Categorization and explanation of risk: a discourse analytical perspective

Sarangi, Srikant and Candlin, Christopher N (2003). Categorization and explanation of risk: a discourse analytical perspective. Health, Risk and Society, 5(2) pp. 115–124.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369857031000123902

Abstract

Categorization -- generally understood as definition of situations (including events, actions, roles/identities, knowledge claims etc) in everyday and professional/institutional settings -- is a meaning-making activity, deeply embodied in human experience and understanding. Language and discourse play a significant part in how we categorize events and things in discipline-specific ways. Contributors to this Special Issue of Health, Risk & Society approach risk categorization and its explanatory status in a range of healthcare settings -- genetics, cancer, HIV/AIDS, hormone replacement therapy -- from a discourse analytical perspective (broadly defined as language and interaction in context-specific environments). Research practice -- what we choose to study, how we select our data sites and analytic frameworks and how we formulate our findings -- constitutes categorization work par excellence and so remains a candidate project in reflexivity.

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