work
This article draws on empirically derived illustrations of return to work and unemployment to critically explore how a narrow understanding of work pervades contemporary social policies and programmes. This is particularly relevant in economic and labour market transitions aligned with neoliberalism that individualise the social problem of unemployment and thus restrict occupational possibilities related to work. An overview of how work and relat…
The sociocultural shaping of mothers’ doing, being, becoming and belonging after returning to work
The aim of this study was to explore the influence of social ideologies on the doing, being, becoming, and belonging of Western employed professional women who are new mothers, after returning to work outside the home within the first 18 months after giving birth. Although occupational science has provided valuable insights into mothering occupations, it perpetuates an individualistic focus that often neglects the complex and multifaceted societa…
Mapping Out One's Own Paths Toward Work
Involving persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) as experts in their lives is important for research to design relevant health care interventions. The purpose of this study was to use photovoice methods to explore experiences of barriers and possibilities in return to work among working adults with SCI. The photovoice group consisted of six persons living with SCI that met weekly over 2 months to share and discuss photos related to return to work.…
Exploring potential in participation mediated by digital technology among older adults
Facets of participation have changed with the growing pervasiveness of digital technology in daily life. To enable older adults as active participants in an evolving digital society, it is relevant to examine how they engage in and situate digital technology-mediated occupations in daily life. Narrative inquiry was used to elucidate features in older adults’ engagement in occupations involving digital technology situated in everyday life. Analysi…
The Family Knot”
This study explored how multiple cultures and identities are negotiated through family-orchestrated occupations in the context of international migration. Immigrant families often bring aspects of their past traditions into the lifestyles typical of their new host country, which can lead to dramatic changes in family life. In this narrative study, ethnographic methods were also used to gather data with one family who emigrated from Latin America …
Moving Beyond ‘Aging In Place’ to Understand Migration and Aging
Aging in place' has become a key conceptual framework for understanding and addressing place within the aging process. However, aging in place has been critiqued for not sufficiently providing tools to understand relations or transactions between aging and place, and for not matching the diversity of contemporary society in which people are moving between and across nations more than ever before. In this article, the authors draw from concepts of…
Social Ideologies Embedded in Everyday Life
Aim & Background: The aim of this study is to explore the negotiation and expression of identities through everyday occupations, juxtaposed against prevalent social ideologies of disability. The problem addressed in this article concerns the absence of critical reflection surrounding the importance of ideological tensions inherent in action. Method: An ethnographic and narrative approach was used to gather and analyze data consisting of 14 interv…
Occupational Terminology
This paper presents two understandings of human potential when studied from an occupational perspective (occupational potential) and proposes some new ways of thinking about and exploring occupation. Asaba and Wicks outline their respective PhD research journeys, including an overview of the literature of human potential and the philosophy of potentiality, and their findings pertaining to the construct of occupational potential as well as the phi…
What is participation? A story of mental illness, metaphor, & everyday occupation
The aim of this study is to explore experiences and enactment of participation through daily occupations. It extends the literature addressing the concept of participation, shedding light on participation as enacted through daily occupations among individuals living with mental illness. The authors attempt to provide a venue for persons with mental illness to be heard, while also juxtaposing the complexity of socio‐political tensions around parti…
From individual to communal experiences of occupation
This article is based on an ethnographic study that used empirical data and social sciences literature to explore the social dimensions of Qi Gong as a community from an occupational perspective. Interviews, participant observations, and ‘hanging out’ sessions were conducted with 9 participants over a 6‐month period. Data were analysed using a constant comparative method. The findings suggest that a collective occupational experience of sharing a…
Hashi‐ire
This article is theoretical in nature and focuses on cultural meanings that unfold through social interactions and occupations. Despite its theoretical intent, it is based on data gathered ethnographically over a 3‐month period using interviews and researcher participation at a mental health setting. Observations and "hanging out" were used as primary approaches to understand the dynamics and social interactions among participants, with an emphas…
Moving Beyond ‘Aging In Place’ to Understand Migration and Aging
Aging in place' has become a key conceptual framework for understanding and addressing place within the aging process. However, aging in place has been critiqued for not sufficiently providing tools to understand relations or transactions between aging and place, and for not matching the diversity of contemporary society in which people are moving between and across nations more than ever before. In this article, the authors draw from concepts of…
The Family Knot”
This study explored how multiple cultures and identities are negotiated through family-orchestrated occupations in the context of international migration. Immigrant families often bring aspects of their past traditions into the lifestyles typical of their new host country, which can lead to dramatic changes in family life. In this narrative study, ethnographic methods were also used to gather data with one family who emigrated from Latin America …
