Peter Szto
Biographic Data
| ID | 5823113 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Szto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Szto |
| SIGNATURE | SZTO P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nebraska at Omaha |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Exhibitions about mental health – a platform for repairing perceptions and developing literacy
Museums are discovering their role relative to health literacy. The growing number of mental health exhibitions may preface a “golden age” of museums advancing mental health by addressing stigma and fostering education with credibility, resources, and infrastructure. This paper provides a typology of mental health exhibitions and examines visitor responses to Mental Health: Mind Matters, adapted for North America by the Science Museum of Minnesot…
The Invention of Madness
Reviewed by: The Invention of Madness: State, Society, and the Insane in Modern China by Emily Baum Peter Szto Emily Baum. The Invention of Madness: State, Society, and the Insane in Modern China. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018. ix + 267 pp. Ill. $37.50 (978-0-226-55824-0). Madness is no ordinary matter, and even less ordinary is a book on madness in China. If such a book did exist, by which standard should it be judged? Historian Emi…
Research on the relationship between supervisor and social work interns in China
This study examines the supervisor–intern relationship within social work practices in Shanghai. Recorded conversations between interns and field supervisors were analyzed using qualitative research methods to determine the key characteristics of the supervisory relationship and the factors that shape them. In a supervisory relationship, both parties co-establish a ‘win-win’, ‘casual’, and ‘tactful’ connection that not only has profound cultural …
Documentary Photography in American Social Welfare History
This is a study of documentary photography in American social welfare history. The study examines the emergence of photography as a tool of social policy, and in particular, key practitioners who shaped the perception of American social welfare. Within the social welfare literature, this topic is largely unexamined yet invaluable to an understanding of American social welfare. Photography performed a highly instrumental role by providing visual e…
Cultural context and social technology transfer
This research examines social technology transfer by taking into account the role of cultural context – the interplay between geography, maritime trade, role of the state and foreign intercourse. The southern port city of Canton, China is the focus, and provides a case study to examine why Western merchants and missionaries came to this particular location to transfer various social technologies, i.e. hospitals, insane asylums, schools, colleges …
Cultural context and social technology transfer
This research examines social technology transfer by taking into account the role of cultural context – the interplay between geography, maritime trade, role of the state and foreign intercourse. The southern port city of Canton, China is the focus, and provides a case study to examine why Western merchants and missionaries came to this particular location to transfer various social technologies, i.e. hospitals, insane asylums, schools, colleges …
Cultural context and social technology transfer
This research examines social technology transfer by taking into account the role of cultural context – the interplay between geography, maritime trade, role of the state and foreign intercourse. The southern port city of Canton, China is the focus, and provides a case study to examine why Western merchants and missionaries came to this particular location to transfer various social technologies, i.e. hospitals, insane asylums, schools, colleges …
Documentary Photography in American Social Welfare History
This is a study of documentary photography in American social welfare history. The study examines the emergence of photography as a tool of social policy, and in particular, key practitioners who shaped the perception of American social welfare. Within the social welfare literature, this topic is largely unexamined yet invaluable to an understanding of American social welfare. Photography performed a highly instrumental role by providing visual e…
Research on the relationship between supervisor and social work interns in China
This study examines the supervisor–intern relationship within social work practices in Shanghai. Recorded conversations between interns and field supervisors were analyzed using qualitative research methods to determine the key characteristics of the supervisory relationship and the factors that shape them. In a supervisory relationship, both parties co-establish a ‘win-win’, ‘casual’, and ‘tactful’ connection that not only has profound cultural …
The Invention of Madness
Reviewed by: The Invention of Madness: State, Society, and the Insane in Modern China by Emily Baum Peter Szto Emily Baum. The Invention of Madness: State, Society, and the Insane in Modern China. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018. ix + 267 pp. Ill. $37.50 (978-0-226-55824-0). Madness is no ordinary matter, and even less ordinary is a book on madness in China. If such a book did exist, by which standard should it be judged? Historian Emi…
Exhibitions about mental health – a platform for repairing perceptions and developing literacy
Museums are discovering their role relative to health literacy. The growing number of mental health exhibitions may preface a “golden age” of museums advancing mental health by addressing stigma and fostering education with credibility, resources, and infrastructure. This paper provides a typology of mental health exhibitions and examines visitor responses to Mental Health: Mind Matters, adapted for North America by the Science Museum of Minnesot…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Art (3 works) · China (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Participatory Visual Research Methods (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Public relations (2 works)