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WELCOME! This is just a short presentation of me and the research I conduct. If you are interested in more information, please do not hesitate to mail me! After defending my PhD at the faculty of medicine, Lund university, in the spring of 2009, I began lecturing full time at Malmö University, Faculty of health and society, in Disability and Rehabilitation Science. Parts of my lecturing takes place on the Bachelor Programme in Social Work Focusing Disability and Aging. One major area of interest is assistive devices. Mainly, this concerns light-weight rigid-frame active wheelchairs and upper limb prostheses. Assistive devices are seen from a social perspective, i.e. how the presence of an assistive device and a disability can affect interaction. In turn, interactional experiences are influencing the habitus (and thus also the social strategies) of the person using, or not using, the device, as well as how the device is actually utilised. One factor in this recurring process is the useworthiness of the device, i.e. whether the device fulfils the needs of the user. Needs can be seen as ‘something bad for the person to be without’ (von Wright’s definition), and form a basis of motivation on different levels of the Maslow hierarchy of needs. Needs and motivation can exist as strategic, operational, and tactic phenomenon (or: macro-, meso- and micro-levels, respectively), i.e. from the length of a life course perspective to the shortest action of an activity.
PUBLICATION NEWS: A presentation of results from a research project undertaken by Kristofer Hansson and Oskar Krantz concerning strategies among adolescents using wheelchairs as means of negotiating obstacles in everyday life. Published in the magazine Allt om Hjälpmedel, published by the Swedish Institute of Assistive Technology: Hansson, K. & Krantz, O. (2010) Att ta plats med rullstol - Ungdomar utarbetar strategier för att övervinna hinder. Allt om Hjälpmedel, no 3 pp 20-21. (2010-06-10)
PUBLICATION NEWS: Krantz, O. (2010) Book review: Gilbert, K. & Schantz, O. J. (eds.) (2008) The Paralympic Games: Empowerment or Side Show? Maidenhead, Berks.: Meyer & Meyer Sport. Available online (2010-04-02)
PUBLICATION NEWS: Krantz, O. (2010) Book review: Berger, R. J. (2009) Hoop Dreams on Wheels: Disability and the Competitive Wheelchair Athlete. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Available online (2010-03-10)
PUBLICATION NEWS: Krantz, O. (2010) Doctoral Theses. Disability & Society 25(1)5-6. (2010-02-24) |
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Oskar Krantz PhD |
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Oskar Krantz Malmö högskola Hälsa och samhälle Sweden
Mail: oskar.krantz@dastudio.se Phone: +46 (0)707 32 06 98 |
