Synchronization and Syncopation: Conceptualizing Autism Through Rhythm

Christensen, Fie

doi:10.1007/s11013-020-09698-y

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“…Medical-anthropological studies have explored states of desynchronization and temporality obtaining among different cognitive conditions such as ADHD (cf. Christensen 2021 ; Mikka Nielsen 2020 ; Rasmussen and Meinert 2019 ) and autism (cf. Jensen 2017 ).…”

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Temporal Belonging: Loss of Time and Fragile Attempts to Belong with Alzheimer’s Disease

Glavind

2022

Cult Med Psychiatry

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Temporal Belonging: Loss of Time and Fragile Attempts to Belong with Alzheimer’s Disease

Glavind

2022

Cult Med Psychiatry

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“…She expresses a known tension between understanding autism as a continuum of humankind or as so radically different that it becomes something more, a category of its own. It is within this discussion that this article takes its point of departure and positions itself within the growing body of anthropological literature on autistic identity and sociality, framing autistic people as active and social members of communities (Christensen, 2021;Fein, 2015aFein, , 2015bOchs, et. al., 2004;Ochs & Solomon, 2010;Silverman, 2008;Solomon, 2010Solomon, , 2015.…”

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Can Muggles be Autistic?

Christensen

2021

JEA

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This paper explores the tension between perceiving autism as a spectrum of traits or as a core. A spectrum is defined as a tension between two extremes. A core, on the other hand, is defined by an essence or a pervasive structure. I present the views of three autistic women that try to establish autism as a core, in which people with autism are separate from the rest of humankind and not extreme versions of humanity, the consequences of their statements are that there are no extreme versions of autism. Autism as a ‘core’ manifests itself in behavior (e.g. whether you hug others in distress or not, an example put forward by the women), which allows them to reevaluate the diagnoses of fellow autistic humans. I argue that the worldview of the three women is exemplified by their use of examples, and that what could be considered as ‘extreme examples’ on a ‘human spectrum’, might represent ‘ideal examples’ in their view of the ‘autistic spectrum’. Thinking about autism as a spectrum with its own examples allows us to understand the social dynamics of broadening the autism criteria. Furthermore, this article discusses how extreme examples can be used to create new wholes when spectrums are being broadened to the point of bursting.

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Autism and metamorphic temporalities

Nadesan

2025

Understanding Autism

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Synchronization and Syncopation: Conceptualizing Autism Through Rhythm

Cited by 7 publications

References 49 publications

Temporal Belonging: Loss of Time and Fragile Attempts to Belong with Alzheimer’s Disease

Temporal Belonging: Loss of Time and Fragile Attempts to Belong with Alzheimer’s Disease

Can Muggles be Autistic?

Autism and metamorphic temporalities

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