People Made of Glass: The Collapsing Temporalities of Chronic Conditions
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People Made of Glass : The Collapsing Temporalities of Chronic Conditions. / Madsen, Ida Vandsøe.
In: Anthropology of Consciousness, Vol. 32, No. 1, 19.03.2021, p. 7-32.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - People Made of Glass
T2 - The Collapsing Temporalities of Chronic Conditions
AU - Madsen, Ida Vandsøe
PY - 2021/3/19
Y1 - 2021/3/19
N2 - An increasing number of people worldwide are living with chronic conditionsthat have an aspect of bodily fragility as part of the condition or as an effectof treatment. In this article, I explore the temporal experience of bodilyfragility and the particularities of consciousness states among people with thechronic condition osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) in Denmark. My aim isthreefold. First, my goal is to give an insight into life with OI, a rare andrarely studied condition. Second, I shed light on bodily fragility, a theme thatlives in the shadows of other analytical foci in anthropology. Third, I willcontribute to the anthropological understanding of the connection amongbody, physical environment, and consciousness. I argue that the lifeworlds ofpeople with OI are haunted by mental and bodily memories and fearful futurescenarios, which makes the past and the future collapse into the present.
AB - An increasing number of people worldwide are living with chronic conditionsthat have an aspect of bodily fragility as part of the condition or as an effectof treatment. In this article, I explore the temporal experience of bodilyfragility and the particularities of consciousness states among people with thechronic condition osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) in Denmark. My aim isthreefold. First, my goal is to give an insight into life with OI, a rare andrarely studied condition. Second, I shed light on bodily fragility, a theme thatlives in the shadows of other analytical foci in anthropology. Third, I willcontribute to the anthropological understanding of the connection amongbody, physical environment, and consciousness. I argue that the lifeworlds ofpeople with OI are haunted by mental and bodily memories and fearful futurescenarios, which makes the past and the future collapse into the present.
U2 - 10.1111/anoc.12131
DO - 10.1111/anoc.12131
M3 - Journal article
VL - 32
SP - 7
EP - 32
JO - Anthropology of Consciousness
JF - Anthropology of Consciousness
SN - 1053-4202
IS - 1
ER -
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