Ethnopharmacologie appliquée, plantes médicinales et médecines du 21ème siècle
Konferenz
27 au 31 mai 2024 au Cloître des Récollets à Metz.
„Ethnopharmacologie appliquée, plantes médicinales et médecines du 21ème siècle”
27 au 31 mai 2024 au Cloître des Récollets à Metz.
Une journée colloque comprise dans les frais d’inscription consacrée aux champignons médicinaux clôturera la semaine de formation le samedi 1er juin 2024.
Les inscriptions sont désormais ouvertes ! Pour obtenir plus d’informations sur le contenu détaillé et les modalités d’inscription, vous pouvez consulter notre site internet.
Ethnography for Healthcare Improvement Summer School
Konferenz
Organized by the SAPPHIRE (Social Science APPlied Health & Improvement Research) research group at the University of Leicester
„Ethnography for Healthcare Improvement Summer School”
Organized by the SAPPHIRE (Social Science APPlied Health & Improvement Research) research group at the University of Leicester
11th-12th July, 2024
College Court Leicester, UK.
Deadline for application 30th May 2024
This short course is designed for researchers and doctoral students to critically engage with the theory and practice of ethnography in healthcare settings. Over 2 days, you will learn more about the use of ethnography for healthcare improvement, from designing research to managing improvement and evaluation tensions, navigating different contexts, reaching audiences and influencing policy and practice. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to develop a network of fellow practitioners and researchers with shared methodological interests, work with experienced ethnographers as mentors, and join an international community of practice around ethnography for healthcare improvement.
The cost of the 2 day course, including all education materials and activities, plus lunch and refreshments both days, is £650. Transport to and from the venue and accommodation at College Court is not included and should you wish to stay you will have to arrange this yourself. Further information about accommodation at College Court will be made available to delegates in advance of the start of the course.
Registrations are strictly limited, and are now open at our site; bookings will close 30th May 2024. A waiting list will be maintained in the event of the course being over-subscribed.
Please forward any questions to Jennifer Creese, course lead: jennifer.creese@leicester.ac.uk.
Summer School Social Study of Microbes
Konferenz
Summer School at Centre for the Social Study of Microbes Helsinki, Finnland
„Annual Summer School on Microbes”
Centre for the Social Study of Microbes (CSSM), Helsinki
12–14 June 2024
Deadline: 31.03.2024
The CSSM is a hub for social scientists and artists conducting research on human-microbial relations. Microbes are not only biological entities but also shape, and are shaped by, our social worlds. The Centre aims to explore how relationships with microbes raise profound challenges for social theory, which demand new social scientific language and methodologies for describing and explaining the complex and entwined relationships between human and nonhuman animals, microbes, and the environment. Not only is this work theoretically motivated, it is key to developing sustainable methods of planetary co-existence in the Anthropocene.
At present, research on microbes – whether in social sciences or in life sciences and biomedicine – is undergoing dramatic changes. A boom of microbiome research since the early 2000s has shown that microbes are vastly more abundant in the environment and inside our bodies than previously thought. In contrast to a Pasteurian notion of bacteria as merely pathogenic, microbes are seen to have important supporting roles for health and well-being. Deficit of microbes is now associated with everything from mental health to autoimmune diseases. There is also increasing awareness of microbes’ vital role in different ecosystems and ecological relations to the extent that imbalanced microbial ecologies are associated with global warming, soil depletion, and biodiversity loss.
Recent contributions from social sciences and philosophy of biology have challenged the one-sided definition of microbes as pathogenic, proposing the advent of a ‘post-Pasteurian age’ that takes into account their multivalent and context-specific nature. This shift in understanding human-microbe relations is pushing the emergence of new social forms such as fermentation, often anchored in century-old practices. These developments highlight that microbes are not biological objects only, and that we lack methods and concepts that can account for the complex, multi-scalar sets of practices that characterise human-microbe relations.
The PhD school will last for three days 12–14 June 2024. The first two days will consist of group work, including the presentation and discussion of pre-submitted manuscripts, an international keynote lecture, and general discussions about the social study of microbes. On the third day, the participants will take part in the CSSM Day when the expanded CSSM team comes together for interactive sessions and conversations regarding microbes.
We welcome applications from PhD students interested in the social study of microbes. Applicants from the Global South and members of minorities are especially welcome to apply.
Applications should contain:
- Cover letter with a statement of interest (max 1 page)
– Abstract of PhD project, including a reflection on how the research project engages with theoretical and/or methodological developments for
the social study of microbes (max 2 pages)
– CV (max 2 pages)
Accepted participants will be asked to submit a paper or chapter draft (max 8.000 words) by May 29, 2024.
The application should be sent as PDF to cssm@helsinki.fi by March 31, 2024.
Successful applicants will be notified latest by April 15, 2024.
