Mélody Pralong
Biographic Data
| ID | 6458751 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mélody Pralong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mélody |
| FAMILY NAME | Pralong |
| SIGNATURE | PRALONG M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Lausanne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“They Wanted to Get Me Out of That Area, and They Did”
The Central Appalachian region has long been characterized by widespread economic deprivation. While some economic improvement has been noted in recent years, the region continues to face significant challenges related to poverty exacerbated by historical processes of extraction, exploitation, and deindustrialization. Poverty in Central Appalachia is not experienced equally, as intersecting factors of class and race differentially impact the peop…
Une technologie qui redistribue l’attention
La technologie occupe une place cruciale dans la division du travail entre les personnes vivant avec un diabète et les acteur·rice·s impliqué·e·s dans leur prise en charge. Au cours d’une recherche ethnographique menée en Suisse, nous avons étudié les usages des technologies dans la gestion du diabète au sein de larges réseaux de soin impliquant différents sites de prise en charge. À la suite des nombreuses recherches issues des STS prenant pour …
Learning to manage diabetes using a flash glucose monitoring device at a summer camp
Self-management of type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a difficult task that involves different actions and decisions and requires various types of knowledge. Nowadays, it can be done partly autonomously, using a mobile digital device that measures the level of blood glucose. The FreeStyle Libre, launched on the Swiss market in 2016, is one such device. Drawing on Science and Technology Studies and adopting a sociocultural approach to learning, the present …
Caring During Covid-19
COVID-19 caused major changes in private and public arenas. Individuals were forced to reorganise their daily lives in response to the restrictive measures imposed by governments. The redistribution of gender roles and the responsibility for care provides an example of the reconfigurations that took place during the pandemic. This article sheds light on the implications of the pandemic for gender inequalities by exploring how care work was reconf…
Techno-social reconfigurations in diabetes (self-) care
This article focuses on the ways in which a flash glucose monitoring system, FreeStyle Libre®, is introduced and used by people living with type 1 diabetes, their relatives and healthcare professionals. It draws on a multi-sited ethnography in a variety of clinical and daily situations, and on interviews with caregivers and people living with diabetes. We explore how the users develop knowledge-in-practice, and consider the use of self-management…
Techno-social reconfigurations in diabetes (self-) care
This article focuses on the ways in which a flash glucose monitoring system, FreeStyle Libre®, is introduced and used by people living with type 1 diabetes, their relatives and healthcare professionals. It draws on a multi-sited ethnography in a variety of clinical and daily situations, and on interviews with caregivers and people living with diabetes. We explore how the users develop knowledge-in-practice, and consider the use of self-management…
Caring During Covid-19
COVID-19 caused major changes in private and public arenas. Individuals were forced to reorganise their daily lives in response to the restrictive measures imposed by governments. The redistribution of gender roles and the responsibility for care provides an example of the reconfigurations that took place during the pandemic. This article sheds light on the implications of the pandemic for gender inequalities by exploring how care work was reconf…
Techno-social reconfigurations in diabetes (self-) care
This article focuses on the ways in which a flash glucose monitoring system, FreeStyle Libre®, is introduced and used by people living with type 1 diabetes, their relatives and healthcare professionals. It draws on a multi-sited ethnography in a variety of clinical and daily situations, and on interviews with caregivers and people living with diabetes. We explore how the users develop knowledge-in-practice, and consider the use of self-management…
Learning to manage diabetes using a flash glucose monitoring device at a summer camp
Self-management of type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a difficult task that involves different actions and decisions and requires various types of knowledge. Nowadays, it can be done partly autonomously, using a mobile digital device that measures the level of blood glucose. The FreeStyle Libre, launched on the Swiss market in 2016, is one such device. Drawing on Science and Technology Studies and adopting a sociocultural approach to learning, the present …
Caring During Covid-19
COVID-19 caused major changes in private and public arenas. Individuals were forced to reorganise their daily lives in response to the restrictive measures imposed by governments. The redistribution of gender roles and the responsibility for care provides an example of the reconfigurations that took place during the pandemic. This article sheds light on the implications of the pandemic for gender inequalities by exploring how care work was reconf…
Une technologie qui redistribue l’attention
La technologie occupe une place cruciale dans la division du travail entre les personnes vivant avec un diabète et les acteur·rice·s impliqué·e·s dans leur prise en charge. Au cours d’une recherche ethnographique menée en Suisse, nous avons étudié les usages des technologies dans la gestion du diabète au sein de larges réseaux de soin impliquant différents sites de prise en charge. À la suite des nombreuses recherches issues des STS prenant pour …
“They Wanted to Get Me Out of That Area, and They Did”
The Central Appalachian region has long been characterized by widespread economic deprivation. While some economic improvement has been noted in recent years, the region continues to face significant challenges related to poverty exacerbated by historical processes of extraction, exploitation, and deindustrialization. Poverty in Central Appalachia is not experienced equally, as intersecting factors of class and race differentially impact the peop…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Knowledge management (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Work (physics (2 works) · African American community (1 work)