Arturs Holavins
Biographic Data
| ID | 6179901 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arturs Holavins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arturs |
| FAMILY NAME | Holavins |
| SIGNATURE | HOLAVINS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Maastricht University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Speaking of Epistemic Injustice
In this article, we reply to ‘Ethics and Epistemic Injustice in the Global South’ (Kaur et al. 2023), a response to the original article ‘Covert Qualitative Research as a Method to Study Human Rights Under Authoritarian Regimes’ (Hopman 2022). Our reply is written by authors who have expertise and direct experience with the issues at stake (authoritarianism, Global North/Global South relations, covert research methods, epistemic injustice). We sh…
Subjectivity of disempowerment
Reflections on fluidity and stability
Purpose The distinction between formality and informality has been a topic central for many scholarly fields. Without rejecting the usefulness of this distinction, the authors argued that instead of analyzing an empirical situation in terms of what is formal and what is informal, it could sometimes be fruitful to focus on what is stable and what is fluid. Design/methodology/approach This paper reports the results of review and analysis of seconda…
Active Ageing and Social Services
The essay describes the adoption of an active ageing policy framework in Russia. Based on semi-structured interviews with elderly Russians, the essay provides evidence of confusion and uncertainty on how to perceive one's own ageing. Research participants understood that the 'paternalistic' view of old age as a time of troubles was now largely viewed as obsolete, yet the new 'optimistic' view of old age as a time of freedom and opportunities ofte…
Social Inaction at Early Stages of the Covid-19 Pandemics
COVID-19 pandemic has a tremendous effect of societies globally From structural level down to everyday life routine social actors faced uncertainty, transformation of social norms, critical “breaking” of society Some social practices have disappeared, whereas other emerged, with middle class and upper middle-class academicians readily adapting to new reality, whereas working class and people with low resources struggle to adapt The study presents…
You Don’t Need Santa Monica!’ The Objectification of Elderly Care Receivers in Russia
The article presents the case of non-governmental elderly care provision in St Petersburg, Russia. In an attempt to fill the gap in existing care research, it discusses the objectification of care receivers and the inequalities between caregivers and care receivers in the case of caregiving under circumstances of non-governmental sector professionalisation. The empirical part of the article is based on fieldwork carried out in 2014-2015 in St Pet…
Speaking of Epistemic Injustice
In this article, we reply to ‘Ethics and Epistemic Injustice in the Global South’ (Kaur et al. 2023), a response to the original article ‘Covert Qualitative Research as a Method to Study Human Rights Under Authoritarian Regimes’ (Hopman 2022). Our reply is written by authors who have expertise and direct experience with the issues at stake (authoritarianism, Global North/Global South relations, covert research methods, epistemic injustice). We sh…
Social Inaction at Early Stages of the Covid-19 Pandemics
COVID-19 pandemic has a tremendous effect of societies globally From structural level down to everyday life routine social actors faced uncertainty, transformation of social norms, critical “breaking” of society Some social practices have disappeared, whereas other emerged, with middle class and upper middle-class academicians readily adapting to new reality, whereas working class and people with low resources struggle to adapt The study presents…
You Don’t Need Santa Monica!’ The Objectification of Elderly Care Receivers in Russia
The article presents the case of non-governmental elderly care provision in St Petersburg, Russia. In an attempt to fill the gap in existing care research, it discusses the objectification of care receivers and the inequalities between caregivers and care receivers in the case of caregiving under circumstances of non-governmental sector professionalisation. The empirical part of the article is based on fieldwork carried out in 2014-2015 in St Pet…
Active Ageing and Social Services
The essay describes the adoption of an active ageing policy framework in Russia. Based on semi-structured interviews with elderly Russians, the essay provides evidence of confusion and uncertainty on how to perceive one's own ageing. Research participants understood that the 'paternalistic' view of old age as a time of troubles was now largely viewed as obsolete, yet the new 'optimistic' view of old age as a time of freedom and opportunities ofte…
Speaking of Epistemic Injustice
In this article, we reply to ‘Ethics and Epistemic Injustice in the Global South’ (Kaur et al. 2023), a response to the original article ‘Covert Qualitative Research as a Method to Study Human Rights Under Authoritarian Regimes’ (Hopman 2022). Our reply is written by authors who have expertise and direct experience with the issues at stake (authoritarianism, Global North/Global South relations, covert research methods, epistemic injustice). We sh…
Subjectivity of disempowerment
Reflections on fluidity and stability
Purpose The distinction between formality and informality has been a topic central for many scholarly fields. Without rejecting the usefulness of this distinction, the authors argued that instead of analyzing an empirical situation in terms of what is formal and what is informal, it could sometimes be fruitful to focus on what is stable and what is fluid. Design/methodology/approach This paper reports the results of review and analysis of seconda…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Citizen journalism (2 works) · Empowerment (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (2 works)