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Traveling Material↔Semiotic Environments of Disability, Rehabilitation, and Physical Activity

Monforte, J.; Pérez-Samaniego, V.; Smith, B.

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Authors

J. Monforte

V. Pérez-Samaniego



Abstract

In this article, we apply narrative dialogism and new materialism to health research. We examine how material↔semiotic environments (MSEs) affect the rehabilitation process of Patrick, a man who exercised with the aim to recover from spinal cord injury. The MSEs are considered embedded subcases within the overall holistic case of Patrick. Three MSEs were identified: the hospital gym, the personal gym, and the adapted gym. These are examined using the analytical lens of assemblages. First, the mutually affecting components of each MSE are described. Second, a larger environmental assemblage is identified, which is termed exercise-is-restitution assemblage. This composite assemblage illuminates the associations between the three MSEs, and reveals how restitution resonated across time and space. The article contributes to the literature by reconceptualizing restitution. It highlights the importance of the materiality of health-related narratives, and it reveals the potential of MSE for transforming rehabilitation and improving exercise promotion and maintenance.

Citation

Monforte, J., Pérez-Samaniego, V., & Smith, B. (2020). Traveling Material↔Semiotic Environments of Disability, Rehabilitation, and Physical Activity. Qualitative Health Research, 30(8), 1249-1261. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732318820520

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Dec 26, 2018
Publication Date 2020-07
Deposit Date Sep 6, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Qualitative Health Research
Print ISSN 1049-7323
Electronic ISSN 1552-7557
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 30
Issue 8
Pages 1249-1261
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732318820520

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Monforte, J., Pérez-Samaniego, V. & Smith, B. (2020). Traveling Material↔Semiotic Environments of Disability, Rehabilitation, and Physical Activity. Qualitative Health Research 30(8): 1249-1261. Copyright © The Author(s) 2018. DOI: 10.1177/1049732318820520





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