Karin Van Bemmel
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 205140 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Karin Van Bemmel |
| PRENOMES | Karin |
| SOBRENOME | Van Bemmel |
| ASSINATURA | VAN BEMMEL K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Ghent University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2013 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2020 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Conceptualizing Illness
This paper presents an ethnographic study of conceptualizations of nodding syndrome (NS) in Uganda. NS is a poorly understood condition characterized by repetitive nodding of the head, mental retardation and stunted growth, which affects thousands of children in northern Uganda, South Sudan and Tanzania. Although extensive research for causative agents has been conducted, no convincing single cause has been reported. This study establishes an und…
Conceptualizing Illness
This paper presents an ethnographic study of conceptualizations of nodding syndrome (NS) in Uganda. NS is a poorly understood condition characterized by repetitive nodding of the head, mental retardation and stunted growth, which affects thousands of children in northern Uganda, South Sudan and Tanzania. Although extensive research for causative agents has been conducted, no convincing single cause has been reported. This study establishes an und…
Phone calls and political ping-pong
This article pays attention to the poorly understood nodding syndrome (NS) and its political connotations, while exploring a case of mortality in northern Uganda. The appearance of a novel set of symptoms combined with heated debates in national media and parliament, resulted in the creation of a parallel healthcare system for children afflicted by NS. This article increases our understanding of the role of the state in healthcare provision and t…
Universal classifications, national approaches and specific situations
This paper presents a comparative study on conceptualizations of the poorly understood nodding syndrome (NS) in Uganda and Tanzania. NS has been constructed as a biomedical category to serve global health discourse as well as national contexts of managing the condition. The paper looks into the shifting meanings and conceptualizations of NS in the affected areas of Kitgum (UG) and Mahenge (TZ) district. The perceived universality of biomedical cl…
The rise and fall of nodding syndrome in public discourse
Nodding syndrome is an unexplained affliction that has affected thousands of children in post-conflict northern Uganda, South Sudan and in Tanzania. This study focuses on the sudden rise of nodding syndrome in the Ugandan public discourse, based on 369 newspaper reports over a timespan of 4.5 years and interviews with journalists, politicians, caretakers and health workers during 15 months of fieldwork in Kitgum district. The news coverage of nod…
Nodding syndrome or disease? On the conceptualization of an illness-in-the-making
By only looking at the biomedical significance of this new syndrome, we will miss important aspects of how this illness is being experienced and understood. In our future dealings with NS, we will have to consider and re-conceive the relation between culture and neurobiology
Nodding syndrome or disease? On the conceptualization of an illness-in-the-making
By only looking at the biomedical significance of this new syndrome, we will miss important aspects of how this illness is being experienced and understood. In our future dealings with NS, we will have to consider and re-conceive the relation between culture and neurobiology
The rise and fall of nodding syndrome in public discourse
Nodding syndrome is an unexplained affliction that has affected thousands of children in post-conflict northern Uganda, South Sudan and in Tanzania. This study focuses on the sudden rise of nodding syndrome in the Ugandan public discourse, based on 369 newspaper reports over a timespan of 4.5 years and interviews with journalists, politicians, caretakers and health workers during 15 months of fieldwork in Kitgum district. The news coverage of nod…
Nodding syndrome or disease? On the conceptualization of an illness-in-the-making
By only looking at the biomedical significance of this new syndrome, we will miss important aspects of how this illness is being experienced and understood. In our future dealings with NS, we will have to consider and re-conceive the relation between culture and neurobiology
The rise and fall of nodding syndrome in public discourse
Nodding syndrome is an unexplained affliction that has affected thousands of children in post-conflict northern Uganda, South Sudan and in Tanzania. This study focuses on the sudden rise of nodding syndrome in the Ugandan public discourse, based on 369 newspaper reports over a timespan of 4.5 years and interviews with journalists, politicians, caretakers and health workers during 15 months of fieldwork in Kitgum district. The news coverage of nod…
Phone calls and political ping-pong
This article pays attention to the poorly understood nodding syndrome (NS) and its political connotations, while exploring a case of mortality in northern Uganda. The appearance of a novel set of symptoms combined with heated debates in national media and parliament, resulted in the creation of a parallel healthcare system for children afflicted by NS. This article increases our understanding of the role of the state in healthcare provision and t…
Universal classifications, national approaches and specific situations
This paper presents a comparative study on conceptualizations of the poorly understood nodding syndrome (NS) in Uganda and Tanzania. NS has been constructed as a biomedical category to serve global health discourse as well as national contexts of managing the condition. The paper looks into the shifting meanings and conceptualizations of NS in the affected areas of Kitgum (UG) and Mahenge (TZ) district. The perceived universality of biomedical cl…
Conceptualizing Illness
This paper presents an ethnographic study of conceptualizations of nodding syndrome (NS) in Uganda. NS is a poorly understood condition characterized by repetitive nodding of the head, mental retardation and stunted growth, which affects thousands of children in northern Uganda, South Sudan and Tanzania. Although extensive research for causative agents has been conducted, no convincing single cause has been reported. This study establishes an und…
Conceptualizing Illness
This paper presents an ethnographic study of conceptualizations of nodding syndrome (NS) in Uganda. NS is a poorly understood condition characterized by repetitive nodding of the head, mental retardation and stunted growth, which affects thousands of children in northern Uganda, South Sudan and Tanzania. Although extensive research for causative agents has been conducted, no convincing single cause has been reported. This study establishes an und…
Sociology (5 obras) · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (5 obras) · Political science (4 obras) · Psychology (4 obras) · Conceptualization (3 obras) · Immune responses and vaccinations (3 obras) · Linguistics (3 obras) · Tanzania (3 obras) · Developmental psychology (2 obras) · Health care (2 obras)