Sonya De Laat
Biographic Data
| ID | 772724 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sonya De Laat |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sonya |
| FAMILY NAME | De Laat |
| SIGNATURE | DE LAAT S |
| AFFILIATIONS | McMaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8203-3249 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Assembling a global health image: Ethical and pragmatic tensions through the lenses of photographers
Background Recently, global health has been confronting its visual culture, historically modulated by colonialism, racism and abusive representation. There have been international calls to promote ethicality of visual practices. However, despite this focus on the history and the institutional use of global health images, little is known about how in practice contemporary images are created in communities, and how consent to be in photographs is o…
They do their utmost: Promise and limits of palliative care in two refugee camps in Rwanda, a qualitative study
After often gruelling journeys, some refugees arrive at secure locations with severe injury or illness. Others find themselves shortly thereafter facing a life-limiting health condition. Palliative care has been the focus of recent research, and of academic and aid sector dialogue. In this study, we ask: What are experiences and needs of patients and care providers? What opportunities and obstacles exist to enhance or introduce means of reducing …
Global health photography behind the façade of empowerment and decolonisation
Global health photography has historically been commissioned and, therefore, dominated by the gaze of Western photographers on assignments in the Global South. This is changing as part of international calls to decolonise global health and stimulate 'empowerment', spawning a growing initiative to hire local photographers. This article, based on interviews with global health photographers, reflects on this paradigm shift. It highlights how behind …
Aid when ‘there is nothing left to offer’: Experiences of palliative care and palliative care needs in humanitarian crises
Access to palliative care, and more specifically the alleviation of avoidable physical and psychosocial suffering is increasingly recognized as a necessary component of humanitarian response. Palliative approaches to care can meet the needs of patients for whom curative treatment may not be the aim, not just at the very end of life but alleviation of suffering more broadly. In the past several years many organizations and sectoral initiatives hav…
In Then Out of the Frame: Lewis Hine’s Photographs of Refugees for the American Red Cross, 1918–20
From June 1918 to April 1919, the American social photographer Lewis Hine made photographs of refugees in Europe. Refugees emerged as an unexpectedly humanitarian subject during World War I. Care for them was part of the American Red Cross’ (ARC) overall war relief activities, which Hine was hired to visually record. In this paper, I present the way in which refugees went from being framed in the ARC’s mass-circulated popular Red Cross Magazine a…
Dying in honour: Experiences of end-of-life palliative care during the 2013–2016 Ebola outbreak in Guinea
With no cure and a high mortality rate, Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks require preparedness for the provision of end-of-life palliative care. This qualitative study is part of a larger project on palliative care in humanitarian contexts. Its goal was to document and deepen understanding of experiences and expectations related to end-of-life palliative care for patients infected with Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West African Ebola treatment c…
A case analysis of partnered research on palliative care for refugees in Jordan and Rwanda
This case analysis sheds light on the importance of understanding cultural norms in all research roles, building relationships with decision makers, and developing teams that include researchers from within humanitarian crisis settings to ensure that mutually beneficial research outcomes are ethical as well as culturally and contextually relevant
Addressing obstacles to the inclusion of palliative care in humanitarian health projects: A qualitative study of humanitarian health professionals’ and policy makers’ perceptions
Opportunities exist for overcoming the obstacles to providing palliative care in humanitarian crises. Doing so is necessary to ensure that humanitarian healthcare can fulfill its objectives not only of saving lives, but also of alleviating suffering and promoting dignity of individuals who are ill or injured during a humanitarian crises, including persons who are dying or likely to die
The camera and the Red Cross: “Lamentable pictures” and conflict photography bring into focus an international movement, 1855–1865
Henry Dunant's appeal for a neutral and impartial organization to provide care to wounded combatants aligned with growing criticism of mid-nineteenth-century European and North American conflicts. This article discusses the important convergence of Dunant's “lamentable pictures”, laid out in his Memory of Solferino , with spectators’ passionate responses to them and to battlefield photographs that circulated between 1855 and 1865. Through these i…
Lee miller, photography, surrealism and the Second World War: From Vogue to Dachau
When she was alive, Lee Miller inspired some of the great Surrealist artists of her time, all the while becoming an accomplished professional artist and photographer in her own right. Judging by th
