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International Medical Geography, 11th Symposium. July 5th - 9th 2005.
Final CFP: Critical Geographies of Public Health
Outside of geography's disciplinary boundaries the idea that we need to
engage critically with public health knowledge and practice is well
established. This critique has taken many forms; ranging from early
accounts, which sought to insert a 'social model of health' where a
biomedical one existed, to Foucauldian inspired studies that questioned the
discursive practice of this medical sub-discipline. If we read health
inequalities literature as an example of the former of these critiques,
then geography has made a significant contribution to such debates.
However, while individual scholars have attempted to move beyond this
perspective, health geographers' critical engagement with public health
remains limited. Indeed, in a recent review article, Parr raises questions
about the coherence of critical studies within health geography more
generally. Given this, the aim of the session is to explore what is meant
by critical geographies of public health both theoretically and
empirically.
Please send abstracts (circa 250 words) to either Tim Brown
[log in to unmask] or Robin Kearns [log in to unmask] by 15th April
2005.
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