Casimir Macgregor
Biographic Data
| ID | 294899 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Casimir Macgregor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Casimir |
| FAMILY NAME | Macgregor |
| SIGNATURE | MACGREGOR C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5842-0807 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The feeling of comfort in residential settings I
Building science commonly studies comfort—a subjective concept—through quantitative methods. These methods are often not the most appropriate to study subjective concepts because they struggle to consider non-quantifiable factors that are sometimes relevant in the determination of people’s comfort. Complementing the already used quantitative methods with qualitative ones can help illuminate some of the areas where the former struggle, but this is…
The feeling of comfort in residential settings II
Building science has historically used quantitative methods to study comfort. Yet, these methods struggle to consider non-quantifiable factors that are sometimes relevant in the determination of people’s comfort. The first article in this series argued that complementing quantitative methods with qualitative ones can help mitigate this limitation. A new model of comfort for residential environments is proposed—the feeling of comfort model—which i…
From the margins to mainstream
This article examines how Australian providers of unproven autologous 'stem cell treatments' legitimise these products and their practices. We focus on the strategies employed by providers in their efforts to create and sustain a market for procedures that have yet to be proven safe and clinically efficacious. Drawing on the work of Thomas Gieryn and Pierre Bourdieu and the findings of research involving an analysis of direct-to-consumer online a…
Hyping the market for ‘anti-ageing’ in the news
Promoting a healthier, younger you
The growing availability of products labelled ‘superfoods’ has been a major marketing success story. While little scientific evidence supports the claims regarding the health-enhancing, age-defying benefits to be derived from the consumption of superfoods, marketers have been able to effectively promote these products for what they promise. This article explores the pedagogic role performed by media in marketing ‘superfoods’ in the contemporary c…
Stem cell miracles or Russian roulette
In this article, we examine how patients use digital media to gain access to treatments that have yet to be clinically proven as safe and effective. Making reference to the case of an Australian patient who achieved notoriety following a 60 Minutes television programme in 2014 following her travel to Russia to undertake stem cell treatment, in the article we discuss the dynamic interplay of discourses of hope, risk and trust in this digitally med…
The right to life
This article considers the performativity of law in regard to constructing life as either human or non-human; personifying a 15-days group of cells while transforming a fully formed foetus to hospital waste. I suggest that the practice of a human rights approach to a sociology of bio-knowledge needs to attend to the contested nature of humanness and the question of how law is operationalised within power/knowledge. I argue that such an approach w…
The Experience of Living with Chronic Illness for the Haemodialysis Patient
This study examines experiences of living with chronic illness for haemodialysis patients. In order to Understand these experiences the paper takes an existential-phenomenological approach. Interviews of seven participants (five males, two females) were collected in a haemodialysis clinic. Based upon the participants experiences three core themes emerged: (1) the challenges of living with chronic renal failure; (2) body changes and embodiment; (3…
Mobilising “vulnerability” in the public health response to pandemic influenza
Genetic Biosociality in an Age of Biopower
Mobilising “vulnerability” in the public health response to pandemic influenza
Promoting a healthier, younger you
The growing availability of products labelled ‘superfoods’ has been a major marketing success story. While little scientific evidence supports the claims regarding the health-enhancing, age-defying benefits to be derived from the consumption of superfoods, marketers have been able to effectively promote these products for what they promise. This article explores the pedagogic role performed by media in marketing ‘superfoods’ in the contemporary c…
The feeling of comfort in residential settings I
Building science commonly studies comfort—a subjective concept—through quantitative methods. These methods are often not the most appropriate to study subjective concepts because they struggle to consider non-quantifiable factors that are sometimes relevant in the determination of people’s comfort. Complementing the already used quantitative methods with qualitative ones can help illuminate some of the areas where the former struggle, but this is…
The Experience of Living with Chronic Illness for the Haemodialysis Patient
This study examines experiences of living with chronic illness for haemodialysis patients. In order to Understand these experiences the paper takes an existential-phenomenological approach. Interviews of seven participants (five males, two females) were collected in a haemodialysis clinic. Based upon the participants experiences three core themes emerged: (1) the challenges of living with chronic renal failure; (2) body changes and embodiment; (3…
Genetic Biosociality in an Age of Biopower
Mobilising “vulnerability” in the public health response to pandemic influenza
The Experience of Living with Chronic Illness for the Haemodialysis Patient
This study examines experiences of living with chronic illness for haemodialysis patients. In order to Understand these experiences the paper takes an existential-phenomenological approach. Interviews of seven participants (five males, two females) were collected in a haemodialysis clinic. Based upon the participants experiences three core themes emerged: (1) the challenges of living with chronic renal failure; (2) body changes and embodiment; (3…
The right to life
This article considers the performativity of law in regard to constructing life as either human or non-human; personifying a 15-days group of cells while transforming a fully formed foetus to hospital waste. I suggest that the practice of a human rights approach to a sociology of bio-knowledge needs to attend to the contested nature of humanness and the question of how law is operationalised within power/knowledge. I argue that such an approach w…
Stem cell miracles or Russian roulette
In this article, we examine how patients use digital media to gain access to treatments that have yet to be clinically proven as safe and effective. Making reference to the case of an Australian patient who achieved notoriety following a 60 Minutes television programme in 2014 following her travel to Russia to undertake stem cell treatment, in the article we discuss the dynamic interplay of discourses of hope, risk and trust in this digitally med…
Hyping the market for ‘anti-ageing’ in the news
Promoting a healthier, younger you
The growing availability of products labelled ‘superfoods’ has been a major marketing success story. While little scientific evidence supports the claims regarding the health-enhancing, age-defying benefits to be derived from the consumption of superfoods, marketers have been able to effectively promote these products for what they promise. This article explores the pedagogic role performed by media in marketing ‘superfoods’ in the contemporary c…
From the margins to mainstream
This article examines how Australian providers of unproven autologous 'stem cell treatments' legitimise these products and their practices. We focus on the strategies employed by providers in their efforts to create and sustain a market for procedures that have yet to be proven safe and clinically efficacious. Drawing on the work of Thomas Gieryn and Pierre Bourdieu and the findings of research involving an analysis of direct-to-consumer online a…
The feeling of comfort in residential settings I
Building science commonly studies comfort—a subjective concept—through quantitative methods. These methods are often not the most appropriate to study subjective concepts because they struggle to consider non-quantifiable factors that are sometimes relevant in the determination of people’s comfort. Complementing the already used quantitative methods with qualitative ones can help illuminate some of the areas where the former struggle, but this is…
The feeling of comfort in residential settings II
Building science has historically used quantitative methods to study comfort. Yet, these methods struggle to consider non-quantifiable factors that are sometimes relevant in the determination of people’s comfort. The first article in this series argued that complementing quantitative methods with qualitative ones can help mitigate this limitation. A new model of comfort for residential environments is proposed—the feeling of comfort model—which i…
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