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East Midlands Medical Sociology Group Event
You are invited to attend an afternoon seminar organised by the East Midlands Medical Sociology Group and hosted by De Montfort University.
Wednesday 5th November 2014, 2.30 – 4.00pm
Keynote Speaker: Professor Nick J. Fox, Honorary Professor of Sociology, University of Sheffield.
“Personal medical devices, micropolitics and materialism”
Personal medical devices (PMDs) are proliferating, from monitors of blood pressure or blood glucose, through the FitBit and I-Watch, to implantable medical devices. These have been criticised sociologically for adding to medicalisation or turning people into health consumers to be exploited by digital businesses such as Google or Apple. In this paper I will examine a range of PMDs from the perspective of (new) materialist theory. I will reverse engineer PMDs to explore their micropolitics, and then offer a radical call for PMDs o be re-engineered to challenge both biomedicine and neo-liberalism. I conclude by discussing Citizen Health.
Nick J. Fox is honorary Professor of Sociology at the University of Sheffield, in the School of Health and Related Research. He is the author of books and articles on a range of topics concerning social theory, health and technology, with recent work on obesity, creativity, emotions and sexuality. His most recent book, entitled The Body, was published by Polity Press in 2012.
Cost of attendance
This event is free to attend. Refreshments will be provided.
Booking you place
Booking is essential. Venue numbers are restricted and it is advisable to book early. For general enquiries and booking, please contact [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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Dr Nicky Hudson
Applied Social Sciences
0.23 Hawthorn Building
DMU
LE1 9BH
0116 2078766
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