http://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/201/4359/899.2.full.pdf

Phenomenology of perception.

From the Publisher: 
A Question of Identity 
Life on the Screen is a fascinating and wide-ranging investigation of the impact of computers and networking on society, peoples' perceptions of themselves, and the individual's relationship to machines. Sherry Turkle, a Professor of the Sociology of Science at MIT and a licensed psychologist, uses Internet MUDs (multi-user domains, or in older gaming parlance multi-user dungeons) as a launching pad for explorations of software design, user interfaces, simulation, artificial intelligence, artificial life, agents, "bots," virtual reality, and "the on-line way of life." 
Turkle's discussion of postmodernism is particularly enlightening. She shows how postmodern concepts in art, architecture, and ethics are related to concrete topics much closer to home, for example AI research (Minsky's "Society of Mind") and even MUDs (exemplified by students with X-window terminals who are doing homework in one window and simultaneously playing out several different roles in the same MUD in other windows). Those of you who have (like me) been turned off by the shallow, pretentious, meaningless paintings and sculptures that litter our museums of modern art may have a different perspective after hearing what Turkle has to say. 
This is a psychoanalytical book, not a technical one. However, software developers and engineers will find it highly accessible because of the depth of the author's technical understanding and credibility. Unlike most other authors in this genre, Turkle does not constantly jar the technically-literate reader with blatant errors or bogus assertions about how things work. Although I personally don't have time or patience for MUDs,view most of AI as snake-oil, and abhor postmodern architecture, I thought the time spent reading this book was an extremely good investment.

스크린 위의 삶 = Life on the screen : identity in the age of the internet

Qualitative methods for health research , Qualitative methods for health research , کتابخانه مرکزی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران

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Qualitative methods for health research

Erik Eriksen is a remarkable individual. He has no college degrees yet is Professor of Human Development at Harvard University. He came to psychology via art, which explains why the reader will find him painting contexts and backgrounds rather than stating dull facts and concepts. He has been a training psychoanalyst for many years as well as a perceptive observer of cultural and social settings and their effect on growing up. This is not just a book on childhood. It is a panorama of our society. Anxiety in young children, apathy in American Indians, confusion in veterans of war, and arrogance in young Nazis are scrutinized under the psychoanalytic magnifying glass. The material is well written and devoid of technical jargon. The theme of the volume is that it is human to have a long childhood which will leave a lifelong residue of emotional immaturity in man. Primitive groups and

Childhood and Society.

As the use of qualitative methods in health research proliferates, it becomes increasingly necessary to consider how the value of a piece of qualitative research should be assessed. This article discusses the problem posed by the novelty and diversity of qualitative approaches within health psychology and considers the question of what criteria are appropriate for assessing the validity of a qualitative analysis. In keeping with the ethos of much qualitative research, some open-ended, flexible principles are suggested as a guide to the quality of a qualitative study: sensitivity to context; commitment and rigour; transparency and coherence; impact and importance. Examples are given of the very different ways in which various forms of qualitative research can meet these criteria.

Dilemmas in qualitative health research

Governing the Masses The Emergence of the Public Health Movement Technologies of Health Contemporary Health Promotion and Public Health Taming Uncertainty Risk Discourse and Diagnostic Testing Communicating Health The Mass Media and Advertising in Health Promotion Bodies, Pleasures and the Practices of the Self

The Imperative of Health: Public Health and the Regulated Body

AcknowledgementsIntroduction1 The new public health: a new morality?2 Epidemiology: governing by numbers3 The 'healthy' citizen4 Risk discourse and 'the environment'5 The 'healthy' city6 The duty to participateConclusionReferencesIndex

The new public health: Health and self in the age of risk

Introduction Theoretical Perspectives on Food and Eating Food, the Family and Childhood Food, Health and Nature Tastes and Distastes The Asceticism/Consumption Dialectic Conclusion

Food, the body, and the self

Introduction: risk and sociocultural theory Deborah Lupton 1. Postmodern reflections on 'risk','hazards' and life choices Nick Fox 2. Fear of crime and the media: sociocultural theories of risk John Tulloch 3. Risk and the ontology of pregnant embodiment Deborah Lupton 4. Risk anxiety and the social construction of childhood Stevi Jackson and Sue Scott 5. Constructing an endangered nation: risk, race and rationality in Australia's native title debate Eva Mackey 6. Risk, calculabel and incalculable Mitchell Dean 7. Ordering risks Stephen Crook.

Risk and sociocultural theory : new directions and perspectives

Introduction Theoretical Perspectives on Medicine and Society The Body in Medicine Representations of Medicine, Illness and Disease in Elite and Popular Culture The Lay Perspective on Illness and Disease Power Relations and the Medical Encounter Feminisms and Medicine Conclusion

Deborah Lupton

Papers

The Imperative of Health: Public Health and the Regulated Body

The new public health: Health and self in the age of risk

Food, the body, and the self

Risk and sociocultural theory : new directions and perspectives

Medicine as Culture: Illness, Disease and the Body in Western Societies