Accommodation during the PhD school, lunches and the conference dinner, and travel to Helsinki are fully covered by CSSM. Please indicate in the cover letter if you do not need such economic support.
For more information, please contact: cssm@helsinki.fi.
Critical Anthropology and Global Health: Challenges and Possibilities
Konferenz
Medical Anthropology Young Scholars Conference (MAYS-MAE Network of EASA) in Bologna
„Critical Anthropology and Global Health: Challenges and Possibilities”
Organized by MAYS-MAE Network of EASA
Bologna, IT
18–20 June
Submit an abstract of no more than 350–500 words at the link below by April 8th and a paper of 3,000–5,000 words by June 1st. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by the end of April. To cover basic expenses, we ask for a 30 EUR participation fee for in-person participants.
In the CfP you’ll find the link to the GoogleForm to submit your abstract, the link is also provided here.
Please feel free to contact for any questions: mays.easa@gmail.com.
Intersectionality & Inclusion in Health
Konferenz
20th Biennial ESHMS conference 2024
Interdisciplinary conference on „Intersectionality & Inclusion in Health”
University of Antwerp
2–5 July 2024
Deadline: 31.01.2024
We invite submissions for the upcoming ESHMS 2024 conference focusing on health & medical sociology, particularly emphasizing the theme „Intersectionality & Inclusion in Health.” Research in related domains is also welcomed.
Submission deadline:
January 31, 2024, via our online portal.
Anthropological Contributions to SRHR Future(s): From Theory to Practice and Back
Konferenz
Transdisciplinary conference on sexual reproduction and health rights (SRHR).
3–5 July, 2024
University of Amsterdam (anthropology department)
Poster-AnthSRHRFuturesConf2024
We are at a critical juncture in time. Whilst sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are increasingly threatened by conservative right-wing politics, multiple crises (humanitarian, economic, environmental), and persistent race, gender and class-based inequities, rapid technological advances are creating new opportunities for achieving sexual and reproductive health and justice. Now more than ever, anthropology can play a critical role in strengthening sexual and reproductive well-being in the Global South and North by interrogating these threats, crises, injustices, and technological developments. Anthropologists can help formulate more meaningful SRHR policies, programmes, and interventions by paying attention to social rather than individual bodies, examining the moralities at stake and imposed, and exploring the social lives of technologies. We contend, however, that anthropology’s potential is not fully realized, because anthropological findings get lost in translation when transitioning into policies and practices, and because of certain blind spots amongst anthropologists, public health experts, SRHR practitioners, NGO representatives, policymakers and funders alike. How can anthropologists collaborate more effectively with other stakeholders in SRHR? This conference seeks to offer a platform to engage in productive transdisciplinary conversations to enhance anthropological contributions to SRHR future(s).
Registration opens via the conference website on January 15th
Presentation and panel proposals are due by February 15th by e‑mail to our googlegroup.
Notifications will be sent mid-March.
We welcome traditional paper and panel proposals as well as workshops or experimental formats. Save the date and please circulate across your networks (see flyer)!
Conference Call- AnthSRHRFuturesConf2024
Additional details can be found online at
On behalf of the organizing committee:
Andie Thompson
Bregje de Kok
Erica van der Sijpt
Hanna Horváth
Jeroen Lorist
Shahana Siddiqui
Trudie Gerrits
Anthropological Contributions to SRHR Future(s): From Theory to Practice and Back
Konferenz
A Transdisciplinary Conference, 3–5 July 2024, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Das Geschlecht der Medizin. Individualität in medizinischen Konzepten und Praktiken des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts
Konferenz
Tagung im Alfried Krupp Kolleg in Greifswald
„Das Geschlecht der Medizin. Individualität in medizinischen Konzepten und Praktiken des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts”
2. bis 4. September 2024
Alfried Krupp Kolleg Greifswald
Einsendeschluss für Abstracts 1. März 2024
Organisation: Dr. Annalisa Martin, Prof. Dr. Annelie Ramsbrock, Naima Tiné, M.A. (Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Geschichte der Neuesten Zeit, Universität Greifswald)
Die Geschichte der Medizin erlebt seit den 1980er Jahren eine Neuorientierung: Wurde sie lange Zeit als historistische Erfolgsgeschichte geschrieben, die sich aus einer Aneinanderreihung diverser Entdeckungen durch (meist männliche) Ärzte speiste, findet seit einiger Zeit eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit medizinischen Praktiken statt. Aktuelle Studien belegen, dass Diagnostik, Behandlung und Risikovorhersage bei einer Vielzahl von Erkrankungen bedeutsame Geschlechterdifferenzen zeigen. Dabei meint Geschlecht sowohl das biologische (sex) als auch das soziale (gender) Geschlecht und schließt ein Bewusstsein für vielfältige geschlechtliche Identitäten und ihre lebensweltliche Relevanz mit ein, inklusive queere, trans und nichtbinäre Personen. Zugleich ist die medizinische Forschung noch vielfach auf den männlichen Normkörper zugeschnitten, berücksichtigt also Geschlechteraspekte sowie andere Diversitätsmerkmale nicht oder nur am Rande. Schließlich spielen medizinische Gutachten nach wie vor eine bedeutsame Rolle beim Kampf um Anerkennung von Transidentitäten, was zeigt: Geschlecht und Medizin sind aufs engste miteinander verwoben und stehen in einem reziproken Verhältnis zueinander: Medizin ist in vielfacher Weise vergeschlechtlicht und umgekehrt findet die Vergeschlechtlichung von Patient:innen durch medizinische Praktiken und Konzepte statt.