Moral experiences of humanitarian health professionals caring for patients who are dying or likely to die in a humanitarian crisis
Wars, disasters, and epidemics affect millions of individuals every year. International non-governmental organizations respond to many of these crises and provide healthcare in settings ranging from a field hospital deployed after an earthquake, to a health clinic in a longstanding refugee camp, to a treatment center during an infectious disease outbreak. The primary focus of these activities is to save lives. However, inevitably, many patients c…
Photography, humanitarianism, empire by Jane Lydon
What does a photograph of human rights look like, or, for that matter, a photograph of the humanity that is protected by those rights? Jane Lydon begins with this rather provocative set of queries
Images performing history: Photography and representation of the past in European art after 1989 by Katarzyna Ruchel-Stockmans
Images performing history: Photography and representation of the past in European art after 1989 by Katarzyna Ruchel-Stockmans." Visual Studies, 32(2), pp. 187–188
Memories —> Witness
Entitled Memories —> Witness, the series contains large-scale panorama landscapes of Rwanda taken almost twenty years after genocide ravaged the country. It is part of a photographic practice that addresses unrepresentable suffering while being sensitive to concerns over exploiting pain. The series shares similarities with the approach Geoffrey Batchen describes as “looking askance,” where visual artists have turned away from a direct gaze on hor…
Opportunities, limits and challenges of perceptions studies for humanitarian contexts
This article aims to advance understanding and discussion of perceptions studies as a method for strengthening humanitarian performance. Perceptions studies are qualitative studies produced for and often by humanitarian organisations, based on analysis of local perceptions of humanitarian efforts. While these studies are normatively asserted as valuable within the humanitarian sector, there has been no synthesis to date of their potential and lim…
Aïm Deüelle Lüski and horizontal photography by Ariella Azoulay
Patients’ decision making to accept or decline an implantable cardioverter defibrillator for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death
Background Patients are offered implantable defibrillators (ICDs) for the prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD). However, patients’ decision‐making process (DMP) of whether or not to accept an ICD has not been explored. We asked patients about their decision making when offered an ICD. Design/Setting A grounded theory methodology was employed. Patients were recruited from three ICD centres. Those who received an ICD underwent interviews the fi…
The cruel radiance: Photography and political violence
Picture Perfect (?): Ethical Considerations in Visual Representation
In this paper, I consider the many ethical dilemmas facing visual anthropologists and those using visual representation material in their research. The issues are many and are complex. With this paper I scratch only the surface of how to confront and deal with some of them. The main purpose of this paper is not to provide solutions, as ethical questions are always unique to the situations in which they develop. What the paper does do is look at w…
Multiplicity of Balinese Characters
Photography as main research data has not been used in anthropology to the extent that it was by Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson in the late 1930s. This paper takes a critical examination of their use and analysis of photographs in their research in Highland Bali, to demonstrate that their subsequent conclusions may be misrepresentative of the people they were studying. By reviewing analyses by Ira Jacknis and Gerald Sullivan, along with more h…
First Son: Portraits of C.D. Hoy, Museum of Civilisation, Hull, Quebec
HoI'photography exhibit months bcforc secing it.CBC Radio was intcrvicwing the cxhibition's curator in thc spring, and it \vas August by thc timc I was next in the Outaouais area able to visit the Museum of Civilization.The curator, Faith Moosang, spoke lively about C. D. Hoy, rcvcaling hcr excitemcnt over the photographs and her ability to present thcm to Canadians.Hoy, who emigrated from China in the carly 1900s at the age ofscvcnteen.was a loc…
First Son: Portraits by C.D. Hoy Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec Feb 1 to Sept 3, 2002
I first heard of the First SOil: Portraits by C. D. Hoy photography exhibit months before seeing it. CBC Radio was interviewing the exhibition's curator in the spring; it was August by the time I was next in the Outaouais area able to visit the Museum of Civilization. The curator, Faith Moosang, spoke lively about C. D. Hoy, revealing her excitement over the photographs and her ability to present them to Canadians. Hoy, who emigrated from China i…
The cruel radiance: Photography and political violence
The camera and the Red Cross: “Lamentable pictures” and conflict photography bring into focus an international movement, 1855–1865
Henry Dunant's appeal for a neutral and impartial organization to provide care to wounded combatants aligned with growing criticism of mid-nineteenth-century European and North American conflicts. This article discusses the important convergence of Dunant's “lamentable pictures”, laid out in his Memory of Solferino , with spectators’ passionate responses to them and to battlefield photographs that circulated between 1855 and 1865. Through these i…
