Elaine Webster
Biographic Data
| ID | 3583058 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elaine Webster |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elaine |
| FAMILY NAME | Webster |
| SIGNATURE | WEBSTER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Strathclyde |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1705-207X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Seascapes, personhood and humanity: Conceptualising the contribution of international human rights law to sustainable governance of the marine environment
Despite longstanding research on human rights and the environment, scholarship has only recently moved towards an explicit connection to the marine environment. At the same time, research on human rights and oceans focuses on people at sea , not environmental protection. This article contributes to bridging this gap by putting forward an entry point to guide conceptualisation of the relationship between human rights and marine environmental prote…
Dignity, Degrading Treatment and Torture in Human Rights Law: The Ends of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights
Although scholars have shown longstanding interest in the boundaries of interpretation of the right not to be subjected to torture and other prohibited harm, the existing body of work does not sufficiently reflect the significance of the interpretive scope of degrading treatment. This book argues that the degrading treatment element of the right is a crucial site of analysis, in itself and for understanding the parameters of the right as a whole.…
Localising human rights law: A case study of civil society interpretation of rights in Scotland
Literature, most notably in anthropology and international law, has explored experiences and contributions of local-level actors in efforts to realise international human rights. This article contributes a new and complementary perspective to one aspect of this scholarship, on the localisation of international rights language. It focuses on the localisation of legal language in a European context. It explores claims by civil society actors about …
Realising international human rights: Scotland on the global stage
Revealing student nurses' perceptions of human dignity through curriculum co-design
Dignity is a slippery concept to define - yet it has been at the heart of media and policy debates around the provision of health and social care in recent years; particularly in the United Kingdom following the Mid-Staffordshire scandal and subsequent Francis Inquiry. This paper considers the concept of dignity in care from the perspective of student nurses. Thus, it allows us to discuss how professional nurses-to-be conceptualise dignity and al…
Interpretation of the Prohibition of Torture: Making Sense of ‘Dignity’ Talk
The right not to be subjected to torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is invariably associated with ‘human dignity’. The idea of dignity plays some role in this right’s interpretation, although the content of the idea in this context, as in others, is unclear. Making sense of the dignity idea involves a number of challenges. These challenges give rise to the methodological-type question at the heart of this article: how sh…
Human Dignity Violated: A Negative Approach – Introduction
Degradation: A Human Rights Law Perspective
Humiliation, Degradation, Dehumanization: Human Dignity Violated
Red Shoes: Linking Fashion and Myth
What is it about red shoes? Conjuring multiple images and responses like black or blue shoes never could, red shoes connect literature, fashion, and dress through meanings that are uniquely personal yet resonant across wider cultural and social groups. These symbolic meanings of red shoes are powerful, partly because they are encountered in childhood stories, partly because they are reiterated by fashion, which capitalizes on and reinterprets the…
Pakeha Taonga and the Sociology of Dress
When in 2004 a Pakeha student was not allowed to wear her amethyst pendant to school, she claimed it as her taonga since it was spiritually and culturally significant to her. Through this she entered a cultural and political debate about what it means to be Pakeha, drawing on Maori cultural meanings to do so. Demonstrating the dynamic and transformational nature of culture, her actions contributed to constructs of cultural identity in Aotearoa Ne…
Symbolic Consumption: Dressing for Real and Imagined Space
The boudoir cap had a lifespan of about fifty years, arising as a distinct dress expression in the last decades of the nineteenth century, encompassing an era of radical change in the social roles and expectations of women in New Zealand. During this time evolving styles reflected these variations, and can be understood both as expressions of the culture that created them and also as tools in the negotiation of new realities. The boudoir cap was …
Humiliation, Degradation, Dehumanization: Human Dignity Violated
Realising international human rights: Scotland on the global stage
Revealing student nurses' perceptions of human dignity through curriculum co-design
Dignity is a slippery concept to define - yet it has been at the heart of media and policy debates around the provision of health and social care in recent years; particularly in the United Kingdom following the Mid-Staffordshire scandal and subsequent Francis Inquiry. This paper considers the concept of dignity in care from the perspective of student nurses. Thus, it allows us to discuss how professional nurses-to-be conceptualise dignity and al…
Symbolic Consumption: Dressing for Real and Imagined Space
The boudoir cap had a lifespan of about fifty years, arising as a distinct dress expression in the last decades of the nineteenth century, encompassing an era of radical change in the social roles and expectations of women in New Zealand. During this time evolving styles reflected these variations, and can be understood both as expressions of the culture that created them and also as tools in the negotiation of new realities. The boudoir cap was …
Pakeha Taonga and the Sociology of Dress
When in 2004 a Pakeha student was not allowed to wear her amethyst pendant to school, she claimed it as her taonga since it was spiritually and culturally significant to her. Through this she entered a cultural and political debate about what it means to be Pakeha, drawing on Maori cultural meanings to do so. Demonstrating the dynamic and transformational nature of culture, her actions contributed to constructs of cultural identity in Aotearoa Ne…
Red Shoes: Linking Fashion and Myth
What is it about red shoes? Conjuring multiple images and responses like black or blue shoes never could, red shoes connect literature, fashion, and dress through meanings that are uniquely personal yet resonant across wider cultural and social groups. These symbolic meanings of red shoes are powerful, partly because they are encountered in childhood stories, partly because they are reiterated by fashion, which capitalizes on and reinterprets the…
Humiliation, Degradation, Dehumanization: Human Dignity Violated
Human Dignity Violated: A Negative Approach – Introduction
Degradation: A Human Rights Law Perspective
Interpretation of the Prohibition of Torture: Making Sense of ‘Dignity’ Talk
The right not to be subjected to torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is invariably associated with ‘human dignity’. The idea of dignity plays some role in this right’s interpretation, although the content of the idea in this context, as in others, is unclear. Making sense of the dignity idea involves a number of challenges. These challenges give rise to the methodological-type question at the heart of this article: how sh…
Localising human rights law: A case study of civil society interpretation of rights in Scotland
Literature, most notably in anthropology and international law, has explored experiences and contributions of local-level actors in efforts to realise international human rights. This article contributes a new and complementary perspective to one aspect of this scholarship, on the localisation of international rights language. It focuses on the localisation of legal language in a European context. It explores claims by civil society actors about …
Realising international human rights: Scotland on the global stage
Revealing student nurses' perceptions of human dignity through curriculum co-design
Dignity is a slippery concept to define - yet it has been at the heart of media and policy debates around the provision of health and social care in recent years; particularly in the United Kingdom following the Mid-Staffordshire scandal and subsequent Francis Inquiry. This paper considers the concept of dignity in care from the perspective of student nurses. Thus, it allows us to discuss how professional nurses-to-be conceptualise dignity and al…
Dignity, Degrading Treatment and Torture in Human Rights Law: The Ends of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights
Although scholars have shown longstanding interest in the boundaries of interpretation of the right not to be subjected to torture and other prohibited harm, the existing body of work does not sufficiently reflect the significance of the interpretive scope of degrading treatment. This book argues that the degrading treatment element of the right is a crucial site of analysis, in itself and for understanding the parameters of the right as a whole.…
Seascapes, personhood and humanity: Conceptualising the contribution of international human rights law to sustainable governance of the marine environment
Despite longstanding research on human rights and the environment, scholarship has only recently moved towards an explicit connection to the marine environment. At the same time, research on human rights and oceans focuses on people at sea , not environmental protection. This article contributes to bridging this gap by putting forward an entry point to guide conceptualisation of the relationship between human rights and marine environmental prote…
Law (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Human rights (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Dignity (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works)