Dear colleagues,
Papers are now invited for the following panel: Querying the body
multiple: enactment, encounters and ethnography
ASA2016, University of Durham, 4-7 July 2016
Convenor: Mwenza Blell (University of Bristol), Chair: Salla Sariola
(University of Turku)
Short Abstract
This panel explores the notion of body multiple and its implications.
Long Abstract
The body and embodiment have been central to anthropological literature,
exploring the ways in which communities and individuals live in their
bodies. It is argued that different human bodies are enacted, that is,
imagined and formed, in different contexts by different actors. Recently,
for example Annmarie Mol, Judith Farquhar, and Margaret Lock have argued
that rather than there being a universal, singular, body, the body is
better thought of as body multiple. Indeed, this literature points to
connections and overlaps with other people and non-humans, suggesting that
embodiment is a collective process. In order to understand how this
multiplicity is enacted, one has to appreciate that there are various
practices of self care (for example, including body modification and
enhancement), socio-political structuring (affecting, for example, access
to food and healthcare), and scientific practices (for example, diagnostic
testing and body measurement), among others, which all come to bear in this
multiplication. Anthropologists from different sub-disciplines have unique
and important contributions to make in this potentially greater overall
understanding of the body and embodiment. It would help to explain the
observed heterogeneity in approaches to the human body conceptually as well
as for the implications of scientific and medical application. The panel
aims to explore the notion of the body multiple using ethnographic
contributions from a range of contexts. Contributions are invited from
anthropologists of any sub-discipline interested in these ideas.
Deadline: 15th of February 2016
To propose a paper, please follow this link:
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/asa/asa2016/panels.php5?PanelID=4419
For any inquiries, do not hesitate to email me on [log in to unmask]
Full conference details: http://www.theasa.org/conferences/asa16/index.shtml
Warm regards,
Mwenza
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*Dr Mwenza Blell*
*Teaching Fellow*
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
43 Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1UU
Email: [log in to unmask]
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