R Jones Mcvey
Biographic Data
| ID | 41325 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Jones Mcvey |
| GIVEN NAMES | R Jones |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcvey |
| SIGNATURE | MCVEY R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Exeter |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2313-4258 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Not paper people
This paper reports on ethnographic observations about the filling in, and handling, of application forms for a garden-based wellbeing program. It describes the ethical challenges involved in determining the eligibility of applicants, particularly where application forms aren’t completed clearly or don’t present cases indicative of potential health benefit. The paper utilises a narrative approach to the anthropology of ethics to interpret applicat…
Data roles
Health measurement shapes peoples’ political relationships with the state, with services, with one another, and with oneself. But what are the political dynamics at play when people can’t/won’t/don’t have health measurements taken? And what is the political predicament of those whose needs, values, and experiences don’t fit within the measures available? This paper presents a case study of one youth mental health service’s efforts to improve thei…
Voicework and The Disarticulation of Young People's Mental Health Needs
This article is about anthropological research ethics amid the simultaneous hyper-valuation of young people's voices and the disarticulation (the process of making inarticulate) of their mental health needs. I reflect on my experience of recording a podcast about mental health treatment with young people in a moral context where 'voicework' was prominent. Following feminist critiques of 'voice' and 'choice', I argue that critical concerns usually…
Learning from the Herd
What role do animals play in humans’ ethical lives? Recognizing a powerful contemporary draw around the idea that animals can (or should) shape human ethical lives, this article investigates the affordances that animals can offer for human ethics through applying Merleau-Ponty’s concept of “intercorporeality.” With an ethnographic focus on equine-assisted learning programs for young people in the United Kingdom, I will show that horses can afford…
The Slow Reading Ethnography Experiment
While much has been published in anthropological discourse and teaching forums about the skills, practices and positionality of ethnographic writing, very little attention has been paid to the practices and experiences of ethnographic reading. Our project set out to investigate the potential for ‘slow reading’ within anthropological pedagogy. We invited anthropology undergraduates to select a book and engage in a period of slow reading over the v…
Nested Ethics
Youth mental health interventions in the UK increasingly use goal-setting procedures to shape services and measure outcomes in ways that are intended to be meaningful to service users. This research article questions this premise, departing with the ethnographic observation that many young people do not seem to welcome the invitation or requirement to direct their therapeutic aims and set the terms for service evaluation in the form of goals. I w…
Seeking contact
What is it like to know and be known by other creatures? And when do people place ethical importance on knowing or being known by other creatures in particular ways? This article brings ethnography of British equestrianism into dialogue with anthropological inquiries into the cultural variability of intersubjective understanding. I will show that riders' desire for authentic mutual understanding with horses is part of their critical relationship …
Youth in a viral age
Responsible Doubt and Embodied Conviction
Horse care practices and equestrian pedagogy are being reconfigured within a contemporary ‘revolution’ in British horsemanship. This is both instigated by, and instigates, horse owners’ attitudes of responsible doubt and self-critique. At the same time, embodied conviction is honed, because the rider’s mindful body is foregrounded as an integral part of the communication channel between horse and human. In this article, responsible doubt and embo…
Youth in a viral age
Seeking contact
What is it like to know and be known by other creatures? And when do people place ethical importance on knowing or being known by other creatures in particular ways? This article brings ethnography of British equestrianism into dialogue with anthropological inquiries into the cultural variability of intersubjective understanding. I will show that riders' desire for authentic mutual understanding with horses is part of their critical relationship …
Responsible Doubt and Embodied Conviction
Horse care practices and equestrian pedagogy are being reconfigured within a contemporary ‘revolution’ in British horsemanship. This is both instigated by, and instigates, horse owners’ attitudes of responsible doubt and self-critique. At the same time, embodied conviction is honed, because the rider’s mindful body is foregrounded as an integral part of the communication channel between horse and human. In this article, responsible doubt and embo…
Responsible Doubt and Embodied Conviction
Horse care practices and equestrian pedagogy are being reconfigured within a contemporary ‘revolution’ in British horsemanship. This is both instigated by, and instigates, horse owners’ attitudes of responsible doubt and self-critique. At the same time, embodied conviction is honed, because the rider’s mindful body is foregrounded as an integral part of the communication channel between horse and human. In this article, responsible doubt and embo…
Youth in a viral age
Seeking contact
What is it like to know and be known by other creatures? And when do people place ethical importance on knowing or being known by other creatures in particular ways? This article brings ethnography of British equestrianism into dialogue with anthropological inquiries into the cultural variability of intersubjective understanding. I will show that riders' desire for authentic mutual understanding with horses is part of their critical relationship …
Nested Ethics
Youth mental health interventions in the UK increasingly use goal-setting procedures to shape services and measure outcomes in ways that are intended to be meaningful to service users. This research article questions this premise, departing with the ethnographic observation that many young people do not seem to welcome the invitation or requirement to direct their therapeutic aims and set the terms for service evaluation in the form of goals. I w…
The Slow Reading Ethnography Experiment
While much has been published in anthropological discourse and teaching forums about the skills, practices and positionality of ethnographic writing, very little attention has been paid to the practices and experiences of ethnographic reading. Our project set out to investigate the potential for ‘slow reading’ within anthropological pedagogy. We invited anthropology undergraduates to select a book and engage in a period of slow reading over the v…
Data roles
Health measurement shapes peoples’ political relationships with the state, with services, with one another, and with oneself. But what are the political dynamics at play when people can’t/won’t/don’t have health measurements taken? And what is the political predicament of those whose needs, values, and experiences don’t fit within the measures available? This paper presents a case study of one youth mental health service’s efforts to improve thei…
Voicework and The Disarticulation of Young People's Mental Health Needs
This article is about anthropological research ethics amid the simultaneous hyper-valuation of young people's voices and the disarticulation (the process of making inarticulate) of their mental health needs. I reflect on my experience of recording a podcast about mental health treatment with young people in a moral context where 'voicework' was prominent. Following feminist critiques of 'voice' and 'choice', I argue that critical concerns usually…
Learning from the Herd
What role do animals play in humans’ ethical lives? Recognizing a powerful contemporary draw around the idea that animals can (or should) shape human ethical lives, this article investigates the affordances that animals can offer for human ethics through applying Merleau-Ponty’s concept of “intercorporeality.” With an ethnographic focus on equine-assisted learning programs for young people in the United Kingdom, I will show that horses can afford…
Not paper people
This paper reports on ethnographic observations about the filling in, and handling, of application forms for a garden-based wellbeing program. It describes the ethical challenges involved in determining the eligibility of applicants, particularly where application forms aren’t completed clearly or don’t present cases indicative of potential health benefit. The paper utilises a narrative approach to the anthropology of ethics to interpret applicat…
Sociology (5 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Mental health (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Embodied cognition (2 works)