Apologies - I thought I was replying to Jane and didn't realise this would go to the whole list!
Nicky
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From: Nicky Leap <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, December 27, 2007 11:26 am
Subject: Re: Fw: 7th Global Conference: Making Sense Of: Health, Illness and Disease
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> This looks interesting - should we submit a paper on the meaning of
> pain in labour?
> Nicky x
>
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> From: Jane Sandall <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Monday, December 24, 2007 1:12 pm
> Subject: Fw: 7th Global Conference: Making Sense Of: Health, Illness
> and Disease
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 5:00 PM
> > Subject: 7th Global Conference: Making Sense Of: Health, Illness
> and
> > Disease
> >
> >
> > > 7th Global Conference
> > > Making Sense Of: Health, Illness and Disease
> > >
> > > Wednesday 9th July - Saturday 12th July 2008
> > > Mansfield College, Oxford
> > >
> > > Call for Papers
> > > 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 examine the models and metaphors
> 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.
> > >
> > > While this is an open call for papers, 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 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 concept of the 'well' person; 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
> > > * health, illness, disease human rights and social justice; health
> > > and citizenship
> > > * health, illness and disease in a globalized world; global threats
> > > to human health
> > > * health and place.
> > > * health and identity; the effects on our sense of identity; our
> > > relationship with our own body; how others perceive us - family,
> > > friends, strangers, doctors, nurses, care givers
> > > * 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 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
> > > * The contested nature of evidence-based health care and
> > evidence-based
> > > policy
> > >
> > > Papers are also solicited for special sessions which will be
> held in
> > > common with a second research project running at the same time entitled
> > > Environmental Justice and Global Citizenship. When submitting
> your
> >
> > > abstract,
> > > please specify clearly whether you would like your paper to be
> > considered
> > > for
> > > a joint session presentation. Papers submitted for joint
> sessions
> > must be
> > > explicitly inter-/multi-disciplinary in nature and/or show where
> the
> > > possibilities for inter-disciplinary research and engagement
> could
> > be
> > > developed.
> > >
> > > 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 1st February
> 2008.
> > If
> > > your paper is accepted for presentation at the conference, an 8
> page
> > > draft paper should be submitted by Friday 6th June 2008.
> > >
> > > 300 word abstracts should be submitted to both Organising Chairs;
> > > abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats, following
>
> > this
> > > order:
> > > author(s), affiliation, email address, title of abstract, body
> of abstract
> > >
> > > We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals
> submitted.
> > If
> > > you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume
> we did
> > > not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest,
> > > then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend.
> > >
> > > Joint Organising Chairs
> > >
> > > Prof Peter L. Twohig
> > > Canada Research Chair
> > > c/o Gorsebrook Research Institute
> > > Saint Mary's University
> > > 923 Robie Street
> > > Halifax, NS Canada B3H 3C3
> > > E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > > Dr Rob Fisher
> > > Inter-Disciplinary.Net
> > > Priory House, Wroslyn Road, Freeland
> > > Oxfordshire, OX29 8HR
> > > United Kingdom
> > > E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > > 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 socio-biology, theology and religious studies
> > > * anatomy, child care nursing, clinical psychology, counseling,
> > > 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
> > >
> > > All papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be
> > > published in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers accepted for and presented
> > > at the conference will be published in a themed hard copy
> volume. The
> > > conference is sponsored by Inter-Disciplinary.Net as part of the
> > > 'Probing the Boundaries' programme of research projects. It aims
> to
> > > bring together people from different areas and interests to
> share ideas
> > > and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting.
> > >
> > > For further details about the project please visit:
> > >
> > >
> > > For further details about the conference please visit:
> > >
>
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