WORKSHOP – Digital (mental) health? On new orientation of diagnosis, treatment, and self-help through the use of digital media

Datum
04. Feb­ru­ar – 05. Feb­ru­ar 2020 

Work­shop of the col­lab­o­ra­tive research project „Auto­mat­ed mod­el­ling of hermeneu­tic process­es – The use of anno­ta­tion in social research and the human­i­ties for analy­ses on health” (her­mA) on the 4th and 5th Feb­ru­ary 2020 in Hamburg

As the dig­i­tal­i­sa­tion of health sys­tems is pro­gress­ing, an inten­sive dis­cus­sion of the norms and val­ues con­cern­ing this process has begun. Regard­ing the field of diag­no­sis and treat­ment of ill­ness­es, as well as the stor­age of the data that is pro­duced in the course of this, new ques­tions arise. Dig­i­tal devices are used increas­ing­ly in the var­i­ous process­es in the health sys­tem, with which data is col­lect­ed and stored dig­i­tal­ly. As a result, ques­tions con­cern­ing the chang­ing rela­tion­ship between health care providers, patients, and the tech­ni­cal infra­struc­ture, as well as regard­ing the pro­cess­ing, stor­ing, and analy­sis of the thus cre­at­ed data emerge. At the same time, the com­mu­ni­ca­tion and the man­ners in which knowl­edge is gen­er­at­ed in the field of ill­ness and health in the dig­i­tal sphere change, as in such cas­es as con­sult­ing „Dr. Google”, view­ing videos on YouTube, or using apps as a way of treat­ment or for mon­i­tor­ing your own health.

The work­shop aims to dif­fer­en­ti­ate the research area of dig­i­tal health care and com­mu­ni­ca­tion with a focus on men­tal health. This the­mat­ic con­text offers links to the meth­ods of the Dig­i­tal Human­i­ties and the Com­pu­ta­tion­al Social Sci­ences and their fur­ther devel­op­ment with­in the the­mat­ic field of inter­est. The work­shop will have two core themes:

1. Dig­i­tal (men­tal) health care

What kind of data exists and is gen­er­at­ed on the insti­tu­tion­al, eco­nom­ic, and per­son­al lev­el with­in the health care sys­tem? How can the struc­tured analy­sis of (long-term) data facil­i­tate diag­noses and treat­ments? How is the increas­ing access to „big data” chang­ing the health care system?

What pos­si­bil­i­ties do apps offer in the con­text of treat­ment, for exam­ple in the area of emo­tion­al and men­tal sup­port? How do these work togeth­er with „ana­logue” treat­ments? In which cas­es do doc­tors and health pro­fes­sion­als offer remote treat­ment, in which are chat­bots used, and where are the both com­bined? Who designs these for­mats, and what do the usage and inter­ac­tions facil­i­tat­ed by them look like?

2. Dig­i­tal health communication

What new forms of health com­mu­ni­ca­tion emerge and per­sist in the process of dig­i­tal­i­sa­tion? What role do blogs and social media com­mu­ni­ties play in health com­mu­ni­ca­tion? Where can one find pro­fes­sion­al ser­vices online and how are these used? How are images of men­tal and phys­i­cal health con­veyed as a result?

Both per­spec­tives have in com­mon that they are ask­ing after eval­u­a­tions and the accep­tance of the chang­ing field of health, as well as the apper­tain­ing norms being nego­ti­at­ed. The workshop’s goal is to exam­ine these per­spec­tives in an inter­dis­ci­pli­nary con­text and bring them togeth­er pro­duc­tive­ly in order to work togeth­er to devel­op them fur­ther. Because of this, we explic­it­ly wel­come con­cep­tu­al or the­o­ret­i­cal con­tri­bu­tions that are still at an ear­ly stage of devel­op­ment. Sub­se­quent to the work­shop, a fur­ther col­lab­o­ra­tion of the par­tic­i­pants is aimed for.

Please send your abstract for a paper of 20 min­utes to lina.franken@uni-hamburg.de until the 30th of Novem­ber 2019. The abstract should be 1–2 pages includ­ing ref­er­ences. Please also enclose a short bio­graph­i­cal note. A reim­burse­ment of trav­el expens­es is possible.