Moral experiences of humanitarian health professionals caring for patients who are dying or likely to die in a humanitarian crisis
Wars, disasters, and epidemics affect millions of individuals every year. International non-governmental organizations respond to many of these crises and provide healthcare in settings ranging from a field hospital deployed after an earthquake, to a health clinic in a longstanding refugee camp, to a treatment center during an infectious disease outbreak. The primary focus of these activities is to save lives. However, inevitably, many patients c…
First Son: Portraits by C.D. Hoy Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec Feb 1 to Sept 3, 2002
I first heard of the First SOil: Portraits by C. D. Hoy photography exhibit months before seeing it. CBC Radio was interviewing the exhibition's curator in the spring; it was August by the time I was next in the Outaouais area able to visit the Museum of Civilization. The curator, Faith Moosang, spoke lively about C. D. Hoy, revealing her excitement over the photographs and her ability to present them to Canadians. Hoy, who emigrated from China i…
Multiplicity of Balinese Characters
Photography as main research data has not been used in anthropology to the extent that it was by Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson in the late 1930s. This paper takes a critical examination of their use and analysis of photographs in their research in Highland Bali, to demonstrate that their subsequent conclusions may be misrepresentative of the people they were studying. By reviewing analyses by Ira Jacknis and Gerald Sullivan, along with more h…
First Son: Portraits of C.D. Hoy, Museum of Civilisation, Hull, Quebec
HoI'photography exhibit months bcforc secing it.CBC Radio was intcrvicwing the cxhibition's curator in thc spring, and it \vas August by thc timc I was next in the Outaouais area able to visit the Museum of Civilization.The curator, Faith Moosang, spoke lively about C. D. Hoy, rcvcaling hcr excitemcnt over the photographs and her ability to present thcm to Canadians.Hoy, who emigrated from China in the carly 1900s at the age ofscvcnteen.was a loc…
Picture Perfect (?): Ethical Considerations in Visual Representation
In this paper, I consider the many ethical dilemmas facing visual anthropologists and those using visual representation material in their research. The issues are many and are complex. With this paper I scratch only the surface of how to confront and deal with some of them. The main purpose of this paper is not to provide solutions, as ethical questions are always unique to the situations in which they develop. What the paper does do is look at w…
Patients’ decision making to accept or decline an implantable cardioverter defibrillator for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death
Background Patients are offered implantable defibrillators (ICDs) for the prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD). However, patients’ decision‐making process (DMP) of whether or not to accept an ICD has not been explored. We asked patients about their decision making when offered an ICD. Design/Setting A grounded theory methodology was employed. Patients were recruited from three ICD centres. Those who received an ICD underwent interviews the fi…
The cruel radiance: Photography and political violence
Memories —> Witness
Entitled Memories —> Witness, the series contains large-scale panorama landscapes of Rwanda taken almost twenty years after genocide ravaged the country. It is part of a photographic practice that addresses unrepresentable suffering while being sensitive to concerns over exploiting pain. The series shares similarities with the approach Geoffrey Batchen describes as “looking askance,” where visual artists have turned away from a direct gaze on hor…
Opportunities, limits and challenges of perceptions studies for humanitarian contexts
This article aims to advance understanding and discussion of perceptions studies as a method for strengthening humanitarian performance. Perceptions studies are qualitative studies produced for and often by humanitarian organisations, based on analysis of local perceptions of humanitarian efforts. While these studies are normatively asserted as valuable within the humanitarian sector, there has been no synthesis to date of their potential and lim…
Aïm Deüelle Lüski and horizontal photography by Ariella Azoulay
Photography, humanitarianism, empire by Jane Lydon
What does a photograph of human rights look like, or, for that matter, a photograph of the humanity that is protected by those rights? Jane Lydon begins with this rather provocative set of queries
Images performing history: Photography and representation of the past in European art after 1989 by Katarzyna Ruchel-Stockmans
Images performing history: Photography and representation of the past in European art after 1989 by Katarzyna Ruchel-Stockmans." Visual Studies, 32(2), pp. 187–188
Moral experiences of humanitarian health professionals caring for patients who are dying or likely to die in a humanitarian crisis
