18/2/02
Again, fyi.
Elisabeth
Study Group Convenor
----------------------------
>>Making Sense of Health, Illness and Disease
>>27 to 29 June 2002, Zurich, Switzerland
>>
>>Marking the launch of a new annual conference, research
>>and publication series, this inter-disciplinary and
>>multi-disciplinary project aims to explore the processes
>>by which we attempt to create meaning in health, illness
>>and disease. The project will also examine the models we
>>use to understand our experiences of health and illness
>>(looking particularly at perceptions of the body), and to
>>evaluate the diversity of ways in which we creatively
>>struggle to make sense of such experiences and express
>>ourselves across a range of media.
>>
>>Papers, presentations, reports and workshops are invited
>>on any of the following themes;
>>* the 'significance' of health, illness and disease for
>>individuals and communities; the factors which influence
>>our perceptions of health and illness experiences
>>* the concept of the 'well' person; the preoccupation with
>>health; the attitudes of the 'well' to the 'ill'; perceptions of
>>'impairment' and disability; the challenges posed when
>>confronted by illness and disease; the notion of being
>>'cured'; chronic illness; terminal illness; attitudes to
>>death
>>* how we perceive of and conduct ourselves through the
>>experiences of health and illness; the effects on our
>>sense of identity; our relationship with our own body; how
>>others perceive us - family, friends, strangers, doctors,
>>nurses, care givers
>>* 'models' of the body; the body in pain; biological and
>>medical views of illness; the ambiguous relationship with
>>'alternative' medicine and therapies; the doctor-patient
>>relationship; the 'clinical gaze'; the body as machine and
>>the role of technology; the rise of genetics; manipulation
>>of the body - transplantation, surgery; the body as
>>resource; 'artificial' bodies; the impact of body 'models'
>>on the person
>>* the impact of health, illness and disease on biology,
>>economics, government, medicine, politics, social
>>sciences; the changing relationship between society and
>>medical development; the potential influences of gender,
>>ethnicity, and class; health care, service providers, and
>>public policy
>>* the nature and role of metaphors in expressing the
>>experiences of health, illness and disease - for example,
>>illness as 'another country'; the role of narrative and
>>narrative interpretation in making sense of the 'journey'
>>from health through illness, diagnosis, and treatment; the
>>importance of story telling; dealing with chronic and
>>terminal illness; the 'myths' surrounding health, illness
>>and disease
>>* the relationship between creative work and illness and
>>disease: the work of artists, musicians, poets, writers.
>>* illness and the literary imagination - studies of writers
>>and literature which take health, disability, illness and
>>disease as a central theme.
>>
>>Perspectives are sought from those engaged in
>>* art and art therapy, creative writing, English literature,
>>history of medicine, media studies, the performing arts
>>(dance, music, theatre), philosophy and ethics,
>>psychology and social psychology, social sciences,
>>sociology and sociobiology, theology and religious
>>studies
>>* anatomy, child care nursing, clinical psychology,
>>counselling, gerontology, health education, health
>>services, hospital administration, immunology, medical
>>and surgical nursing, medicine and the medical sciences,
>>pharmaceutical sciences, public health care
>>* practitioners in health care fields - doctors, GP's,
>>surgeons, health care workers, care givers, hospice
>>workers.
>>
>>Papers will be considered on any related theme. 300 word
>>abstracts should be submitted by Friday 5th April 2002. 8
>>page conference papers should be submitted by Friday
>>7th June 2002.
>>
>>The conference is the first in an annual series of research
>>projects, run under the general banner 'Probing the
>>Boundaries'. It aims to create working 'encounter' groups
>>between people of differing perspectives, disciplines,
>>professions, and contexts. The project is to be supported
>>by an e-mail discussion group, resource website, ISSN
>>e-journal, and dedicated ISBN Book series. Selected
>>papers accepted for and presented at the conference will
>>be published in themed volumes.
>>
>>E-mail enquiries: Dr Rob Fisher ([log in to unmask])
>>
>>Website: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/hid.htm
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dr Elisabeth Arweck
Research Fellow, Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit (WRERU),
Institute of Education, University of
Warwick (2001-2002)
Co-Editor, Journal of Contemporary Religion
Convenor, BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group (2000-2003)
Research Associate, King's College London
************************************************************
Details about the Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit (WRERU) as
well as details of courses, research, publications, and book sales can be
found at:
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/wie/WRERU
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------
Details about the *Journal of Contemporary Religion* can be found at:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/13537903.html
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------
Details about the BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group can be found at the
Study Group Web-site:
http://www.socrel.org.uk
As from 1st October 2000: The British Sociological Association (BSA) is a
Company Limited by Guarantee (Company Number 3890729). Registered in
England and Wales. Registered Office: Unit 3F/G Mountjoy Research Centre,
Stockton Road, Durham, DH1 3UR. Registered Charity Number: 1080235
SOCREL is the the e-mail list of the BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group.
To join SOCREL, send the following one-line message:
join socrel YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME
to: <[log in to unmask]>
You will receive a request for confirmation and documentation by return
e-mail and you will then be able to send contributions to the list by
sending messages to: [log in to unmask]
****************************************************************
|