Marko Uibu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3640751 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marko Uibu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marko |
| FAMILY NAME | Uibu |
| SIGNATURE | UIBU M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tartu |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2120-0768 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From Witch-Doctoring to Holistic Well-Being: Journalistic Representations of Three Influential Estonian CAM Doctors
With the aim to illustrate the complex relations between complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and biomedicine, we examine how journalists have represented three influential Estonian CAM doctors. Our analysis of 36 journalistic texts published between 1996 and 2018 about these CAM doctors focuses on the similarities and the differences between the representations. Our study demonstrates how journalistic decisions shape the representations …
Understanding whole school physical activity transition from a practice theory perspective
Purpose In this study, the authors offer a practice theory framing of school physical activity transition with conceptual and managerial contributions to whole school approaches (WSAs). Design/methodology/approach Based on a literature overview of the limitations of WSA, ecological and systems theorisation and a practice theory framing of physical activity, the authors introduce a model that identifies signs of practice transition and conceptuali…
The emergence of new medical pluralism: The case study of Estonian medical doctor and spiritual teacher Luule Viilma
Rather than the harmonious coexistence of different therapeutic practices and meaning systems, medical pluralism involves the contestation of norms and meanings related to legitimacy and authority. The implicit cultural norms that shape local understandings of health and legitimate healing methods become more during periods of social and cultural change. This paper demonstrates the contested nature of medical pluralism based on the case study of …
Developing a comprehensive school-based physical activity program with flexible design – from pilot to national program
This article focuses on the process of designing the vital, participatory school-based intervention program aiming to increase the physical activity in schools. The program analyzed is Estonian nationwide comprehensive physical activity program Schools in Motion (SiM) that recently received European Commission's #BeActive Education Award. The program has a good performance in terms of willingness of schools to participate in co-creation of progra…
Doctors Just Don't Care about People!' How Medical Specialists Are Depicted in a Vaccine-Critical Estonian Facebook Group
Vaccine hesitancy as a great health risk is related to trust in healthcare providers' recommendations and provider-parent interaction. The negative image of doctors and their motives may hinder open communication and trustful relationship. As the role of the internet as a source for health information and emotional support has become significant, social media discussions about health and medicine provide valuable opportunities to observe the form…
The rising impact of civic activism on health policy: The analysis of the closure of smaller obstetric units in Estonia
In 2017, the Estonian government performed an administrative reform with the promise to keep vital services available for people. In March 2018, the closure of two smaller obstetrics units (OU) was announced, thereby raising resistance by community members. The aim of the research is to identify public perceptions and information needs during the closure process of smaller maternity units, and examine it in the context of recently performed admin…
“Not Even All Physicians Know Chinese Medicine!”: Analysing the Legitimation Strategies of Chinese Medicine in the Estonian Media
To exemplify the legitimation processes of a pluralistic health field this article focuses on representations of Chinese medicine and its most popular spokes-person, Rene Bürkland, in the Estonian media. From 320 media texts published between 2009 and 2018 we chose 12 for close analysis with the aim of detecting specific discourses, untangling implicit meanings, and demonstrating the complexity of the rhetorical formulations used to legitimate Ch…
Hidden Religiosity in One of the World’s Least Religious Countries: Estonian Doctor Luule Viilma and Her Spiritual Teachings
The article analyzes the case of Estonian gynecologist and spiritual teacher Luule Viilma (1950–2002), whose status as a best-selling author of spiritual self-help books seems paradoxical in Estonia, which is one of the most non-religious countries in the world. The study focuses on the mysticized aspects of Viilma's personality and the central elements of her legacy: moral, meaning-making pursuits, and principles of self-spirituality, including …
Reemerging religiosity: The mainstreaming of new spirituality in Estonia
Due to historical-cultural factors, Estonians answer that religion occupies a low level of importance in response to European and global surveys. Nonetheless, new spiritualities, rather than scientific materialism, have become increasingly influential in Estonia. Based on material from quantitative and qualitative studies, this article identifies indicators of the changing understandings about spiritual-alternative ideas and practices in Estonia …
Outside Conventional Forms: Religion and Non-Religion in Estonia
The paper focuses on the features that have influenced current religious landscape of Estonia, considered one of the most secularized countries in the world, and its “special path” to secularization. To explain the ‘irregularities’ demonstrated by the sociological surveys, the paper argues for a situational and inclinational approach to the study of (non)religiosity as the majority of religious phenomena remain outside the conventional frames of …
Keha tähenduse ja rolli muutumine: Käsitlused eesti uue vaimsuse õpetustes ja nende järgijate seas
As an ongoing tendency in Western cultures the body has gained more importance both in mundane and transcendent issues. Contrary to the Christian (and, in Estonian context, especially Lutheran) understandings of body and flesh as obstacles, “spiritual approach makes the body itself the site of the sacred: the contemporary person relates to transcendence and the divine on the basis of the experience of his/her own body” (Giordan 2009: 233). Physic…
Inglid ja Inglipesa internetifoorum uue vaimsuse kandjate ja legitimeerijatena
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Reemerging religiosity: The mainstreaming of new spirituality in Estonia
Due to historical-cultural factors, Estonians answer that religion occupies a low level of importance in response to European and global surveys. Nonetheless, new spiritualities, rather than scientific materialism, have become increasingly influential in Estonia. Based on material from quantitative and qualitative studies, this article identifies indicators of the changing understandings about spiritual-alternative ideas and practices in Estonia …
