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Dear All, We would like to invite you to submit a paper to our conference panel *“**Movement of medical knowledge and practice: crossing borders and constructing boundaries in a global world”.* The panel is part of the *CASCA & IUAES conference* themed "Mo(u)vement" and is taking place in Ottawa from May 2-7, 2017. More information related to the conference can be found: http://nomadit.co.uk/cascaiuaes2017/en/index <http://nomadit.co.uk/cascaiuaes2017/en/index> The idea behind our panel is to examine the movement of medical knowledge and practice across geographical borders (e.g. from the Global South to the Global North), or across socio-material boundaries (e.g. from lab to clinic), and how standardization, adaptation and demarcation are produced in these processes. *Long Abstract*: Medical knowledge and practices frequently move across geographical, socio-material and conceptual boundaries. This includes protocols produced in the 'Global North' used in the 'Global South' or vice versa (i.e. WHO guidelines); new medicines passing through distinct material and regulatory sites (i.e. from labs to trials to markets); and the uploading of personal health data to industry-owned online platforms (i.e. PatientsLikeMe). Medical facts and artifacts traveling across borders (or failing to do so) raise questions about the validity and universality of knowledge and practices. What problems and blockages are encountered during these medical movements? What innovative solutions are mobilized to make medical knowledge and practices travel? How are they transformed in the process? Specifically, we invite papers examining the strategies employed to make knowledge valid in different times, places and contexts. Claims to 'universal' knowledge may rely on particular social practices of standardization (e.g. quantified metrics such as DALY), adaptation (e.g. cultural 'translation' of diagnostic questionnaires), or other strategies. Equally, we invite papers that discuss the construction of boundaries involved in the circulation of medical knowledge, and the political ends towards which this is accomplished. This includes demarcations between local and universal knowledge or cultural and biological domains, and distinct categories of people (e.g. knowledge producers and users; lays and experts; underserved populations). By analyzing these dynamics, this panel aims to contribute to current debates in medical anthropology and global health that relate to the creation of new knowledge, interventions and networks in a globalized but diverse and unequal world. Please, do not hesitate to propose a paper to our panel by *19 December 2016* and feel free to contact us if you need any information: http://www.nomadit.co.uk/cascaiuaes2017/suite/panels.php5?PanelID=5331 <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm%23inbox/15871b0c7a3321ee> <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm%23inbox/15871b0c7a3321ee> General information about the call for papers: http://nomadit.co.uk/cascaiuaes2017/en/call-for-papers *CASCA/IUAES2017 Important dates *Call for Papers: 16 Nov-19 Dec Call for Posters: 16 Nov-12 Jan Early-bird registration opens: 9 Feb End of early-bird: 9 Mar CASCAIUAES2017: student travel grants http://cas-sca.ca/conference/upcoming-conference/student-travel-grant We are looking forward to hearing from you. With our best wishes, Loes & Hanna Dr. Hanna Kienzler Assistant Professor Department of Global Health & Social Medicine Room 2.7a East Wing School of Global Affairs | Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy King’s College London Strand | London WC2R 2LS UK Loes Knaapen Assistant Professor | Professeure adjointe School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies | École d’Études Sociologiques et Anthropologiques University of Ottawa | Université d’Ottawa 120 Université | 120 University (FSS10062) Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5 Canada ************************************************************* * Anthropology-Matters Mailing List * http://www.anthropologymatters.com * * A postgraduate project comprising online journal, * * online discussions, teaching and research resources * * and international contacts directory. * * To join this list or to look at the archived previous * * messages visit: * * http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/Anthropology-Matters.HTML * * If you have ALREADY subscribed: to send a message to all * * those currently subscribed to the list,just send mail to: * * [log in to unmask] * * * * Enjoyed the mailing list? Why not join the new * * CONTACTS SECTION @ www.anthropologymatters.com * * an international directory of anthropology researchers * * To unsubscribe: please log on to jiscmail.ac.uk, and * * go to the 'Subscriber's corner' page. * * ***************************************************************