• STS-forskare som sofistikerade policy-centriska samtidsuttryck
  Friberg, Torbjörn   Journal article in Tidsskriftet Antropologi; : Antropologforeningen (2018)	Journal article

• Forum : Akademiskt och professionellt skrivande inom socionomutbildni...
  Lundberg, Susanna   Magazine article in Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift;3-4 : Förbundet för forskning i socialt arbete (FORSA) (2018)	Magazine article

  

  

  English abstract:	Academic and professional writing within the education in social work The texts written by professional social workers decide whether children can stay with their parents, if drug addicts get life-saving treatment or if families can have money to celebrate holidays. The school of social work lays the foundation of the complex skills and knowledge that professional social workers need. If we inside the education were to prioritize writing as a tool of critical reflexion, our students would be better prepared to connect their academic skills to the professional reality they are facing. In this text, I am discussing the writing skills of the students of social work from a perspective of academic literacies represented by Lea & Street (1998), and in particular look into the connections between academic and professional writing. The empirical base of my reflexions consists of my own and colleagues teaching at courses aimed at writing. The theoretical framework of academic literacies suggests we see the training in academic writing not as a unidirectional learning of language and writing skills, but as a complex appropriation of a broad field of discourses, weaved into structures of power and academic/professional identities. These will determine what knowledge is more or less relevant, and how knowledge and skills are to be presented and assessed. To the perspective of academic literacies, those of us involved in professional training will need to add skills of professional writing, springing from the tasks that professional social workers perform at a daily basis. The juridical, formal and communicative demands facing social workers has to be reflected in their writing, and the education will need to answer to that. Do we, properly?
  Swedish abstract:	Akademiskt och professionellt skrivande inom socionomutbildningen Professionella socionomers texter avgör om barn får stanna med sina föräldrar, om missbrukare får livräddande behandling och om barnfamiljer har råd att fira jul. På socionomutbildningen läggs grunden till de komplexa förmågor och kunskaper som behövs för professionellt socialt arbete. Om vi inom utbildningen skulle prioritera skrivande som ett verktyg för kritisk reflexion skulle våra studenter på ett bättre sätt kunna foga in sina akademiska kunskaper i den professionella verklighet de har framför sig. Jag kommer i denna text att diskutera och undersöka socionomstudenters skrivande ur ett skrivteoretiskt perspektiv, och särskilt se på relationerna mellan det akademiska skrivandet och det professionella. Det empiriska underlaget till mina reflexioner är min egen och kollegers undervisning de senaste åren, med särskilt fokus på erfarenheter från handledning på textfokuserade kurser. För att förstå studenters texter behövs ett akademiskt skrivteoretiskt ramverk, vilket jag finner i traditionen academic literacies, här företrädd av Lea & Street och deras artikel från 1998. De fokuserar på att akademiskt skrivspråk inte är ett homogent språk utan ett brett fält av språkligheter företrädda av en mångfald akademiker. Centralt för dem är också att akademins språkpraktiker är inbäddade i ett komplext nätverk av maktrelationer, som avgör vad som är relevant eller mindre relevant kunskap, och hur denna ska framställas och förmedlas. Till det akademiska språket måste vi som professionsutbildning föra ett professionellt språk, som utgår från vad i detta fall socionomer gör till vardags i sitt arbete. De juridiska, formella och kommunikativa krav som ställs på professionella socionomer avspeglas även i deras språk – och detta måste vi på utbildningen förhålla oss till. Gör vi det i tillräcklig utsträckning?

• The Phenomenon of Collaboration in a Life Science Network
  Friberg, Torbjörn   Journal article in Journal of Organizational Ethnography; : Emerald (2018)	Journal article

  

  

  English abstract:

  Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to outline the operative meaning of collaboration in a life science network. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected through participatory observations and interviews between 2014 and 2015. The data presented were derived from field notes from participant observations, interviews and documents within a life science network in the Öresund region (southern part of Sweden and the Copenhagen area). Findings: The findings suggest that collaboration within the life science network should be viewed as a lively, organizational assembly in the process of becoming, in contrast to the idea that it is operating on the basis of organic principles. Collaboration thus could be viewed as consisting of self-subsistent parts (participants and organizations) that are detached and plugged into different collaborative networks. Originality/value: In the context of the emerging idea of re-building the state welfare system with the economic support of producing and selling knowledge, there seems to be a growing interest, especially from the point of view of policymakers, in the phenomenon of collaboration. This paper offers exclusive ethnographic illustrations into the heterogeneity of collaboration.

• Social Representations of Persons with Learning Disability or Autism ...
  Germundsson, Per   Journal article in Journal of Human Development, Disability, and Social Change;1 : International Network on the Disability Creation Process (INDCP) (2018)	Journal article

  

  

  English abstract:

  Individuals with disabilities are affected by their environment in different ways, and one important factor involves how these individuals are perceived by others. This article focuses on rehabilitation professionals and the social representations of people with learning disability or autism spectrum disorder, as this group’s life situation is largely influenced by the professionals who work with them in their everyday lives. An association study, which is an established method in the theory of social representations, was carried out to gain more insight; in total, 121 rehabilitation professionals were included in the study. The results indicate that, when thinking about the target group, the respondents often associated the individuals in the group with work and the working process. A relational representation emerges where the individual is not perceived as someone with independent agency but rather as a person whose characterization is assigned in relation to the work tasks. Despite this, the respondents were sympathetic to the individuals and this work. The study also shows that the professionals’ social representations of the target group differs depending on what organization they belong to and that the various denominations of the individuals used in the organizations are not appreciated by the professionals.

• Examination of Previously Published Data to Identify Patterns in the ...
  Manchaiah, Vinaya; Ratinaud, Pierre; Tympas, Aristotle; Danermark, Berth; Germundsson, Per   Journal article in Journal of audiology & otology;2 : The Korean Audiological Society and Korean Otological Society (2018)	Journal article

  

  

  English abstract:	Background and Objectives: Societal factors seem to exercise a strong influence on hearing aid uptake, use, and satisfaction. In particular, knowledge, perception, and attitude of people will have bearing towards their and others health behavior and decisions. The current study aimed at understanding the perception of hearing aids by adults belonging to the general population in different countries. Subjects and Methods: The study employed a crosssectional design. A sample of 404 adults from India, Iran, Portugal, and the United Kingdom were recruited by relying on a convenience sampling. Previously published data was re-analyzed but it was applied for different approach. Free association task was used to collect the data. They were asked to provide up to five words or phrases that come to mind when thinking about “hearing aids.” The data was initially analyzed based on qualitative content analysis. This was followed by quantitative cluster analysis and chi square analysis. Results: The content analysis suggested 39 main categories of responses related to hearing aids. The cluster analysis resulted in five main clusters, namely: 1) positive attitude, 2) external factors, 3) hearing aid use and satisfaction, 4) etiology, and 5) benefits and limitations of technology. A few demographic factors (i.e., education, occupation type, country) showed association with different clusters, although country of origin seemed to be associated with most clusters. Conclusions: The study provides us with unique insights into the perception of hearing aids by the general public, and additionally, the way demographic variables may influence these perceptions.
  Note:	J Audiol Otol

  Manchaiah et al ... a to Identify Patterns.pdf   (466.8Kb)

  https://www.ejao.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.7874/jao.2017.00318

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