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- Convenor:
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Sanja Špoljar Vržina
(Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar)
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- Discussant:
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Pavao Rudan
(Antropological Center of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts)
- Track:
- Survival and Extinction
- Location:
- University Place 6.211
- Sessions:
- Tuesday 6 August, -
Time zone: Europe/London
Short Abstract:
Health, health systems and epidemiological factors make just another triangle in the successive visible consequences of the destructive neoliberal ideology that violates HR. The panel advocates towards a critical reading of HR's in matters of dignity, health and life.
Long Abstract:
Today's 'talk' about any health issues is part of a wider web of neoliberal destructive processes of which all fall into the category of decades long discrimination of populations, downgrading their right to life and violating human dignity. Poor health, poverty stricken health systems and screaming epidemiological factors make just one more triangle of the successive visible consequences of destruction that equals to the violation of Human Rights. Yet no correction is possible since every problem is tied to the double standard perceiving H R. The Panel participants are invited to contribute to a growing number of authors, that based on the biological and socio-contextual knowledge of different parts of the world (cultures, communities and societies) are willing to define the new horizons of populational, ecological and socio-political problems we are faced with concerning the neoliberal ideology and life detrimental (health) issues. The mission of the panel is directly tied to the prolegomena, set by Kalny (2009) and Baxi (2006) that urges towards a critical reading of H R's and the advocacy toward differentiating between politics for human rights and politics of human rights (later endorsing instrumentalization). Health and its non-sustainability is one of the most dramatic areas in which this differentiation, in view of the many anthropological approaches, is dramatically needed. The end results of the panel's work is envisioned to support the growing number of critical anthropologists, across all fields, in the demand for, nothing more, than dignity for the populations that we daily represent.
Accepted papers:
Session 1 Tuesday 6 August, 2013, -Sanja Špoljar Vržina (Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar)
Paper short abstract:
The paper deals with the visible and predictive mechanisms of the downfall in global health , parallel to the promise of progress, development and democracy. It takes into account the role that civil society should have and the actual role it has in today’s neoliberal development . The examples will be given from Croatia.
Paper long abstract:
The paper deals with the visible and predictive mechanisms of the downfall in global health , parallel to the promise of progress, development and democracy. It takes into account the role that civil society should have and the actual role it has in today's neoliberal development . The examples will be given from Croatia.
Saša Missoni (Institute for Anthropological Research)
Paper short abstract:
Due to socioeconomic and sociocultural factors and globalization in general, nutritional habits on Middle Dalmatian islands is moving from traditional to global nutrition. This significantly contributes to development of complex diseases and reduces a quality of life.
Paper long abstract:
Based on our research on Middle Dalmatian islands Vis and Hvar, we determined divergencies from traditional Mediterranean nutrition that are going towards global nutrition. Reasons for this change probably are consequences of socioeconomic and sociocultural factors and globalization in general. This change in nutritional habits and in lifestyle in general, significantly contribute to development of obesity and some complex diseases, first of all metabolic syndrome or diabetes type II and cardiovascular diseases.
Regarding poorer and poorer economic situation in Croatia, we can expect further decline of standard of citizens, and with that a nutrition with cheaper foodstuffs what means poorer nutrition.
Quality of nutritional foodstuffs is one of most important questions nowadays and it is in accordance with conclusions/resolutions of Human Rights Council in which are stressed the importance and the necessity that every human has a right to quality nutrition.
Special problem is inadequate nutrition in children and adolescents. Besides poor socioeconomic situation, reason is poor education of children and parents and whole school staff. That kind of nutrition leads to increasing number of obese children and we know that metabolic syndrome is starting to develop in adolescent age.
With further progress of this trend, state in Public Health could be worse or we can expect increasing number of cases of obesity and already mentioned complex diseases what significantly reduce a quality of life.
Maruška Vidovič (Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia)
Paper short abstract:
This paper presents the collaboration between Anthropology and Public Health following a severe natural disaster. A follow-up of the new global climate changes resulting in disasters must become a priority task for anthropologists in the course of sustaining the dignity of the affected.
Paper long abstract:
Population level studies provide a natural background for beneficial partnership between Anthropology and Public health. Anthropology is gaining a widespread recognition of being a "valuable tool" for studying and addressing Public Health problems as its findings can help us understand numerous processes in a population. On this base a cooperation was endorsed between these professions. Today, there is a necessity of working together across all levels to understand illness and disease processes of populations on national, regional and local levels.
In this context I present my work in the Institute of Public Health devoted to the big natural catastrophe on 18th, Sept., 2007 in Selška valley, under mountain Ratitovec, which has served many years as an anthropological research model. Locations of Železniki and Zali were struck, with 6 people dead and an enormous property loss. Water flooded 206 residential houses and 5 apartment blocks, depriving 310 households of livelihood. Our immediate response included cooperation with Public Health services, Civil protection and epidemiologists, proposing control measures in line with the assessed risk. An anthropological study of the quality of life of the populations in the aftermath of this disaster was initiated. The household members were interviewed, also including physical check-ups. Increased incidence of hypertension showed that the affected populations were under severe mental pressure with high probability of long term harmful health effects. Potential health hazards due to the remaining moister (mould) are continuous. In cooperation with local physicians we are still pursuing to expose the severity of all these problems.