{"id":20277,"date":"2022-10-26T13:23:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T18:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/?post_type=spucpt&p=20277"},"modified":"2022-11-22T11:33:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T16:33:00","slug":"alexandra-frankel-3mt","status":"publish","type":"spucpt","link":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/spucpt\/alexandra-frankel-3mt\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandra Frankel 3MT"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alexandra Frankel’s bio<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alexandra Vieux Frankel is a PhD student in anthropology at York University. Her research sits at the intersection of medical anthropology and feminist science and technology studies. She is also a research assistant for the project Frictions of Futurity and Cure in Transplant Medicine at the Toronto University Hospital Network.<\/p>\n

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Embodied Survivorship: Using Arts-Based Methods to Complicate Biomedical Narratives of Organ Transplantation and Improve Care<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eva-Marie Stern, Chloe Wong-Mersereau, Brad Necyk, Kelly Fritsch, and Suze Berkhout<\/em><\/p>\n

Background: Dominant biomedical narratives of organ transplantation depict it as a bridge to a different, improved, able-bodied life. Emerging qualitative research has begun to explore how this narrative can erase everyday challenges that survivors of transplant face. Yet, transplantation is also deeply valued and appreciated by patients, families, and donors. Finding ways to examine the complexity of survivors\u2019 sensory and embodied experiences of transplant\u2014what sits beyond the surface\u2014can provide insight into novel interventions to better support transplant patients.<\/p>\n

Methods: Data was collected using qualitative semi-structured ethnographic and arts-based interviews, which included an art therapy activity titled \u201cBelow the Surface\u201d that was piloted within the research group before engaging in the activity with participants. Participants were prompted to create an aluminum foil cast of their hand and forearm and then invited to transform the cast so that it spoke to their experience of organ transplant. Following engagement with the cast, interviewees were asked to reflect on the experience of working with the cast and the process evoked.<\/p>\n

Results: Interviews simultaneously revealed participants’ emotional and sensory experiences and the challenges of expressing these. In the art activity, participants used a variety of techniques to manipulate, change, and mark the art materials. Some reshaped the cast by flattening it, creating holes, and marking the materials.<\/p>\n

Discussion: Data and casts from both the pilot and study demonstrated the effectiveness of this arts-based methodology for exploring the multifaceted faceted ways in which individuals understand and express their experiences. The \u201cBelow the Therapy\u201d activity enabled participants to recall sensory, embodied information, providing a safe, contained space for sensory experiences and generating narratives that were not uncovered with traditional interviews. This approach is promising as a method for interrupting the linear, singular structure of narratives that can emerge in more semi-structured approaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"template":"","class_list":["post-20277","spucpt","type-spucpt","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spucpt\/20277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spucpt"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/spucpt"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}