Keha tähenduse ja rolli muutumine: Käsitlused eesti uue vaimsuse õpetustes ja nende järgijate seas
As an ongoing tendency in Western cultures the body has gained more importance both in mundane and transcendent issues. Contrary to the Christian (and, in Estonian context, especially Lutheran) understandings of body and flesh as obstacles, “spiritual approach makes the body itself the site of the sacred: the contemporary person relates to transcendence and the divine on the basis of the experience of his/her own body” (Giordan 2009: 233). Physic…
Inglid ja Inglipesa internetifoorum uue vaimsuse kandjate ja legitimeerijatena
Teesid
Inglid ja Inglipesa internetifoorum uue vaimsuse kandjate ja legitimeerijatena
Teesid
Outside Conventional Forms: Religion and Non-Religion in Estonia
The paper focuses on the features that have influenced current religious landscape of Estonia, considered one of the most secularized countries in the world, and its “special path” to secularization. To explain the ‘irregularities’ demonstrated by the sociological surveys, the paper argues for a situational and inclinational approach to the study of (non)religiosity as the majority of religious phenomena remain outside the conventional frames of …
Keha tähenduse ja rolli muutumine: Käsitlused eesti uue vaimsuse õpetustes ja nende järgijate seas
As an ongoing tendency in Western cultures the body has gained more importance both in mundane and transcendent issues. Contrary to the Christian (and, in Estonian context, especially Lutheran) understandings of body and flesh as obstacles, “spiritual approach makes the body itself the site of the sacred: the contemporary person relates to transcendence and the divine on the basis of the experience of his/her own body” (Giordan 2009: 233). Physic…
Hidden Religiosity in One of the World’s Least Religious Countries: Estonian Doctor Luule Viilma and Her Spiritual Teachings
The article analyzes the case of Estonian gynecologist and spiritual teacher Luule Viilma (1950–2002), whose status as a best-selling author of spiritual self-help books seems paradoxical in Estonia, which is one of the most non-religious countries in the world. The study focuses on the mysticized aspects of Viilma's personality and the central elements of her legacy: moral, meaning-making pursuits, and principles of self-spirituality, including …
Reemerging religiosity: The mainstreaming of new spirituality in Estonia
Due to historical-cultural factors, Estonians answer that religion occupies a low level of importance in response to European and global surveys. Nonetheless, new spiritualities, rather than scientific materialism, have become increasingly influential in Estonia. Based on material from quantitative and qualitative studies, this article identifies indicators of the changing understandings about spiritual-alternative ideas and practices in Estonia …
The rising impact of civic activism on health policy: The analysis of the closure of smaller obstetric units in Estonia
In 2017, the Estonian government performed an administrative reform with the promise to keep vital services available for people. In March 2018, the closure of two smaller obstetrics units (OU) was announced, thereby raising resistance by community members. The aim of the research is to identify public perceptions and information needs during the closure process of smaller maternity units, and examine it in the context of recently performed admin…
“Not Even All Physicians Know Chinese Medicine!”: Analysing the Legitimation Strategies of Chinese Medicine in the Estonian Media
To exemplify the legitimation processes of a pluralistic health field this article focuses on representations of Chinese medicine and its most popular spokes-person, Rene Bürkland, in the Estonian media. From 320 media texts published between 2009 and 2018 we chose 12 for close analysis with the aim of detecting specific discourses, untangling implicit meanings, and demonstrating the complexity of the rhetorical formulations used to legitimate Ch…
Understanding whole school physical activity transition from a practice theory perspective
Purpose In this study, the authors offer a practice theory framing of school physical activity transition with conceptual and managerial contributions to whole school approaches (WSAs). Design/methodology/approach Based on a literature overview of the limitations of WSA, ecological and systems theorisation and a practice theory framing of physical activity, the authors introduce a model that identifies signs of practice transition and conceptuali…
The emergence of new medical pluralism: The case study of Estonian medical doctor and spiritual teacher Luule Viilma
Rather than the harmonious coexistence of different therapeutic practices and meaning systems, medical pluralism involves the contestation of norms and meanings related to legitimacy and authority. The implicit cultural norms that shape local understandings of health and legitimate healing methods become more during periods of social and cultural change. This paper demonstrates the contested nature of medical pluralism based on the case study of …
Developing a comprehensive school-based physical activity program with flexible design – from pilot to national program
This article focuses on the process of designing the vital, participatory school-based intervention program aiming to increase the physical activity in schools. The program analyzed is Estonian nationwide comprehensive physical activity program Schools in Motion (SiM) that recently received European Commission's #BeActive Education Award. The program has a good performance in terms of willingness of schools to participate in co-creation of progra…
Doctors Just Don't Care about People!' How Medical Specialists Are Depicted in a Vaccine-Critical Estonian Facebook Group
Vaccine hesitancy as a great health risk is related to trust in healthcare providers' recommendations and provider-parent interaction. The negative image of doctors and their motives may hinder open communication and trustful relationship. As the role of the internet as a source for health information and emotional support has become significant, social media discussions about health and medicine provide valuable opportunities to observe the form…
From Witch-Doctoring to Holistic Well-Being: Journalistic Representations of Three Influential Estonian CAM Doctors
With the aim to illustrate the complex relations between complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and biomedicine, we examine how journalists have represented three influential Estonian CAM doctors. Our analysis of 36 journalistic texts published between 1996 and 2018 about these CAM doctors focuses on the similarities and the differences between the representations. Our study demonstrates how journalistic decisions shape the representations …
Sociology (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (4 works) · Estonian (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Public relations (3 works)