Rethinking repetition in dementia through a cartographic ethnography of subjectivity
This article critically engages with the predominant understandings of repetitive bodily practices within a dementia context. Rather than interpreting such practices as pathological and abnormal, I instead approach them through an ethnographic mapping, paying particular attention to the affective dy...
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doaj-fec94be27812471ea7335bc42ac4e40e2021-04-22T08:40:38ZengUniversity of Edinburgh LibraryMedicine Anthropology Theory2405-691X2020-04-017110.17157/mat.7.1.6444986Rethinking repetition in dementia through a cartographic ethnography of subjectivityJong-min JeongThis article critically engages with the predominant understandings of repetitive bodily practices within a dementia context. Rather than interpreting such practices as pathological and abnormal, I instead approach them through an ethnographic mapping, paying particular attention to the affective dynamics of repetition. Critically developing Fernand Deligny’s insights and methods of tracing and mapping bodily movements in dialogue with Tim Ingold’s notion of dwelling, I demonstrate affect-underpinned encounters and interactions of repetitive phenomena. I then argue for the extension of recent anthropological discussions about affect, repetition, and subjectivity by suggesting a more productive dialogue among theories of affect, body, atmosphere, cognition, memory, language, and life history.http://www.medanthrotheory.org/article/view/4986repetitionaffectcartographic ethnographyaffordancediscursive practice |
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Rethinking repetition in dementia through a cartographic ethnography of subjectivity |
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Rethinking repetition in dementia through a cartographic ethnography of subjectivity |
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rethinking repetition in dementia through a cartographic ethnography of subjectivity |
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This article critically engages with the predominant understandings of repetitive bodily practices within a dementia context. Rather than interpreting such practices as pathological and abnormal, I instead approach them through an ethnographic mapping, paying particular attention to the affective dynamics of repetition. Critically developing Fernand Deligny’s insights and methods of tracing and mapping bodily movements in dialogue with Tim Ingold’s notion of dwelling, I demonstrate affect-underpinned encounters and interactions of repetitive phenomena. I then argue for the extension of recent anthropological discussions about affect, repetition, and subjectivity by suggesting a more productive dialogue among theories of affect, body, atmosphere, cognition, memory, language, and life history. |
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