Health Technologies in Practice: Between the home and the clinic. Time and
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<br>From 12:30pm on Wed 19th June 2019 to 1:30pm Thurs 20th June 2019
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<br>At: St Mary’s Church, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, S2 4QZ, UK.
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<br>*Symposium description*
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<br>There has been an explosion in markets for digital and wearable
<br>technologies such as Fitbit and health apps. At the same time, and to some
<br>extent prefiguring this, there has been a growth in consumer markets for
<br>what might be thought of as more clinically orientated self-monitoring
<br>devices. Products that were once seen as the preserve of clinicians, such
<br>as blood pressure, heart rate, blood glucose or blood oxygen monitors, are
<br>now widely available to buy. It is claimed that self-monitoring could
<br>transform healthcare, promoting self-care, improving health and saving
<br>costs. The provenance of such claims can be traced through previous
<br>innovations such as ehealth, telecare and telehealth. Yet, as with
<br>previous innovations, self-monitoring raises important questions about the
<br>spaces, places and relationships involved, our interactions with different
<br>objects, devices and health professionals, and the production, distribution
<br>and control of knowledge and responsibility for health. We might also ask
<br>how we come to understand self-monitoring, and the different methods for
<br>approaching this from a social science perspective.
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<br>This symposium is part of a Leverhulme Trust Funded Research Project on
<br>‘Knowledge, Care and the Practices of Self-Monitoring’. The project
<br>aimed
<br>to understand how and why people self-monitor and to consider how this
<br>relates to knowledge, expertise and care. Presentations at the symposium
<br>will relate to self-monitoring and other everyday health technologies to
<br>consider ‘health technologies in practice’ from different perspectives
<br>and
<br>very different methodologies. The symposium brings together an
<br>interdisciplinary group of researchers, with interests in Science and
<br>Technology Studies, medical sociology, anthropology, disability studies,
<br>media studies and cultural studies.
<br>Speakers include:
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<br>Btihaj Ajana, Kings College London
<br>*Sharing and its discontents in the quantified self culture*
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<br>Dorthe Brogård Kristensen, University of Southern Denmark
<br>*Self tracking, data and the imaginary of metrics*
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<br>Fiona Stevenson, University College London
<br>*Raising, discussing and using the internet in GP consultations*
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<br>Janice McLaughlin, University of Newcastle
<br>*The home and everyday life as a site of embodied self-monitoring*
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<br>Minna Ruckenstein, University of Helsinki
<br>*Seeking medicinal agencies: antidepressants and life effects *
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<br>Kate Weiner & Ros Williams, University of Sheffield
<br>*Partial data and curation: the everyday data practices of self-monitoring*
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<br>Catherine Will & Flis Henwood, Universities of Sussex and Brighton
<br>*Relating with data: stories of self-monitoring with care*
<br>Organisers:
<br>Kate Weiner,* University of Sheffield*
<br>Jacob Andrews, *University of Sheffield*
<br>Catherine Will, *University of Sussex*
<br>Flis Henwood, *University of Brighton*
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<br>For further information and to register:
<br>https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/health-technologies-in-practice-between-the-ho
<br>me-and-the-clinic-tickets-59434829174?utm_term=eventurl_text
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<br>Tracking ourselves? Research project funded by the Leverhulme Trust:
<br>http://tracking-ourselves.group.shef.ac.uk/
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<br>Kate Weiner | Senior Lecturer in Sociology | Room LG22 | Department of
<br>Sociological Studies | Elmfield | Northumberland Road | Sheffield | S10 2TU
<br>| 0114 2226491
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<br>https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/socstudies/staff/staff-profiles/weiner
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