Silke Dennhardt
Biographic Data
| ID | 163483 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Silke Dennhardt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Silke |
| FAMILY NAME | Dennhardt |
| SIGNATURE | DENNHARDT S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Back into Life—With a Power Wheelchair”
Severe stroke leads to permanent changes in everyday life. Many stroke survivors depend on support in community mobility (CM). This leads to restrictions and limited social participation. A power wheelchair (PWC) can enable independent CM and reduce such restrictions. This participatory study focused on how people with severe stroke experience their CM in a PWC in Berlin/Germany and what changes they want to initiate. A research team of five seve…
Meeting in diversity – Occupation as common ground
This special issue introduces papers based on presentations at the Fourth Occupational Science Europe (OSE) conference, held in Hildesheim (Germany) on September 8th and 9th, 2017. In the early 11t
Blaming the Flowers for Wilting
Amid growing concern about the graying population, an emerging theme in public health discourse is that of "successful aging." In this article, we use a governmentality lens to analyze a Canadian health promotion video, titled "Make Health Last: What Will Your Last 10 Years Look Like?" and viewers' responses to its message. The video presents starkly different scenarios of the last decade of life, conveying a neo-liberal rationality in which heal…
Shaping ideal places for retirement
This article presents a critical discourse analysis of 82 Canadian newspaper texts addressing ideal housing options for individuals preparing for and living in their retirement years. The analysis explored key aspects of ideal places for retirement and critically considered the occupational possibilities shaped within such texts. The texts analyzed urged pre‐retirees and early retirees to work towards being active, youthful and modern, through be…
A vision for occupational science
This paper highlights and discusses key questions for the continued development of occupational science, contending that reflexivity and dialogue addressing these questions are essential to achieve complex understandings of occupation. The questions, which relate to disciplinary identity, the relation between science and practice, relevance, interdisciplinarity and internationalization, evolved from dialogue amongst the authors who collectively w…
Shaping ideal places for retirement
This article presents a critical discourse analysis of 82 Canadian newspaper texts addressing ideal housing options for individuals preparing for and living in their retirement years. The analysis explored key aspects of ideal places for retirement and critically considered the occupational possibilities shaped within such texts. The texts analyzed urged pre‐retirees and early retirees to work towards being active, youthful and modern, through be…
A vision for occupational science
This paper highlights and discusses key questions for the continued development of occupational science, contending that reflexivity and dialogue addressing these questions are essential to achieve complex understandings of occupation. The questions, which relate to disciplinary identity, the relation between science and practice, relevance, interdisciplinarity and internationalization, evolved from dialogue amongst the authors who collectively w…
Blaming the Flowers for Wilting
Amid growing concern about the graying population, an emerging theme in public health discourse is that of "successful aging." In this article, we use a governmentality lens to analyze a Canadian health promotion video, titled "Make Health Last: What Will Your Last 10 Years Look Like?" and viewers' responses to its message. The video presents starkly different scenarios of the last decade of life, conveying a neo-liberal rationality in which heal…
A vision for occupational science
This paper highlights and discusses key questions for the continued development of occupational science, contending that reflexivity and dialogue addressing these questions are essential to achieve complex understandings of occupation. The questions, which relate to disciplinary identity, the relation between science and practice, relevance, interdisciplinarity and internationalization, evolved from dialogue amongst the authors who collectively w…
Shaping ideal places for retirement
This article presents a critical discourse analysis of 82 Canadian newspaper texts addressing ideal housing options for individuals preparing for and living in their retirement years. The analysis explored key aspects of ideal places for retirement and critically considered the occupational possibilities shaped within such texts. The texts analyzed urged pre‐retirees and early retirees to work towards being active, youthful and modern, through be…
Blaming the Flowers for Wilting
Amid growing concern about the graying population, an emerging theme in public health discourse is that of "successful aging." In this article, we use a governmentality lens to analyze a Canadian health promotion video, titled "Make Health Last: What Will Your Last 10 Years Look Like?" and viewers' responses to its message. The video presents starkly different scenarios of the last decade of life, conveying a neo-liberal rationality in which heal…
Meeting in diversity – Occupation as common ground
This special issue introduces papers based on presentations at the Fourth Occupational Science Europe (OSE) conference, held in Hildesheim (Germany) on September 8th and 9th, 2017. In the early 11t
Back into Life—With a Power Wheelchair”
Severe stroke leads to permanent changes in everyday life. Many stroke survivors depend on support in community mobility (CM). This leads to restrictions and limited social participation. A power wheelchair (PWC) can enable independent CM and reduce such restrictions. This participatory study focused on how people with severe stroke experience their CM in a PWC in Berlin/Germany and what changes they want to initiate. A research team of five seve…
Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Occupational Therapy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Occupational science (2 works) · Occupational Therapy Practice and Research (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work)