Sara Macbride‐stewart
Biographic Data
| ID | 306616 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sara Macbride‐stewart |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sara |
| FAMILY NAME | Macbride‐stewart |
| SIGNATURE | STEWART S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cardiff University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1562-9536 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Decolonising knowledge practices in biosecurity
Context : Aotearoa New Zealand's biosecurity system, shaped by colonial and bureaucratic structures, tends to prioritise competition and financial management over environmental outcomes and community involvement. Successful biodiversity protection requires more cooperative, inclusive practices that engage local and Indigenous communities. Despite policies promoting knowledge sharing and collaboration, practical implementation remains a challenge.…
Unpacking place-based narratives
Purpose The study aims to identify the evoked “sense of place” that the campus community attributes to a watershed area in a Malaysian higher institution, aiming to enhance their participation in watershed conservation. Central to this objective is the incorporation of the concept of a watershed as a place , serving as the conceptual framework for analysis. Design/methodology/approach This case study explores an urban lake at Universiti Malaya, M…
Positioning Research to Improve Tree-Biosecurity Relations
Management of biosecurity threats to forests and indigenous trees needs to address the legacy of colonising practices that have prohibited diverse knowledges from being included. This work is urgent and challenging in the context of mobile tree pathogens, investment in climate mitigation through tree planting and greater legal recognition of Indigenous rights and those of trees. While a transition towards shared, collective responsibility for tre…
Park Rangers and Science-Public Expertise
Park rangers hold a unique set of knowledge—of science, of publics, of institutional structures, of place, and of self—that should be recognised as valuable. For too long, models of the knowledge of scientists and publics have set people like rangers in an inbetweener position, seeing them as good at communicating, translating or negotiating from one side to the other, but not as making knowledge that is powerful in its own right. In this paper w…
Discourses of wellbeing and environmental impact of trail runners in protected areas in New Zealand and the United Kingdom
Atmospheres, landscapes and nature
This article reflects on the relations between health and natural landscapes. The study explores how the landscape context - its textual and sensory aesthetics - positively shapes experiences and perceptions of the landscape, for those people who seek out natural environments for health. While health promotion is designated along the lines of encouraging choice or improving access to natural environments, this article wants to show how physical a…
The ‘good death’ and reduced capacity
Research effort into what a ‘good death’ entails has generally concentrated on six themes: pain and symptom management; clear decision-making; preparation for death; completion; contributing to others; and affirmation of the whole person. This review explores these themes, specifically examining their applicability to those who lack mental capacity to make their own decisions. Some appear more relevant than others, with clear decision-making and …
Towards North‐South Interconnectedness
Well‐established bodies of scholarship that inform contemporary global debates on gender, environment and health are fundamentally based on dualistic representations of women, such as First/Third World, rich/poor and victim/polluter. In this paper, we argue that recent socioeconomic transitions — affluence in the global South and rising inequality in the global North — demand the development of gender analytical frameworks that better recognize t…
Understanding same-sex marriage as equality, but with exceptions
Same-sex marriage arguably promotes marriage equality. This article questions public discourses on equality by analysing the exemptions for religious organisations from non-discrimination that have been granted by the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. The Equality Act 2010 already included exemptions for religious groups, but these have now been extended (NeJaime, 2012). Equality with exemptions has been presented as a reasonable approach tha…
When is positive action not positive action? Exploring the conceptual meaning and implications of the tie-break criterion in the UK Equality Act 2010
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the claim that the tie-break criterion introduced under the Equality Act 2010 is not really positive action as is claimed by its government sponsors. It evaluates this claim by locating the tie-break into equal opportunities theory, taking into account merit considerations, and reviews its potential implications. Design/methodology/approach – A conceptual discussion of the tie-break. Findings – Th…
Motivations for the ‘gift-of-care’ in the context of the modernisation of medicine
The effort to control time in the 'new' general practice
Since the 1980s and 1990s doctors in the UK have reported a lack of time; this has been reproduced in the reorganisation of work through various contracts and regulatory mechanisms. I draw on interviews with 32 General Practitioners (GPs) in Wales about their everyday work, focusing on accounts about the limited nature of their time. I use Adams' analysis of the rationalisation of work time through the processes of commodification, compression, a…
Omtec | Cortadora de Espaguete, Máquina para Corte de Espaguete
This paper reports the findings of a literature review of the health, social care and housing needs of older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) adults undertaken in 2006 for the Welsh Assembly Government. Peer-reviewed literature was identified through database searches of BNI, PubMed, CINAHL, DARE, ASSIA and PsychInfo. Follow-up searches were conducted using references to key papers and journals as well as specific authors who had pub…
