Week 13: Wellbeing

Question 1

ethnographic

Answer 1

An appaoch to research which involves in-depth observation of a phenomenon as it is happening in the world.

Question 2

Flow

Answer 2

A state of total absorption in a task including a changed sense of time.

Question 3

Hedonic well-being

Answer 3

Well-being derived from feelings of pleasure.

Question 4

Eudaemonic well-being

Answer 4

Well-being derived from finding purpose and meaning in life.

Question 5

Schadenfreude

Answer 5

the guilty pleasure arising from another’s misfortune

Question 6

Sumud (صمود, Arabic)

Answer 6

steadfastness; ‘a determined struggle to persist’ in adversity

Question 7

Sabsung (Thai)

Answer 7

being revitalised through something that livens up one’s life

Question 8

Gökotta (Swedish)

Answer 8

waking up early with the purpose of going outside to hear the first birds sing

Question 9

Gigil (Philippine Tagalog)

Answer 9

the irresistible urge to pinch or squeeze someone because they are loved or cherished’

Question 10

Gunnen (Dutch)

Answer 10

‘to allow someone to have a positive experience, especially if that means [you] won’t have it [yourself]’

Question 11

Anitya (अनित्यता, Sanskrit)

Answer 11

impermanence; in Buddhism an ability to appreciate this fundamental property of the universe contributes to well-being

Question 12

Ukiyo (浮世, Japanese)

Answer 12

a sense of living in a transient moment of ‘fleeting beauty’, ‘detached from the pains of life’
The literal translation is ‘floating world’.

Question 13

Tuko pamoja (Swahili)

Answer 13

a valued sense of social communality’, which translates as ‘we are together’

Question 14

Menschlichkeit (Yiddish, derived from German)

Answer 14

this ‘encompasses being a good human being in its fullest sense … to not only be human and humane, but also filled with reverence for life, compassion for others, concern for the health and well-being of the planet, and justice for all.’