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Sophie Day explores the houses that are imagined, built,
repurposed, and dismantled among different communities in Ladakh,
drawing attention to the ways in which houses are like and unlike
people.A handful of in-depth 'house portraits' are selected for the
insight they provide into major regional developments, based on the
author's extended engagement since 1981. Most of these houses are
Buddhist and associated with the town of Leh. Drawing on both image
and text, collaborative methods for assembling material show the
intricate relationships between people and places over the life
course. Innovative methods for recording and archiving such as
'storyboards' are developed to frame different views of the house.
This approach raises analytical questions about the composition of
life within and beyond storyboards, offering new ways to understand
a region that intrigues specialists and non-specialists alike.
First published in 2004. Major changes have taken place in the sex
industry in Europe. Over the past decade we have seen increasing
migration and diversification, along with major shifts in policy
towards the industry. There is very little published on sex work in
Europe, but the demand is growing for information and analyses of
the situation today from people working on health, policy, gender
and employment. The authors of this book examine sex work in terms
of economic and social restructuring, concerns about infection and
recent policy developments on prostitution.
"Sex Work, Mobility and Health in Europe" looks at economic and
social restructuring, concerns about infection, and recent policy
developments on prostitution in terms of the rights and health of
sex workers, freedom of movement and service needs. Major changes
have taken place in the sex industry in Europe. Over the past
decade we have seen increasing migration and diversification,
alongside major shifts in policy towards the industry. There is
very little published on sex work in Europe, but a growing demand
for information and analyses of the situation today from people
working on health, policy, gender and employment.
***Winner of the Eileen Basker Prize and the Wellcome Medal for
Anthropology as Applied to Medical Problems*** On the Game is an
ethnographic account of prostitutes and prostitution. Sophie Day
has followed the lives of individual women over fifteen years, and
her book details their attempts to manage their lives against a
backdrop of social disapproval. The period was one of substantial
change within the sex industry. Through the lens of public health,
economics, criminalisation and human rights, Day explores how
individual sex workers live, in public and in private. This offers
a unique perspective on contemporary capitalist society that will
be of interest both to a broad range of social scientists. The
author brings a unique perspective to her work -- as both an
anthropologist and the founder of the renowned Praed Street
Project, set up in 1986, as a referral and support centre for
London prostitutes.
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Celebrate! My Senses (Hardcover)
Sophie Day, Megan Johnson; Illustrated by Stephanie Strouse
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What is at stake socially, culturally, politically, and
economically when we routinely use technology to gather information
about our bodies and environments? Today anyone can purchase
technology that can track, quantify, and measure the body and its
environment. Wearable or portable sensors detect heart rates,
glucose levels, steps taken, water quality, genomes, and
microbiomes, and turn them into electronic data. Is this phenomenon
empowering, or a new form of social control? Who volunteers to
enumerate bodily experiences, and who is forced to do so? Who
interprets the resulting data? How does all this affect the
relationship between medical practice and self care, between
scientific and lay knowledge? Quantified examines these and other
issues that arise when biosensing technologies become part of
everyday life. The book offers a range of perspectives, with views
from the social sciences, cultural studies, journalism, industry,
and the nonprofit world. The contributors consider data,
personhood, and the urge to self-quantify; legal, commercial, and
medical issues, including privacy, the outsourcing of medical
advice, and self-tracking as a "paraclinical" practice; and
technical concerns, including interoperability, sociotechnical
calibration, alternative views of data, and new space for design.
Contributors Marc Boehlen, Geoffrey C. Bowker, Sophie Day, Anna de
Paula Hanika, Deborah Estrin, Brittany Fiore-Gartland, Dana
Greenfield, Judith Gregory, Mette Kragh-Furbo, Celia Lury, Adrian
Mackenzie, Rajiv Mehta, Maggie Mort, Dawn Nafus, Gina Neff, Helen
Nissenbaum, Heather Patterson, Celia Roberts, Jamie Sherman, Alex
Taylor, Gary Wolf
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