The sociocultural shaping of mothers’ doing, being, becoming and belonging after returning to work
The aim of this study was to explore the influence of social ideologies on the doing, being, becoming, and belonging of Western employed professional women who are new mothers, after returning to work outside the home within the first 18 months after giving birth. Although occupational science has provided valuable insights into mothering occupations, it perpetuates an individualistic focus that often neglects the complex and multifaceted societa…
What is participation? A story of mental illness, metaphor, & everyday occupation
The aim of this study is to explore experiences and enactment of participation through daily occupations. It extends the literature addressing the concept of participation, shedding light on participation as enacted through daily occupations among individuals living with mental illness. The authors attempt to provide a venue for persons with mental illness to be heard, while also juxtaposing the complexity of socio‐political tensions around parti…
Exploring potential in participation mediated by digital technology among older adults
Facets of participation have changed with the growing pervasiveness of digital technology in daily life. To enable older adults as active participants in an evolving digital society, it is relevant to examine how they engage in and situate digital technology-mediated occupations in daily life. Narrative inquiry was used to elucidate features in older adults’ engagement in occupations involving digital technology situated in everyday life. Analysi…
Social Ideologies Embedded in Everyday Life
Aim & Background: The aim of this study is to explore the negotiation and expression of identities through everyday occupations, juxtaposed against prevalent social ideologies of disability. The problem addressed in this article concerns the absence of critical reflection surrounding the importance of ideological tensions inherent in action. Method: An ethnographic and narrative approach was used to gather and analyze data consisting of 14 interv…
Migration and disability narratives from an intersectional perspective
The aim of this paper is to explore everyday life experiences of migration and disability from an intersectional perspective drawing on issues such as gender, class, and ethnicity. This is relevant because when focus is on either migration or disability, unique challenges faced by disabled migrants are neglected, leading to fragmented support and a lack of accurate knowledge. The analysis is based on retrospective data from photovoice sessions co…
Hashi‐ire
This article is theoretical in nature and focuses on cultural meanings that unfold through social interactions and occupations. Despite its theoretical intent, it is based on data gathered ethnographically over a 3‐month period using interviews and researcher participation at a mental health setting. Observations and "hanging out" were used as primary approaches to understand the dynamics and social interactions among participants, with an emphas…
Photovoice Revisited
Photovoice has gained acceptance as a viable visual method to engage community members as partners in research. However, as methods associated with photovoice have developed and evolved over time, concerns have also been raised with regard to how this impacts the methodological underpinnings on which photovoice rests. The aim of this article is to explore the meaning of dialogue and action as methodologically pivotal for the relevance of photovoi…
Occupational Terminology
This paper presents two understandings of human potential when studied from an occupational perspective (occupational potential) and proposes some new ways of thinking about and exploring occupation. Asaba and Wicks outline their respective PhD research journeys, including an overview of the literature of human potential and the philosophy of potentiality, and their findings pertaining to the construct of occupational potential as well as the phi…
Problematising what constitutes a ‘true’ examination of personal narratives
Striving in uncertainty
Disabled refugee women can experience a lack of possibilities for social participation in their new country, which can impact their health and well-being. Intersectional approaches that acknowledge the participatory needs of disabled refugees are missing in policies and regulations. This study highlights the capabilities that disabled refugee women use to construct their everyday lives and to experience social participation. For more than one yea…
Everyday influence – democracy when health and social care are part of everyday life
This article contributes to ongoing discussions about frailty and vulnerability in critical gerontology by asserting that possibilities to engage and enact influence in everyday life situations is a crucial dimension of democracy in later life. We discuss how democracy in this sense can be threatened for older persons for whom health and social care services are needed, following from the labelling practices of frailty and the non-recognition of …
Migrants’ experiences of a nature-based vocational rehabilitation programme in relation to place, occupation, health and everyday life
Forced migration has dramatically increased around the world during the last decade. Integration, including health and work among migrants, is an important topic in many European countries; thus, it is crucial to develop relevant approaches to address challenges that arise in tandem with migration and work. Nature-based intervention is one such approach that addresses different kinds of challenges related to human health and social welfare. The a…
Experiences and motives of retirement-aged workers during the first wave of Covid-19 in Slovenia
Challenging conceptualisations of work
This article draws on empirically derived illustrations of return to work and unemployment to critically explore how a narrow understanding of work pervades contemporary social policies and programmes. This is particularly relevant in economic and labour market transitions aligned with neoliberalism that individualise the social problem of unemployment and thus restrict occupational possibilities related to work. An overview of how work and relat…
