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Poster Presentations
THURSDAY 16 APRIL 2015 15:00-15:30
racism. Because, indigenous people in Chile are undermined by the constant discrimination against people who have
indigenous profile, that means the use of language and accent, vestment and looks as an indigenous people.
Therefore, this research focus on how class transition impact on indigenous identities on Mapuche social trajectories
experiences. In this manner, it is interesting to examine how class practices, ethnic elements and social mobility
influences are related to constructions of identities of an emergent group. Moreover, it is important how Mapuche
people are influenced by multiples identities from their background, from their ethnic heritage, from their new social
environment. For that reason, the aims of this research are to connect these two fields of study to examine the
configuration and production of class relations and ethnic identity.
POSTER 23
Personal Recovery in Personality Disorder: Seeking to Understand Service User Experiences in Community
and Forensic Settings
Shepherd, A., Sanders, C., Shaw, J.
(Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust)
The support of personal recovery represents a stated goal for modern mental health services and has been a focus for
sociological analysis on the experience and management of mental health problems and other long-term conditions.
The concept of recovery is potentially problematic in relation to those who receive a diagnosis of personality disorder
and receive care in either community or forensic settings. Uncertainties relating to the nature of the personality
disorder diagnosis and the nature of the forensic environment complicate understanding and support of recovery.
In order to better explore these issues a systematic review was conducted to identify qualitative studies addressing
personal recovery in personality disorder, or in relation to mental disorder in forensic settings. Meta-synthesis allowed
overarching themes to be identified and described.
Eight studies were identified (five relating to forensic settings, three in relation to personality disorder). Key
overarching themes included: Identity work as a process of change in personal recovery; the importance of social
networks and supporting personal autonomy; the need for a sense of safety and security.
This study highlights the importance of the individual's social environment in personal recovery and particularly the
necessity for a safe base from which to consider identity work. Further research is necessary in order to better
understand the concept of personal recovery in relation to personality disorder in community and forensic settings.
Greater understanding of the experiences of those receiving a personality disorder diagnosis will allow the
development of services that better support the needs of this client group.
POSTER 24
Conceptualising Sex Worker Violence: An Examination of Responses to Violence Against Sex Workers in
Scotland
Smith, E.
(University of Stirling)
Violence encompasses a variety of definitions, experiences and meanings, for different individuals. This diversity of
meaning and experience is particularly pronounced in relation to sex work, where debate is largely divided according
to a view of sex work as violence against women, or as a legitimate occupational choice. Yet despite the centrality of
violence and exploitation to some analyses of sex work, there is comparatively limited research exploring how
violence is actually perceived, experienced and responded to, by both sex workers, and the various agencies that are
involved in the provision of support for sex workers. This may crucially dismiss or undermine opposing perspectives
that do not equate sex work with violence, particularly amongst sex workers.
My research aims to fill this gap in understanding by exploring responses to sex worker violence throughout Scotland,
amongst sex workers and agencies, and the many perceptions, experiences, challenges and misconceptions that may
underpin and shape these responses. This paper will report on the findings from my fieldwork and comment on the
wider implications of the study, particularly the potential for the study to enact positive social change for sex workers.
POSTER 25
Women’s Football: Informal Spaces and Autobiographical Recollections in the Development of a Narrative
Themen, C., Themen, K.
(University of Liverpool)
55 BSA Annual Conference 2015
Glasgow Caledonian University