University of Warwick, UK.
Cardiff University, UK.
Health (London). 2018 May;22(3):205-222. doi: 10.1177/1363459315590246. Epub 2015 Jun 25.
Through two case studies, the Hearing Voices Movement and Stepping Out Theatre Company, we demonstrate how successful participatory organisations can be seen as 'engines of alternative objectivity' rather than as the subjective other to objective, biomedical science. With the term 'alternative objectivity', we point to collectivisations of experience that are different to biomedical science but are nonetheless forms of objectivity. Taking inspiration from feminist theory, science studies and sociology of culture, we argue that participatory mental health organisations generate their own forms of objectivity through novel modes of collectivising experience. The Hearing Voices Movement cultivates an 'activist science' that generates an alternative objective knowledge through a commitment to experimentation, controlling, testing, recording and sharing experience. Stepping Out distinguishes itself from drama therapy by cultivating an alternative objective culture through its embrace of high production values, material culture, aesthetic standards. A crucial aspect of participatory practice is overcoming alienation, enabling people to get outside of themselves, encounter material worlds and join forces with others.
通过两个案例研究，即“听见声音运动”和“走出剧场公司”，我们展示了成功的参与式组织如何被视为“另类客观性的引擎”，而不是客观的、生物医学科学的主观对立面。我们用“另类客观性”这个术语来指代与生物医学科学不同但同样是客观性的经验集合。借鉴女性主义理论、科学研究和文化社会学，我们认为，参与式心理健康组织通过新颖的经验集合模式，产生自己的客观性形式。“听见声音运动”通过对实验、控制、测试、记录和分享经验的承诺，培养出一种“激进科学”，从而产生另类客观知识。“走出剧场”通过拥抱高制作价值、物质文化和审美标准，培养出一种另类客观文化，从而使自己有别于戏剧治疗。参与式实践的一个关键方面是克服异化，使人们能够超越自我，接触物质世界，并与他人联手。
