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*Final reminder*
*Call for papers*
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*Transnational Health Care: A Cross-Border Symposium*
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*Regions & Development **(20-21 June 2013, Wageningen, NL)*
*&*
*Itineraries & Transformations (24-25 June 2013, Leeds, UK)*
An international event co-sponsored by
the Academy for Tourism at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences (NL),
the Cultural Geography Chair Group at Wageningen University (NL),
the Economic and Social Research Council – ESRC (UK),
and the University of Leeds (UK)
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At a moment in which the provision and regulation of health care within
national boundaries is profoundly shifting, the growing numbers of people
going abroad in pursuit of health care mean that the social, political and
economic significance and impacts of these flows at a range of levels
cannot be ignored. This symposium providesthose involved in cutting-edge
empirical and conceptual studies of the transnational pursuit and provision
of medical care the opportunity to share their work, explore emerging
research agendas and to encourage and foster future research collaborations.
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*CFP - ‘Regions and development’ theme*
*20-21 June 2013, held at Wageningen University, The Netherlands*
While thinking ‘regionally’ beyond borders is well-established in economic
development discourses and practices, studies of health care have long been
restricted to the confines of ‘methodological nationalism’. Yet several
recent initiatives – such as the recent European Union directive on patient
mobility, the harnessing of cross-border patient flows between Association
of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member-states, and budding joint
promotion of the Caribbean region as a medical travel destination – have
specifically demonstrated the relevance of the transnational region
relative to emerging post-national understandings of supply, demand and
responsibility in health care.
In recognition of the array of initiatives around the world that challenge
and move beyond attempts at self-sufficiency in health care at the national
level, this workshop seeks to draw attention to the breadth of*regional *
capacity-building, forms of governance, relations and identities forged
through the international pursuit and provision of medical care. The
workshop specifically focuses on exploring the link between transnational
health care and regional development, produced through both higher-profile,
long-distance pursuits of medical tourists and more ‘everyday’ cross-border
and intra-regional health-motivated movements.
We encourage the submission of abstracts ontopics that include but are not
limited to:
· The analysis of transnational health policies (bi-lateral
agreements/regional approaches)
· Potential for transnational regions to benefit from economies
of scale by pooling health resources and patients
· The use of health care in transnational regional identity
constructions and claims
· The role of diaspora in linking sending and receiving contexts
through transnational health care
*CFP - ‘Itineraries and Transformations’ theme*
*25-26 June 2013, held at University of Leeds, UK*
This workshop will bring together key researchers in the emerging
interdisciplinary field of medical tourism studies, to explore experiences
of medical tourism and mappings of the industry. Drawing together diverse
empirical studies with emerging theoretical frameworks, the workshop will
facilitate dialogue and focused discussion, enabling empirical scaling-up,
data comparison, theoretical developments, methodological conversations –
in short, to establish the priorities and agendas for the vital shared
project of empirically and conceptually investigating the multi-scalar
relational geographies, from the level of the macro/national to the
local/embodied, currently transforming policies, economies, professions and
patient experiences of medical travel. This event will also launch the
findings of a large, multi-site, ESRC-funded research project on cosmetic
surgery tourism, as well as reporting progress on other large medical
tourism studies in the UK, Canada and beyond.
We encourage the submission of abstracts ontopics that include but are not
limited to:
· Empirical and conceptual studies of specific medical tourisms or
locations
· Innovative methodologies and methods for researching medical
travel
· National and trans-national medical cultures and their impacts on
medical mobilities and ‘translations’
· New and emerging agendas for transnational healthcare research
*Abstract submission*
Please submit abstracts of no more than 250 words electronically by Sunday,
3 February 2013 to the symposium organisers, Ruth Holliday (
[log in to unmask]), Tomas Mainil ([log in to unmask]) and Meghann Ormond
([log in to unmask]). Those authoring successful submissions will be
contacted by Friday, 15 February 2013.
*Confirmed participation in the symposium***(*alphabetical order*)
Rita Baeten (University of Maastricht, The Netherlands); David Bell
(University of Leeds, UK); David Botterill (NHTV Breda University of
Applied Sciences, The Netherlands); I. Glenn Cohen (Harvard University,
USA); John Connell (University of Sydney, Australia); Valorie Crooks (Simon
Fraser University, Canada); Irene Glinos (University of Maastricht, The
Netherlands); Ruth Holliday (University of Leeds, UK); Meredith Jones
(University of Technology, Sydney, Australia); Neil Lunt (York University,
UK); Tomas Mainil (NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, The
Netherlands); Meghann Ormond (Wageningen University, The Netherlands);
Elspeth Probyn (University of Sydney, Australia)
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Dr Meghann Ormond<http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/Persons.htm?dbid=2344&typeofpage=400320>
Assistant Professor, Cultural Geography Chair Group, Wageningen University
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Web: Wageningen University
profile<http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/Persons.htm?dbid=2344&typeofpage=400320>
Academia.edu profile <http://wu.academia.edu/MeghannOrmond> Medical
Mobilities Blog <http://medicalmobilities.blogspot.nl/>
Events: Transnational Health Care - A Cross-Border Symposium (June
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Office telephone: +31 (0)317486199 <%2B31%20%280%29317486199>
*Visiting address:*
Room B306, Gaia Building (Building 101), Droevendaalsesteeg 3, 6708 PB
Wageningen,
The Netherlands
*Mailing address:*
Cultural Geography, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700
AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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