Die Tagung wählt dieses Verhältnis als Fluchtpunkt. Sie will die gesellschaftliche Dimension von medizinischem Denken und Handeln seit dem 19. Jahrhundert ausloten und dementsprechend das Verhältnis von Medizin und Geschlecht historisieren. Der Körper war stets ein umkämpftes Feld, sein status quo weder selbstverständlich noch notwendig. Besonders für das 19. Jahrhundert gilt deshalb, dass verschiedene medizinische Konzepte und Praktiken parallel zueinander existierten. Einerseits machte die Zeit-Raum-Kompression, d.h. die Verkürzung von Transport- und Kommunikationswegen den globalen Transfer von Wissen über nationale, kulturelle und sprachliche Grenzen hinweg möglich und führte zur Verschmelzung, Aneignung und Neuordnung von Wissen um Körper und Geschlecht. Andererseits entwickelten verschiedene politische Strömungen unterschiedliche Anforderungen an (geschlechtsspezifische) Medizin. In Debatten der sozialistischen Bewegung rund um Ausbeutung, Arbeitsbedingungen und Lohn rückte der Körper und das Ideal der körperlichen Unversehrtheit in den Mittelpunkt. Darüber hinaus wurde die hegemoniale Medizin sowohl in den Kolonien als auch in den europäischen Armenvierteln gewaltsam gegen den unterdrückten Körper durchgesetzt und avancierte zu einem gängigen Herrschaftsinstrument, das biopolitische Maßnahmen naturwissenschaftlich legitimierte. Damit wurden geschlechtsspezifische medizinische Handlungsparamter auch zum Gegenstand bürgerlicher, nationalistischer und imperialistischer Politik. Auch hier führte das dichotome Zwei-Geschlechter-Modell zu unterschiedlichen Anforderungen an den männlichen und weiblichen Körper und trug zur Verfestigung dieses Modells bei.
Mit unserer Tagung wollen wir den theoretisch-methodischen Anspruch einer rekursiven und kritischen Wissensgeschichte von Medizin und Geschlecht diskutieren. Folgende Fragekomplexe wären denkbar:
1. Ein erster Fragekomplex befasst sich mit unterschiedlichen Geschlechterkonzepten, die medizinische Strömungen prägten und die sie zugleich selbst hervorbrachten. Welche ontologischen Grundannahmen lagen ihnen jeweils zugrunde und inwieweit spiegelte sich deren Wandelbarkeit in Diagnostik, Therapie und Forschung? Und umgekehrt: In welchem Maße trugen medizinische Handlungslogiken zu einer (De)Stabilisierung der Geschlechterordnung als Fundament der (bürgerlichen) Gesellschaft bei?
2. Ein zweiter Fragekomplex zielt auf den Einfluss von Wirtschaft, Religion und Politik auf geschlechtsspezifische medizinische Praktiken. In welchem Maße verschwamm die Bedeutung von Krankheit und Gesundheit hinter gesellschaftspolitischen Interessen, zu denen auch Imperialismus und Kolonialismus zu zählen sind?
3. Drittens soll es um die Autonomie der Patient:innen über medizinische Eingriffe in ihren Körper gehen. Welche wissenschaftlichen, aber auch sozialen und kulturellen Entwicklungen lancierten identitätsbezogene Verschiebungen im medizinischen Handeln? Wie sah das konkrete Ringen um Deutungshoheit über den eigenen Körper in verschiedenen antagonistischen Konstellationen aus? Wer waren die Akteure solcher Kämpfe und wo fanden sie statt?
Die Konferenzsprache ist vorwiegend Deutsch, es können aber auch Beiträge in Englischer Sprache eingereicht werden.
Bitte senden Sie Ihr Abstract (maximal 300 Wörter) und eine Kurzbiographie (50–100 Wörter) bis spätestens 1. März 2024 an naima.tine@uni-greifswald.de. Eine Bahnreise 2. Klasse, Flugreise nach Absprache und die Unterbringung können bei Bedarf übernommen werden.
