Dear all,
<br>With apologies for cross-posting we would like to remind you of the deadline
<br>for abstract submission:
<br>4th Biannual Conference
<br>Social Sciences & Health Innovations:
<br>Multiplicities
<br>May 23-25, 2019, Tomsk, Russia
<br>Search for an adequate response to contemporary health problems continues to
<br>be high on the agenda. But how can these solutions be made to work and why is
<br>it that many do not? One inspiring way of approaching these questions starts
<br>from acknowledging the need to engage with multiplicities. While species,
<br>bodies, diseases, and knowledges are multiple, the notion of multiplicity is
<br>mostly avoided in health care, governance, and sciences, where the strive for
<br>uniformity and best practices sometimes comes at the expense of applicability
<br>in specific local settings, and of sensitivity to the uncertain consequences
<br>of decisions and interventions. This conference invites participants to
<br>discuss the notion of multiplicity and to engage with a diverse range of
<br>multiplicities that are too often bracketed in attempts to understand and
<br>address health problems. How can multiplicity be conceptualized? How can
<br>concepts of multiplicity inspire productive ways of dealing with health
<br>problems? How can we account for and engage with the complexes of many species
<br>living together? How can novel health technologies relate to the multiple
<br>realities where diseases are practiced differently?
<br>Conference speakers:
<br>
<br> * Vololona Rabeharisoa, Professor of Sociology, Center for the Sociology
<br>of Innovation, Mines-ParisTech, Paris, France; author of many contributions on
<br>the increasing involvement of civil society organizations in scientific and
<br>technical activities
<br> * Maurizio Meloni, Associate Professor of Sociology, Alfred Deakin
<br>Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University, Australia;
<br>co-editor of the recent Palgrave Handbook of Biology and Society and Biosocial
<br>Matters: Rethinking Biology-Sociology Relationships
<br> * Yan Vlasov, Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Samara State
<br>Medical University, Russia; Chair of the Patient Protection Council and
<br>Co-chair of the Russian Patients Union, Russia
<br> * Komatra Chuengsatiansup, medical anthropologist, medical doctor, and the
<br>Director of the Society and Health Institute, which is part of the Ministry of
<br>Public Health, Thailand. His research on antimicrobial resistance follows
<br>antibiotics, microbes, and discourses to national and international arenas.
<br> * Special online contribution by Annemarie Mol, Professor of Anthropology
<br>of the Body, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; author of books The
<br>Logic of Care and The Body Multiple.
<br>
<br>Submit your paper or panel abstract:
<br>We welcome both individual paper proposals and proposals for closed thematic
<br>panels (please note that your panel does not have to consist of paper
<br>presentations, it can be a storytelling session, performance, or anything you
<br>feel is suitable for engaging with your topic). Please submit your proposals
<br>via the electronic form by 15 December 2018:
<br>http://en.past-centre.ru/conferences-seminars/sts-conference/social-sciences-
<br>health-innovations-multiplicities-2019/submit-your-paper-or-panel-abstract/
<br>For more information please see the conference Facebook page:
<br>https://www.facebook.com/multiplicities2019
<br>and webpage:
<br>http://en.past-centre.ru/conferences-seminars/sts-conference/social-sciences-
<br>health-innovations-multiplicities-2019/
<br>If you have any questions contact the conference organizers:
<br>healthinnovations2019@gmail.com
<br>Language of the Conference: English
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