Peripheral Perspectives
In this paper I identify the key differences and similarities between New Zealand and Australian Lesbian Studies. Until recently, Australian and New Zealand perspectives have been viewed separately. The possible reasons for these differences are discussed and local understandings about diversity that have played a role in the destabilization of Lesbian Studies are considered. I proceed to consider the influence of Queer Theory on teaching and res…
Women get this
Chronic pelvic pain in women is a key site through which explorations of the meanings of female gender and pain might further insights into the broader question of the embodied experience of women in relation to pain. A biocultural approach is used to present an analysis of interviews with 40 New Zealand women in which they reflect on 'how come' they have chronic pelvic pain. Women consistently employ a mechanistic rendition of medical discourse …
VI. Kitzinger’s Pivotal Text on The Social Construction of Lesbianism
The Social Construction of Lesbianism (1987) is a pivotal text in lesbian and gay psychology. It was the first lesbian and gay psychology text I purchased; by 1992 The Social Construction of Lesbianism had already been reprinted four times. It was published at a time when lesbian and gay psychology was perhaps losing its radical edge; when so-called ‘ethnic ’ models of identity that promoted lesbian and gay as mainstream categories were increasin…
Omtec | Cortadora de Espaguete, Máquina para Corte de Espaguete
This paper reports the findings of a literature review of the health, social care and housing needs of older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) adults undertaken in 2006 for the Welsh Assembly Government. Peer-reviewed literature was identified through database searches of BNI, PubMed, CINAHL, DARE, ASSIA and PsychInfo. Follow-up searches were conducted using references to key papers and journals as well as specific authors who had pub…
The effort to control time in the 'new' general practice
Since the 1980s and 1990s doctors in the UK have reported a lack of time; this has been reproduced in the reorganisation of work through various contracts and regulatory mechanisms. I draw on interviews with 32 General Practitioners (GPs) in Wales about their everyday work, focusing on accounts about the limited nature of their time. I use Adams' analysis of the rationalisation of work time through the processes of commodification, compression, a…
Discourses of wellbeing and environmental impact of trail runners in protected areas in New Zealand and the United Kingdom
Women get this
Chronic pelvic pain in women is a key site through which explorations of the meanings of female gender and pain might further insights into the broader question of the embodied experience of women in relation to pain. A biocultural approach is used to present an analysis of interviews with 40 New Zealand women in which they reflect on 'how come' they have chronic pelvic pain. Women consistently employ a mechanistic rendition of medical discourse …
Towards North‐South Interconnectedness
Well‐established bodies of scholarship that inform contemporary global debates on gender, environment and health are fundamentally based on dualistic representations of women, such as First/Third World, rich/poor and victim/polluter. In this paper, we argue that recent socioeconomic transitions — affluence in the global South and rising inequality in the global North — demand the development of gender analytical frameworks that better recognize t…
Atmospheres, landscapes and nature
This article reflects on the relations between health and natural landscapes. The study explores how the landscape context - its textual and sensory aesthetics - positively shapes experiences and perceptions of the landscape, for those people who seek out natural environments for health. While health promotion is designated along the lines of encouraging choice or improving access to natural environments, this article wants to show how physical a…
Understanding same-sex marriage as equality, but with exceptions
Same-sex marriage arguably promotes marriage equality. This article questions public discourses on equality by analysing the exemptions for religious organisations from non-discrimination that have been granted by the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. The Equality Act 2010 already included exemptions for religious groups, but these have now been extended (NeJaime, 2012). Equality with exemptions has been presented as a reasonable approach tha…
VI. Kitzinger’s Pivotal Text on The Social Construction of Lesbianism
The Social Construction of Lesbianism (1987) is a pivotal text in lesbian and gay psychology. It was the first lesbian and gay psychology text I purchased; by 1992 The Social Construction of Lesbianism had already been reprinted four times. It was published at a time when lesbian and gay psychology was perhaps losing its radical edge; when so-called ‘ethnic ’ models of identity that promoted lesbian and gay as mainstream categories were increasin…
Peripheral Perspectives
In this paper I identify the key differences and similarities between New Zealand and Australian Lesbian Studies. Until recently, Australian and New Zealand perspectives have been viewed separately. The possible reasons for these differences are discussed and local understandings about diversity that have played a role in the destabilization of Lesbian Studies are considered. I proceed to consider the influence of Queer Theory on teaching and res…
Women get this
Chronic pelvic pain in women is a key site through which explorations of the meanings of female gender and pain might further insights into the broader question of the embodied experience of women in relation to pain. A biocultural approach is used to present an analysis of interviews with 40 New Zealand women in which they reflect on 'how come' they have chronic pelvic pain. Women consistently employ a mechanistic rendition of medical discourse …
