BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240328T131052Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200124T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200124T070000 SUMMARY:Embodied Voices: Phenomenological\, Hermeneutical\, and Psychoanalytic Approaches to Health UID:20240328T131052Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:600 Forbes Ave\, Pittsburgh\, United States\, 15282 DESCRIPTION:
**Deadline for abstracts extended to January 24**
\nWe invite abstracts for papers that look at how health and disease have been treated in phenomenology\, hermeneutics\, and psychoanalysis\, and how these fields may help to improve upon the current methodologies employed in medicine. Medicine is taken here more broadly to mean the art of healing or of understanding various human conditions or ways of being alive (e.g.\, disorders\, injuries\, disabilities). Traditionally\, Western medicine presupposes a strictly biological account of the body\, largely ignoring other existential features of human life and thereby actually restricting its understanding of the body. Furthermore\, it seems as though a certain flaw in Western medicine is its inability to admit a hermeneutical self-understanding of the patient into its diagnosis and treatment methods. Phenomenological approaches to the body are quite different in that they take the lived body and its diverse and complex experiences into account. Hermeneutical and psychoanalytic approaches are also different in that they introduce an interpretive element into their epistemological framework.
\nMedicine and the concept of health have historically been used to stigmatize and disenfranchise women\, people of color\, people with disabilities\, people with mental illnesses\, LGBTQIA+ people\, and other people considered to be &ldquo\;abnormal.&rdquo\; \; The concepts of illness\, health\, and disease and the practice of medical diagnosis have historically been used as tools for expanding and perpetuating oppression of women and minorities. As such\, we particularly encourage papers that consider how phenomenological\, hermeneutical\, and psychoanalytic approaches to the concept of health can serve as a means for enabling women and minorities to have their voices heard and contribute to the various social justice movements of the twentieth century and beyond.
\nUltimately\, then\, how might the incorporation of embodied voices&mdash\;whether this means giving an account of one&rsquo\;s illness\, injury\, or disability&mdash\;widen\, enrich\, and improve our breadth of knowledge regarding human health and well-being in general\, and how might giving those voices a platform also contribute to the philosophy of medicine in particular?
\nThis conference is being jointly hosted by Duquesne Graduate Students in Philosophy (GSIP)\, Duquesne Women in Philosophy (D-WiP)\, and Duquesne Minorities and Philosophy (MAP).
\nKeynote Speaker:
\nGail Weiss (George Washington University)
\nSubtopics/Areas of Research:
\nSubmission Process:
\nPlease submit an abstract (maximum of 500 words) to gsipconference2020@gmail.com by January 14\, 2020. **Deadline for abstracts extended to January 24** Please prepare all submissions for blind review. Include all identifying information either as a separate cover sheet or in the body of your email. Identifying information should include the paper title and author&rsquo\;s name\, email address\, and institutional affiliation. Abstracts will be reviewed within approximately one week of that date.
\nSelected submissions will be allotted a presentation time of 15&ndash\;20 minutes.
\nConference Date: March 20-21\, 2020.*
\n* The conference will be held on Saturday\, March 21. On Friday\, March 20\, we are planning to host panel discussions with invited speakers. Details about the topics and speakers of the panel discussions are TBA.
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