Mapping Out One's Own Paths Toward Work
Involving persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) as experts in their lives is important for research to design relevant health care interventions. The purpose of this study was to use photovoice methods to explore experiences of barriers and possibilities in return to work among working adults with SCI. The photovoice group consisted of six persons living with SCI that met weekly over 2 months to share and discuss photos related to return to work.…
From individual to communal experiences of occupation
This article is based on an ethnographic study that used empirical data and social sciences literature to explore the social dimensions of Qi Gong as a community from an occupational perspective. Interviews, participant observations, and ‘hanging out’ sessions were conducted with 9 participants over a 6‐month period. Data were analysed using a constant comparative method. The findings suggest that a collective occupational experience of sharing a…
From individual to communal experiences of occupation
This article is based on an ethnographic study that used empirical data and social sciences literature to explore the social dimensions of Qi Gong as a community from an occupational perspective. Interviews, participant observations, and ‘hanging out’ sessions were conducted with 9 participants over a 6‐month period. Data were analysed using a constant comparative method. The findings suggest that a collective occupational experience of sharing a…
Hashi‐ire
This article is theoretical in nature and focuses on cultural meanings that unfold through social interactions and occupations. Despite its theoretical intent, it is based on data gathered ethnographically over a 3‐month period using interviews and researcher participation at a mental health setting. Observations and "hanging out" were used as primary approaches to understand the dynamics and social interactions among participants, with an emphas…
Occupational Terminology
This paper presents two understandings of human potential when studied from an occupational perspective (occupational potential) and proposes some new ways of thinking about and exploring occupation. Asaba and Wicks outline their respective PhD research journeys, including an overview of the literature of human potential and the philosophy of potentiality, and their findings pertaining to the construct of occupational potential as well as the phi…
What is participation? A story of mental illness, metaphor, & everyday occupation
The aim of this study is to explore experiences and enactment of participation through daily occupations. It extends the literature addressing the concept of participation, shedding light on participation as enacted through daily occupations among individuals living with mental illness. The authors attempt to provide a venue for persons with mental illness to be heard, while also juxtaposing the complexity of socio‐political tensions around parti…
Social Ideologies Embedded in Everyday Life
Aim & Background: The aim of this study is to explore the negotiation and expression of identities through everyday occupations, juxtaposed against prevalent social ideologies of disability. The problem addressed in this article concerns the absence of critical reflection surrounding the importance of ideological tensions inherent in action. Method: An ethnographic and narrative approach was used to gather and analyze data consisting of 14 interv…
Moving Beyond ‘Aging In Place’ to Understand Migration and Aging
Aging in place' has become a key conceptual framework for understanding and addressing place within the aging process. However, aging in place has been critiqued for not sufficiently providing tools to understand relations or transactions between aging and place, and for not matching the diversity of contemporary society in which people are moving between and across nations more than ever before. In this article, the authors draw from concepts of…
The Family Knot”
This study explored how multiple cultures and identities are negotiated through family-orchestrated occupations in the context of international migration. Immigrant families often bring aspects of their past traditions into the lifestyles typical of their new host country, which can lead to dramatic changes in family life. In this narrative study, ethnographic methods were also used to gather data with one family who emigrated from Latin America …
Exploring potential in participation mediated by digital technology among older adults
Facets of participation have changed with the growing pervasiveness of digital technology in daily life. To enable older adults as active participants in an evolving digital society, it is relevant to examine how they engage in and situate digital technology-mediated occupations in daily life. Narrative inquiry was used to elucidate features in older adults’ engagement in occupations involving digital technology situated in everyday life. Analysi…
Mapping Out One's Own Paths Toward Work
Involving persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) as experts in their lives is important for research to design relevant health care interventions. The purpose of this study was to use photovoice methods to explore experiences of barriers and possibilities in return to work among working adults with SCI. The photovoice group consisted of six persons living with SCI that met weekly over 2 months to share and discuss photos related to return to work.…
Challenging conceptualisations of work
This article draws on empirically derived illustrations of return to work and unemployment to critically explore how a narrow understanding of work pervades contemporary social policies and programmes. This is particularly relevant in economic and labour market transitions aligned with neoliberalism that individualise the social problem of unemployment and thus restrict occupational possibilities related to work. An overview of how work and relat…
The sociocultural shaping of mothers’ doing, being, becoming and belonging after returning to work
