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The manifestation of stigma and those who are stigmatised differs over time and place. In this Social Science Bites podcast, Michèle Lamont introduces us to stigma as the 'negative characterisation of any social attribute'. She asks how certain attributes, such as mental health, lower-socioeconomic labour and obesity come to be viewed as negative characteristics and discusses how researchers can go about studying the phenomena.Lamont uses the example of contact theory to discuss stigma; that is, if there's an increased interaction between individuals who belong to different groups, they develop a greater understanding of those other groups and how they function, which may counteract stereotypes.During the discussion, Lamont and David Edmonds discuss her work with colleagues in the United States, Brazil and Israel, where they conducted more than 400 ethnographic, insider researcher interviews to examine and establish patterns on how those who are stigmatised experience, receive and respond to racism and discrimination. They also questioned how these experiences can differ, both across these cultures and by gender.Lamont and Edmonds also discuss how culture impacted the ways in which the researchers approached the interviews and the obstacles they had to overcome to conduct the research. For example, participants in the United States for Lamont's research were compensated $20 to be interviewed; however, the research team was advised that those in Brazil would have perceived payment to be insulting. They therefore needed to acknowledge that the meaning of money across countries will also differ. Lamont further introduces the phenomena of self-stigma, where people wish to differentiate themselves from others in the group, creating intergroup boundaries.

Stigma (Social psychology) --- Stereotypes (Social psychology)

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"A vivid depiction and real-world example of the personal and institutional impact of the Arbinger Institute's transformative ideas (Leadership and Self-Deception; 1.4 million copies sold) within a healthcare organization--The HG nursing homes. In general, nursing homes are scorned healthcare institutions--but it was in these transformed HG homes that Kimberly White discovered a new way of "seeing" people and underwent her own personal transformation. Both HG and White shifted their perspective and mindset based on their adoption of The Arbinger Institute's basic principles. Without realizing it, we tend to treat people as objects. We see them solely in terms of their usefulness to us. This invites tension and conflict, and changing this mindset is at the heart of the Arbinger Institute's work. This book is a moving true story of an unhappy woman whose life and family were transformed when she began researching how Arbinger's ideas were being implemented in nursing homes. Kimberly White was astonished to discover that those who choose to care for the elderly and ill, earning low pay in a maligned industry, were nevertheless full of satisfaction, compassion and love because of their ability to see their patients as real and true and valuable people. White's research became a personal exploration of how to see the people in her own life as people in that same profound way. When she did, everything in her life and her world changed--and the reader's will too"-- "Without realizing it, we tend to treat people as objects. We see them solely in terms of their usefulness to us. This invites tension and conflict, and changing this mindset is at the heart of the Arbinger Institute's work. This book is a moving true story of an unhappy woman whose life and family were transformed when she began researching how Arbinger's ideas were being implemented in nursing homes. Kimberly White was astonished to discover that those who choose to care for the elderly and ill, earning low pay in a maligned industry, were nevertheless full of satisfaction, compassion and love because of their ability to see their patients as real and true and valuable people. White's research became a personal exploration of how to see the people in her own life as people in that same profound way. When she did, everything in her life and her world changed--and the reader's will too"--

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