Which ‘being’ in wellbeing? Ontology, wellness and the geographies of happiness

This article examines current approaches to wellbeing research in the social sciences, reviewing their underlying ontologies to explore which ‘being’ is implied in contemporary research on wellbeing. It critically analyses themes from the ‘science of happiness’ for their focus on a decontextualized...

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Vydáno v:Progress in human geography Ročník 42; číslo 6; s. 807 - 829
Hlavní autoři: Smith, Thomas S.J., Reid, Louise
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: London, England SAGE Publications 01.12.2018
Sage Publications Ltd
Témata:
Happiness
Human geography
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Ontology
Personal health
Social research
Social sciences
Well being
Wellness
Wellness programs
performance
happiness
geography
wellbeing
place
more-than-human
ontology
ISSN:0309-1325, 1477-0288
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Shrnutí:This article examines current approaches to wellbeing research in the social sciences, reviewing their underlying ontologies to explore which ‘being’ is implied in contemporary research on wellbeing. It critically analyses themes from the ‘science of happiness’ for their focus on a decontextualized and individualized subject and highlights the emergence of an alternative, developing geographical research agenda in the study of wellbeing, termed here ‘intra-active wellbeing’. It is argued that this research agenda draws together formerly disparate aspects of geographical thought – classically humanistic wellbeing research and more-than-human inquiry – and creates space for a more pluralistic field of wellbeing scholarship.
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ISSN:0309-1325
1477-0288
DOI:10.1177/0309132517717100