Programm
Keynote 2. September: Prof. Dr. Karen Nolte (Heidelberg)
Panels 3.–4. September
Kontakt: naima.tine@uni-greifswald.de
Post-Pandemic Imaginaries: Space, Culture and Memory After Lockdown
Konferenz
CFP for a forthcoming conference organised by the Centre of Culture and Everyday Life at the University of Liverpool
Conference: „Post-Pandemic Imaginaries: Space, Culture and Memory After Lockdown”
5th and 6th September 2024
University of Liverpool, UK
Keynote speakers to be announced.
The Centre for Culture and Everyday Life (CCEL) invites contributions to a two-day interdisciplinary conference exploring changes in the experience and imagining of everyday urban spaces following the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of the conference is to focus critical attention not on the impact of the pandemic and associated government lockdowns, but on the processes of reimagining, remembering and remapping of everyday culture and experience through a post-pandemic lens.
A key focus of enquiry are the real-and-imaginary geographies of everyday experiences under lockdown where the imagination was put to work in ways that often elicited heterotopic glimpses of a post-pandemic world that may, in the years since, have all but slipped into oblivion. During lockdown, the ‘spatial play’ (Marin 1984) of the utopic imagination – the interplay of horizons and frontiers as negotiated through forms of everyday social and spatial practice – was galvanised by a collective experience of space and time that transformed the affective contours of everyday living. As physical movements and interactions were compressed into the individualised landscapes of lockdown, alternative, virtual forms of social and spatial relationships were brought into play. Whether by ensconcing oneself in virtual spaces or by venturing anew into the suddenly depopulated landscapes of local urban neighbourhoods, reconfigured forms of individual spatial agency brought with them a corresponding reconfiguring of the everyday urban imaginary.
For some, dystopian scenarios familiar from literature and film were offset by small utopian moments: the impulse of planners and city councils to take the opportunity to engage citizens in reimagining urban space, moments of community and togetherness amid the enforced separations, an absence of traffic noise and pollution, and newly audible birdsong. Videos shared online that showed wild animals roaming the streets, and even memes ridiculing the notion that “nature is healing”, may have even offered some momentary respite from ongoing climate anxiety. While for many people, confinement could be experienced as chaotic, overcrowded, and made work-time almost endless, for others it opened up time to reflect, and to pause, to imagine how their lives might be otherwise.
If there was a utopian impulse amid the terrors of the pandemic, what did it look like, and what traces remain? Is there an ethical and aesthetic imperative to salvage the residual glimpses, fragments, dreams and imaginaries engendered by the pandemic? In what ways, if any, did the projected imaginings of post-pandemic urban futures contribute to substantive changes that are discernible now, four years on? How are the lived spaces and temporalities of cities qualitatively different today from what they were in 2019? Are they different or was it all just a blip? What traces of pandemic behaviour and experience remain in our daily interactions? Has the pandemic brought about a keener awareness and value of the local? How did art and photography respond to the temporary transformation of public and social space? How have forms of everyday mobility changed? Are there post-pandemic spatial stories that reveal a transformation in how people engage with and imagine everyday urban spaces? And if there are, what do these spatial stories look like? What do they say and how might they be traced or mapped? What does re-engaging the everyday mean in a post-pandemic world?
We welcome proposals addressing these issues from scholars at all career stages and a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds.
Abstract Submission: Please send abstracts (300 words max.) with your name, title, affiliation (where appropriate) and a short bio (up to 200 words).
Please prepare for a 20 minute presentation.
by 10 May 2024 to the conference organizers: CCELconference2024@liverpool.ac.uk.
Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by 7th June 2024.
Interdisciplinarity: Medical Humanities and Research at the intersections of the Humanities, the Social Sciences, Clinical Practice and Biomedicine
Konferenz
Medical Humanities International Summer School 2024 in Vadstena, Sweden
„Interdisciplinarity: Medical Humanities and Research at the intersections of the Humanities, the Social Sciences, Clinical Practice and Biomedicine”
Medical Humanities International Summer School 2024
Organized by The Centre for Medical Humanities and Bioethics (Linköping University) and the Institute for Medical Humanities (Durham University)
Vadstena, Sweden
9–11 September 2024
Deadline: 12th March
What does interdisciplinarity in medical humanities mean? What are the epistemological underpinnings of different interdisciplinary ways of engaging in medical humanities research? What are the challenges and possibilities in interdisciplinary research at the intersection between the humanities, the social sciences, clinical research, and biomedicine? These are some of the questions that will be explored in this Medical Humanities Summer School aimed at PhD students in medical humanities, social sciences, and medicine, and with an interest in interdisciplinary research.
For information about practical details, bursaries, and how to apply please visit: https://liu.se/en/article/medical-humanities-international-summer-school-2024 .