Organ­i­sa­tion and plan­ning: Lina Franken, Ger­traud Koch, Heike Zinsmeister

 

—

Dr. Lina Franken

Wis­senschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Uni­ver­sität Hamburg

Insti­tut für Volkskunde/Kulturanthropologie

Forschungsver­bund „Automa­tisierte Mod­el­lierung hermeneutis­ch­er Prozesse” (her­mA)

Grinde­lallee 46

20146 Ham­burg

Tel.: +49 40 42838–9943

E‑Mail: lina.franken@uni-hamburg.de

https://www.herma.uni-hamburg.de/

 

Work­shop of the col­lab­o­ra­tive research project „Auto­mat­ed mod­el­ling of hermeneu­tic process­es – The use of anno­ta­tion in social research and the human­i­ties for analy­ses on health” (her­mA) on the 4th and 5th Feb­ru­ary 2020 in Hamburg

As the dig­i­tal­i­sa­tion of health sys­tems is pro­gress­ing, an inten­sive dis­cus­sion of the norms and val­ues con­cern­ing this process has begun. Regard­ing the field of diag­no­sis and treat­ment of ill­ness­es, as well as the stor­age of the data that is pro­duced in the course of this, new ques­tions arise. Dig­i­tal devices are used increas­ing­ly in the var­i­ous process­es in the health sys­tem, with which data is col­lect­ed and stored dig­i­tal­ly. As a result, ques­tions con­cern­ing the chang­ing rela­tion­ship between health care providers, patients, and the tech­ni­cal infra­struc­ture, as well as regard­ing the pro­cess­ing, stor­ing, and analy­sis of the thus cre­at­ed data emerge. At the same time, the com­mu­ni­ca­tion and the man­ners in which knowl­edge is gen­er­at­ed in the field of ill­ness and health in the dig­i­tal sphere change, as in such cas­es as con­sult­ing „Dr. Google”, view­ing videos on YouTube, or using apps as a way of treat­ment or for mon­i­tor­ing your own health.

The work­shop aims to dif­fer­en­ti­ate the research area of dig­i­tal health care and com­mu­ni­ca­tion with a focus on men­tal health. This the­mat­ic con­text offers links to the meth­ods of the Dig­i­tal Human­i­ties and the Com­pu­ta­tion­al Social Sci­ences and their fur­ther devel­op­ment with­in the the­mat­ic field of inter­est. The work­shop will have two core themes:

1. Dig­i­tal (men­tal) health care

What kind of data exists and is gen­er­at­ed on the insti­tu­tion­al, eco­nom­ic, and per­son­al lev­el with­in the health care sys­tem? How can the struc­tured analy­sis of (long-term) data facil­i­tate diag­noses and treat­ments? How is the increas­ing access to „big data” chang­ing the health care system?

What pos­si­bil­i­ties do apps offer in the con­text of treat­ment, for exam­ple in the area of emo­tion­al and men­tal sup­port? How do these work togeth­er with „ana­logue” treat­ments? In which cas­es do doc­tors and health pro­fes­sion­als offer remote treat­ment, in which are chat­bots used, and where are the both com­bined? Who designs these for­mats, and what do the usage and inter­ac­tions facil­i­tat­ed by them look like?

2. Dig­i­tal health communication

What new forms of health com­mu­ni­ca­tion emerge and per­sist in the process of dig­i­tal­i­sa­tion? What role do blogs and social media com­mu­ni­ties play in health com­mu­ni­ca­tion? Where can one find pro­fes­sion­al ser­vices online and how are these used? How are images of men­tal and phys­i­cal health con­veyed as a result?

Both per­spec­tives have in com­mon that they are ask­ing after eval­u­a­tions and the accep­tance of the chang­ing field of health, as well as the apper­tain­ing norms being nego­ti­at­ed. The workshop’s goal is to exam­ine these per­spec­tives in an inter­dis­ci­pli­nary con­text and bring them togeth­er pro­duc­tive­ly in order to work togeth­er to devel­op them fur­ther. Because of this, we explic­it­ly wel­come con­cep­tu­al or the­o­ret­i­cal con­tri­bu­tions that are still at an ear­ly stage of devel­op­ment. Sub­se­quent to the work­shop, a fur­ther col­lab­o­ra­tion of the par­tic­i­pants is aimed for.

Please send your abstract for a paper of 20 min­utes to lina.franken@uni-hamburg.de until the 30th of Novem­ber 2019. The abstract should be 1–2 pages includ­ing ref­er­ences. Please also enclose a short bio­graph­i­cal note. A reim­burse­ment of trav­el expens­es is possible.

Organ­i­sa­tion and plan­ning: Lina Franken, Ger­traud Koch, Heike Zinsmeister

 

—

Dr. Lina Franken

Wis­senschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Uni­ver­sität Hamburg

Insti­tut für Volkskunde/Kulturanthropologie

Forschungsver­bund „Automa­tisierte Mod­el­lierung hermeneutis­ch­er Prozesse” (her­mA)

Grinde­lallee 46

20146 Ham­burg

Tel.: +49 40 42838–9943

E‑Mail: lina.franken@uni-hamburg.de

https://www.herma.uni-hamburg.de/