SOC243H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Autism Spectrum, Environmental Health, Morning Sickness
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The child goes to find dangerous activity but then goes back to the parents to keep them safe from harm. People fail from edgework and they slip into the danger zone and they get harmed (voluntary/involuntary) Struggle with staying out of risk: how is being forced to the edge (exposed involuntary to risks & harms) associated with edgework. Anorexia structures of enablement and promotion of risky anorexic practices pro-ana . Not pathological, pro-ana who support risky and destructive behaviours. Narratives feed back into propensities that make others want to adopt the standpoint. The intersections of: risk as feelings, risk as analysis, and risk as politics. Assemblies through bricolage it"s not just cultures talking about risks or portraying risk in a certain way but the culture becomes political. As long as emotional responses conform to expert assessments of risk, then they are accurate" or. Appropriate": if not, they are manipulative" or deceptive" (slovic et al, 2007)
