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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 can be 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 tactics) 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 (behavioural) 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 phenomena (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
Article: Assistive devices utilisation in activities of everyday life – a proposed framework of understanding a user perspective
Krantz, O. (2011) Assistive devices utilisation in activities of everyday life – a proposed framework of understanding a user perspective. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology (accepted for publication). (2011-08-25)
Article: The experience of active wheelchair provision and aspects of importance concerning the wheelchair among experienced users in Sweden
Krantz, O., Edberg, A.-K., & Persson, D. (2011) The experience of active wheelchair provision and aspects of importance concerning the wheelchair among experienced users in Sweden. Review of Disability Studies 7(2)21-37. (2011-08-15)
Article: Prescribers’ experience of factors influencing active wheelchair provisioning in Sweden: Analysis of a postal questionnaire
Krantz, O., Persson, D., Lindgren, B. & Bolin, K. (2011) Prescribers’ experience of factors influencing active wheelchair provisioning in Sweden: Analysis of a postal questionnaire. Technology and Disability (accepted for publication). (2011-06-01)
Book review: Wheelchair Sport: A Complete Guide for Athletes, Coaches, and Teachers
Krantz, O. (2011) Book review: Goosey-Tolfrey, V. (ed.) (2010) Wheelchair Sport: A Complete Guide for Athletes, Coaches, and Teachers. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics. Available online (2011-04-05)
Book review: The Paralympic Games: Empowerment or Side Show?
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)
Book review: Hoop Dreams on Wheels
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)
Oskar Krantz
PhD, Senior lecturer
Oskar Krantz
PhD, Senior lecturer
Malmö högskola
Hälsa och samhälle
SWE-205 06 Malmö
Sweden
Mail: oskar.krantz@dastudio.se
Phone: +46 (0)707 32 06 98