Omtec | Cortadora de Espaguete, Máquina para Corte de Espaguete
This paper reports the findings of a literature review of the health, social care and housing needs of older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) adults undertaken in 2006 for the Welsh Assembly Government. Peer-reviewed literature was identified through database searches of BNI, PubMed, CINAHL, DARE, ASSIA and PsychInfo. Follow-up searches were conducted using references to key papers and journals as well as specific authors who had pub…
Motivations for the ‘gift-of-care’ in the context of the modernisation of medicine
The effort to control time in the 'new' general practice
Since the 1980s and 1990s doctors in the UK have reported a lack of time; this has been reproduced in the reorganisation of work through various contracts and regulatory mechanisms. I draw on interviews with 32 General Practitioners (GPs) in Wales about their everyday work, focusing on accounts about the limited nature of their time. I use Adams' analysis of the rationalisation of work time through the processes of commodification, compression, a…
When is positive action not positive action? Exploring the conceptual meaning and implications of the tie-break criterion in the UK Equality Act 2010
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the claim that the tie-break criterion introduced under the Equality Act 2010 is not really positive action as is claimed by its government sponsors. It evaluates this claim by locating the tie-break into equal opportunities theory, taking into account merit considerations, and reviews its potential implications. Design/methodology/approach – A conceptual discussion of the tie-break. Findings – Th…
Understanding same-sex marriage as equality, but with exceptions
Same-sex marriage arguably promotes marriage equality. This article questions public discourses on equality by analysing the exemptions for religious organisations from non-discrimination that have been granted by the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013. The Equality Act 2010 already included exemptions for religious groups, but these have now been extended (NeJaime, 2012). Equality with exemptions has been presented as a reasonable approach tha…
Towards North‐South Interconnectedness
Well‐established bodies of scholarship that inform contemporary global debates on gender, environment and health are fundamentally based on dualistic representations of women, such as First/Third World, rich/poor and victim/polluter. In this paper, we argue that recent socioeconomic transitions — affluence in the global South and rising inequality in the global North — demand the development of gender analytical frameworks that better recognize t…
The ‘good death’ and reduced capacity
Research effort into what a ‘good death’ entails has generally concentrated on six themes: pain and symptom management; clear decision-making; preparation for death; completion; contributing to others; and affirmation of the whole person. This review explores these themes, specifically examining their applicability to those who lack mental capacity to make their own decisions. Some appear more relevant than others, with clear decision-making and …
Discourses of wellbeing and environmental impact of trail runners in protected areas in New Zealand and the United Kingdom
Atmospheres, landscapes and nature
This article reflects on the relations between health and natural landscapes. The study explores how the landscape context - its textual and sensory aesthetics - positively shapes experiences and perceptions of the landscape, for those people who seek out natural environments for health. While health promotion is designated along the lines of encouraging choice or improving access to natural environments, this article wants to show how physical a…
Positioning Research to Improve Tree-Biosecurity Relations
Management of biosecurity threats to forests and indigenous trees needs to address the legacy of colonising practices that have prohibited diverse knowledges from being included. This work is urgent and challenging in the context of mobile tree pathogens, investment in climate mitigation through tree planting and greater legal recognition of Indigenous rights and those of trees. While a transition towards shared, collective responsibility for tre…
Park Rangers and Science-Public Expertise
Park rangers hold a unique set of knowledge—of science, of publics, of institutional structures, of place, and of self—that should be recognised as valuable. For too long, models of the knowledge of scientists and publics have set people like rangers in an inbetweener position, seeing them as good at communicating, translating or negotiating from one side to the other, but not as making knowledge that is powerful in its own right. In this paper w…
Unpacking place-based narratives
Purpose The study aims to identify the evoked “sense of place” that the campus community attributes to a watershed area in a Malaysian higher institution, aiming to enhance their participation in watershed conservation. Central to this objective is the incorporation of the concept of a watershed as a place , serving as the conceptual framework for analysis. Design/methodology/approach This case study explores an urban lake at Universiti Malaya, M…
Decolonising knowledge practices in biosecurity
Context : Aotearoa New Zealand's biosecurity system, shaped by colonial and bureaucratic structures, tends to prioritise competition and financial management over environmental outcomes and community involvement. Successful biodiversity protection requires more cooperative, inclusive practices that engage local and Indigenous communities. Despite policies promoting knowledge sharing and collaboration, practical implementation remains a challenge.…
Sociology (10 works) · Political science (8 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Biosecurity (3 works) · Context (archaeology (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)