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This new study from Ben Highmore looks at the seemingly banal world
of objects, work, daily media, and food, and finds there a
scintillating array of passionate experience. Through a series of
case studies, and building on his previous work on the everyday,
Highmore examines our relationship to familiar objects (a favourite
chair), repetitive work (housework, typing), media (distracted
television viewing and radio listening) and food (specifically the
food of multicultural Britain). A chair allows him to consider the
history of flat-pack furniture as well as the lively presence of
inorganic 'stuff' in our daily lives. Distracted television
watching and radio listening becomes one of the preconditions for
experiencing wonder through the media. Ordinary Lives links the
concrete study of routine existence to theoretical reflection on
everyday life. The book discusses philosophers such as Jacques
Ranciere, William James and David Hume and combines them with
autobiographical testimonies, historical research and the analysis
of popular culture to investigate the minutiae of day-to-day life.
Highmore argues that aesthetic experience is embedded in the
mundane sensory world of everyday life. He asks the reader to
reconsider the negative associations of habit and routine, focusing
specifically on the intrinsic ambiguity of habit (habit, we find
out, is both rigid and adaptive). Rather than ask 'what does
everyday life mean?' this book asks 'what does everyday life feel
like and how do our sensual, emotional and temporal experiences
interconnect and intersect?' Ordinary Lives is an accessible,
animated and engaging book that is ideally suited to both students
and researchers working in cultural studies, media and
communication and sociology.
Research into the rehabilitation of individuals following Traumatic
Brain Injury (TBI) in the past 15 years has resulted in greater
understanding of the condition. The second edition of this book
provides an updated guide for health professionals working with
individuals recovering from TBI. Its uniquely clinical focus
provides both comprehensive background information, and practical
strategies for dealing with common problems with thinking, memory,
communication, behaviour and emotional adjustment in both adults
and children. The book addresses a wide range of challenges, from
those which begin with impairment of consciousness, to those
occurring for many years after injury, and presents strategies for
maximising participation in all aspects of community life. The book
will be of use to practising clinicians, students in health
disciplines relevant to neurorehabilitation, and also to the
families of individuals with traumatic brain injury.
Research into the rehabilitation of individuals following Traumatic
Brain Injury (TBI) in the past 15 years has resulted in greater
understanding of the condition. The second edition of this book
provides an updated guide for health professionals working with
individuals recovering from TBI. Its uniquely clinical focus
provides both comprehensive background information, and practical
strategies for dealing with common problems with thinking, memory,
communication, behaviour and emotional adjustment in both adults
and children. The book addresses a wide range of challenges, from
those which begin with impairment of consciousness, to those
occurring for many years after injury, and presents strategies for
maximising participation in all aspects of community life. The book
will be of use to practising clinicians, students in health
disciplines relevant to neurorehabilitation, and also to the
families of individuals with traumatic brain injury.
This book challenges and revises existing ways of thinking about
leaving care policy, practice and research at regional, national
and international levels. Bringing together contributors from
fifteen countries, it covers a range of topical policy and practice
issues within national, international or comparative contexts.
These include youth justice, disability, access to higher
education, the role of advocacy groups, ethical challenges and
cultural factors. In doing so it demonstrates that, whilst young
people are universally a vulnerable group, there are vast
differences in their experiences of out-of-home care and
transitions from care, and their shorter and longer-term outcomes.
Equally, there are significant variations between jurisdictions in
terms of the legislative, policy and practice supports and
opportunities made available to them. This significant edited
collection is essential reading for all those who work with young
people from care, including social workers, counsellors, and youth
and community practitioners, as well as for students and scholars
of child welfare.
This book challenges and revises existing ways of thinking about
leaving care policy, practice and research at regional, national
and international levels. Bringing together contributors from
fifteen countries, it covers a range of topical policy and practice
issues within national, international or comparative contexts.
These include youth justice, disability, access to higher
education, the role of advocacy groups, ethical challenges and
cultural factors. In doing so it demonstrates that, whilst young
people are universally a vulnerable group, there are vast
differences in their experiences of out-of-home care and
transitions from care, and their shorter and longer-term outcomes.
Equally, there are significant variations between jurisdictions in
terms of the legislative, policy and practice supports and
opportunities made available to them. This significant edited
collection is essential reading for all those who work with young
people from care, including social workers, counsellors, and youth
and community practitioners, as well as for students and scholars
of child welfare.
This new study from Ben Highmore looks at the seemingly banal world
of objects, work, daily media, and food, and finds there a
scintillating array of passionate experience. Through a series of
case studies, and building on his previous work on the everyday,
Highmore examines our relationship to familiar objects (a favourite
chair), repetitive work (housework, typing), media (distracted
television viewing and radio listening) and food (specifically the
food of multicultural Britain). A chair allows him to consider the
history of flat-pack furniture as well as the lively presence of
inorganic 'stuff' in our daily lives. Distracted television
watching and radio listening becomes one of the preconditions for
experiencing wonder through the media. Ordinary Lives links the
concrete study of routine existence to theoretical reflection on
everyday life. The book discusses philosophers such as Jacques
Ranciere, William James and David Hume and combines them with
autobiographical testimonies, historical research and the analysis
of popular culture to investigate the minutiae of day-to-day life.
Highmore argues that aesthetic experience is embedded in the
mundane sensory world of everyday life. He asks the reader to
reconsider the negative associations of habit and routine, focusing
specifically on the intrinsic ambiguity of habit (habit, we find
out, is both rigid and adaptive). Rather than ask 'what does
everyday life mean?' this book asks 'what does everyday life feel
like and how do our sensual, emotional and temporal experiences
interconnect and intersect?' Ordinary Lives is an accessible,
animated and engaging book that is ideally suited to both students
and researchers working in cultural studies, media and
communication and sociology.
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