Dear colleagues,
We welcome abstract submissions to our panel "Towards Social Studies of
(Biomedical) Testing" at the 23rd Annual STS Conference
Graz 2025, "Critical Issues in Science, Technology
and Society Studies." The hybrid event will take place from May 5 to 7, 2025.
The call for abstracts is open until January 20, 2025.
Panel ID: 44 Towards Social Studies of (Biomedical) Testing? | Short Abstract
This panel seeks to engage scholars in a conversation on testing in
biomedicine. We welcome contributions that explore the development, uses,
regulation, and governance of various biomedical tests across clinical, public
health, and recreational contexts.
For more information and to apply, see the attachment or visit:
Conference Page: https://stsconf.tugraz.at/
Abstract Submission: https://www.conftool.com/sts-conference-graz-2025/
Call Link:
https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:5f98cc92-aa88-4cd7-a930-ceff51ffc
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List of Panels: https://stsconf.tugraz.at/calls/call-for-abstracts/
Please circulate the call and contact us if you have any questions.
Convenors:
Erik Aarden (University of Klagenfurt)
Mara Khler (Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences)
Victoria Meklin (University of Klagenfurt)
Ingrid Metzler (Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences)
Long Abstract
Over the past three decades, scholars in Science and Technology Studies (STS)
and related fields, such as Medical Sociology, Medical Anthropology, Health
Policy Analysis, and Bioethics, have engaged with the phenomenon of "testing
in biomedicine." Much of this work has focused on specific types of tests or
their uses in distinct settings. For instance, beginning in the late 1980s,
scholars have studied genetic testing as it was envisioned, developed, and
used in clinical, public health, or recreational practices, or compared the
moralities of the regulatory frameworks sustaining and limiting its uses.
Simultaneously, scholars contributing to a sociology of diagnosis have
investigated how testing in clinical practices is involved in "making up
people" (Hacking, 2002). More recently, research has addressed the
development, use, and regulations of testing in emerging fields such as
translational medicine and precision medicine, paying special attention to the
political economies of testing and the authorities involved in their
governance. Last but not least, emerging bodies of scholarship have explored
the role of testing as a governing tool in global health initiatives and
pandemic management, particularly in response to COVID-19.
In this panel, we aim to use testing as a boundary object to open up a
conversation between these different areas of research. Building on work
performed under the label of the "anthropology of medical testing" (Street and
Kelly, 2021) and the "sociology of diagnosis and screening" (Petersen and
Pienaar, 2021), we propose the label of "social studies of (biomedical)
testing" or "biomedical testing studies" to encourage interdisciplinary
engagements.
We invite both empirical and theoretical contributions that engage with the
envisioning, development, use, evaluation, and regulations of testing across
diverse biomedical domains. These may include but are not limited to: testing
practices in clinical, public health or social service settings; DIY-testing;
and economic, legal, moral, and political dimensions of testing as well as the
absences or non-use of tests.
Best wishes,
Mara Khler
Mara Khler, MA
Department General Health Studies
Division Biomedical and Public Health Ethics
Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences Gesundheitswissenschaften
Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strae 30
3500 Krems / Austria
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M: +43 664 8321615
E: mara.koehler@kl.ac.at
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