Wars, disasters, and epidemics affect millions of individuals every year. International non-governmental organizations respond to many of these crises and provide healthcare in settings ranging from a field hospital deployed after an earthquake, to a health clinic in a longstanding refugee camp, to a treatment center during an infectious disease outbreak. The primary focus of these activities is to save lives. However, inevitably, many patients c…
Lee miller, photography, surrealism and the Second World War: From Vogue to Dachau
When she was alive, Lee Miller inspired some of the great Surrealist artists of her time, all the while becoming an accomplished professional artist and photographer in her own right. Judging by th
Addressing obstacles to the inclusion of palliative care in humanitarian health projects: A qualitative study of humanitarian health professionals’ and policy makers’ perceptions
Opportunities exist for overcoming the obstacles to providing palliative care in humanitarian crises. Doing so is necessary to ensure that humanitarian healthcare can fulfill its objectives not only of saving lives, but also of alleviating suffering and promoting dignity of individuals who are ill or injured during a humanitarian crises, including persons who are dying or likely to die
The camera and the Red Cross: “Lamentable pictures” and conflict photography bring into focus an international movement, 1855–1865
Henry Dunant's appeal for a neutral and impartial organization to provide care to wounded combatants aligned with growing criticism of mid-nineteenth-century European and North American conflicts. This article discusses the important convergence of Dunant's “lamentable pictures”, laid out in his Memory of Solferino , with spectators’ passionate responses to them and to battlefield photographs that circulated between 1855 and 1865. Through these i…
In Then Out of the Frame: Lewis Hine’s Photographs of Refugees for the American Red Cross, 1918–20
From June 1918 to April 1919, the American social photographer Lewis Hine made photographs of refugees in Europe. Refugees emerged as an unexpectedly humanitarian subject during World War I. Care for them was part of the American Red Cross’ (ARC) overall war relief activities, which Hine was hired to visually record. In this paper, I present the way in which refugees went from being framed in the ARC’s mass-circulated popular Red Cross Magazine a…
Dying in honour: Experiences of end-of-life palliative care during the 2013–2016 Ebola outbreak in Guinea
With no cure and a high mortality rate, Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks require preparedness for the provision of end-of-life palliative care. This qualitative study is part of a larger project on palliative care in humanitarian contexts. Its goal was to document and deepen understanding of experiences and expectations related to end-of-life palliative care for patients infected with Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West African Ebola treatment c…
A case analysis of partnered research on palliative care for refugees in Jordan and Rwanda
This case analysis sheds light on the importance of understanding cultural norms in all research roles, building relationships with decision makers, and developing teams that include researchers from within humanitarian crisis settings to ensure that mutually beneficial research outcomes are ethical as well as culturally and contextually relevant
Aid when ‘there is nothing left to offer’: Experiences of palliative care and palliative care needs in humanitarian crises
Access to palliative care, and more specifically the alleviation of avoidable physical and psychosocial suffering is increasingly recognized as a necessary component of humanitarian response. Palliative approaches to care can meet the needs of patients for whom curative treatment may not be the aim, not just at the very end of life but alleviation of suffering more broadly. In the past several years many organizations and sectoral initiatives hav…
Assembling a global health image: Ethical and pragmatic tensions through the lenses of photographers
Background Recently, global health has been confronting its visual culture, historically modulated by colonialism, racism and abusive representation. There have been international calls to promote ethicality of visual practices. However, despite this focus on the history and the institutional use of global health images, little is known about how in practice contemporary images are created in communities, and how consent to be in photographs is o…
They do their utmost: Promise and limits of palliative care in two refugee camps in Rwanda, a qualitative study
After often gruelling journeys, some refugees arrive at secure locations with severe injury or illness. Others find themselves shortly thereafter facing a life-limiting health condition. Palliative care has been the focus of recent research, and of academic and aid sector dialogue. In this study, we ask: What are experiences and needs of patients and care providers? What opportunities and obstacles exist to enhance or introduce means of reducing …
Global health photography behind the façade of empowerment and decolonisation
Global health photography has historically been commissioned and, therefore, dominated by the gaze of Western photographers on assignments in the Global South. This is changing as part of international calls to decolonise global health and stimulate 'empowerment', spawning a growing initiative to hire local photographers. This article, based on interviews with global health photographers, reflects on this paradigm shift. It highlights how behind …
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