The aim of this study was to explore the influence of social ideologies on the doing, being, becoming, and belonging of Western employed professional women who are new mothers, after returning to work outside the home within the first 18 months after giving birth. Although occupational science has provided valuable insights into mothering occupations, it perpetuates an individualistic focus that often neglects the complex and multifaceted societa…
Migrants’ experiences of a nature-based vocational rehabilitation programme in relation to place, occupation, health and everyday life
Forced migration has dramatically increased around the world during the last decade. Integration, including health and work among migrants, is an important topic in many European countries; thus, it is crucial to develop relevant approaches to address challenges that arise in tandem with migration and work. Nature-based intervention is one such approach that addresses different kinds of challenges related to human health and social welfare. The a…
Experiences and motives of retirement-aged workers during the first wave of Covid-19 in Slovenia
Photovoice Revisited
Photovoice has gained acceptance as a viable visual method to engage community members as partners in research. However, as methods associated with photovoice have developed and evolved over time, concerns have also been raised with regard to how this impacts the methodological underpinnings on which photovoice rests. The aim of this article is to explore the meaning of dialogue and action as methodologically pivotal for the relevance of photovoi…
The Feasibility of Make My Day—A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of a Stroke Prevention Program in Primary Healthcare
Incorporating and sustaining engaging everyday activities (EEAs) in everyday life holds potential for improving health and wellbeing; thus, there is reason to explore EEAs as a behavioral change technique in stroke prevention. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of the stroke prevention program Make My Day (MMD) for people with moderate-to-high risk for stroke in a primary healthcare setting, where EEAs are utilized to promote h…
Motives of retirement-aged workers and the importance of doing, being, becoming, and belonging
Migration and disability narratives from an intersectional perspective
The aim of this paper is to explore everyday life experiences of migration and disability from an intersectional perspective drawing on issues such as gender, class, and ethnicity. This is relevant because when focus is on either migration or disability, unique challenges faced by disabled migrants are neglected, leading to fragmented support and a lack of accurate knowledge. The analysis is based on retrospective data from photovoice sessions co…
Everyday influence – democracy when health and social care are part of everyday life
This article contributes to ongoing discussions about frailty and vulnerability in critical gerontology by asserting that possibilities to engage and enact influence in everyday life situations is a crucial dimension of democracy in later life. We discuss how democracy in this sense can be threatened for older persons for whom health and social care services are needed, following from the labelling practices of frailty and the non-recognition of …
Gerotranscendence and motivation for work past retirement age
Usually, work beyond retirement is seen as part of the active and healthy aging paradigm. However, during the work-to-retirement transition, some people can experience activity and value re-prioritization, which might align more closely with the theory of gerotranscendence. The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to explore the concept of gerotranscendence in a group of retirement-aged workers (n = 219) and determine the relationship bet…
Striving in uncertainty
Disabled refugee women can experience a lack of possibilities for social participation in their new country, which can impact their health and well-being. Intersectional approaches that acknowledge the participatory needs of disabled refugees are missing in policies and regulations. This study highlights the capabilities that disabled refugee women use to construct their everyday lives and to experience social participation. For more than one yea…
Faculty experiences with active student engagement in online doctoral courses during the Covid-19 era
Objective During the COVID-19 pandemic, universities quickly transitioned from campus-based to online education. However, there is limited insight into how faculty members experienced this transition, particularly in doctoral courses where active student engagement is crucial. This study aimed to explore faculty members’ experiences in promoting active student engagement in online doctoral courses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A qualitati…
Problematising what constitutes a ‘true’ examination of personal narratives
Are we in this together? Exploring occupations in home care by applying the concept of enacted togetherness
This narrative-in-action study applied the concept of enacted togetherness within the context of home care. The focus was on the unfolding of occupations among home care workers in their work with older persons. Using a transactional perspective, this study considers how the home care context—including persons, materials, and spaces—shapes occupations and the experience of enacted togetherness. Temporal weavings of past experiences, present circu…
Living in Stand-by Mode While Constructing Lived Citizenship
Refugee women can encounter a range of challenges in their new countries, including limited access to health services, education, and employment opportunities, factors that significantly shape and limit everyday lives and opportunities for social participation. This study aims to understand health and social participation in everyday life through dialogue with refugee women and the local organizations addressing applying an intersectional lens. G…
Psychology (18 works) · Sociology (18 works) · Social science (14 works) · Narrative (12 works) · Occupational Therapy Practice and Research (12 works) · Occupational science (10 works) · Occupational Therapy (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Context (archaeology (8 works)