Methodological considerations for the study of devices in the field of mental health
In this paper we work on the problem of the methodological approach in the study of devices in the field of mental health. For this, elements of Foucauldian reading are recovered in order to build a conceptual reference. In this way, a conceptualization of the devices is delimited in terms of hetero...
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Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Letras
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/heterotopias/article/view/33732 |
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| Sumario: | In this paper we work on the problem of the methodological approach in the study of devices in the field of mental health. For this, elements of Foucauldian reading are recovered in order to build a conceptual reference. In this way, a conceptualization of the devices is delimited in terms of heterogeneous sets of elements that belong to both the discursive and the non-discursive. Regarding the discursive, understood as a controversial concept, a differential analysis is made between the Foucauldian perspective and some structuralist and personalist readings of his time, such as Benveniste's linguistics. In a second instance, a series of methodological considerations are analyzed to address the statements and visibilities, and we proceed to locate some particularities of the field of mental health as a specific territory of our research.
It is concluded, in the first place, that conceiving the heterogeneous nature between the enunciable and the visible as two constitutive forms of the devices entails a position regarding the problem of truth under investigation. Consequently, the need to question the procedures by which a statement, a discourse, a practice or a knowledge are constituted as truths in a determined historical formation is established. Second, it concludes in the elaboration of a series of criteria that contribute to the problematization of the objectivity-subjectivity and reality-distortion dualisms. Finally, emphasis is placed on the ethical dimension of the approach to the field of mental health and particularly the option for public health. Likewise, the political dimension is highlighted, which lies in the importance of considering the ways in which power relations between people are settled. Research on these relationships of forces aims to contribute to current debates in the field of mental health.
Keywords: device; mental health; methodology; power; knowledge.
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