The Anthropology and Geography: Dialogues Past, Present and Future conference will be held 4 to 7 June 2020 at the British Museum, Clore Centre, SOAS, Senate House and Royal Geographical Society.
CALL FOR PAPERS for the Panel session: Routes to wellbeing: Inviting novel (re-)imaginings of therapeutic mobilities
https://nomadit.co.uk/conferen
Convenors: Cornelia Guell, Sarah Bell (University of Exeter) and Tessa Pollard (Durham University)
Short abstract
Geography and anthropology increasingly recognise the role of human and more-than-human mobile entities in coproducing everyday environments of health. In this session, we will explore how cross-disciplinary dialogue
can encourage transformative approaches to the study of therapeutic mobilities.
Long abstract
Geographies and anthropologies of health and illness are increasingly sharing valuable theoretical insights, methods and analytical lenses to understand how people’s endeavours to “live well” are shaped by the dynamic
places through which daily mobilities are enacted, adapted or resisted. Cross-disciplinary dialogues are encouraging novel (re-)imaginings of the concepts of “therapeutic landscapes” and “therapeutic mobilities”,
integrating important conceptual insights from, for example, actor-network theory, social practice theories, practices of self-care and biopolitics, which place varied emphasis on self-hood, bodies, objects, places and
structures. One line of enquiry has been a growing interest in the role of more-than-human entities in coproducing the everyday environments in which we all live and move. These range, for example, from the bicycle lanes or parts that obediently speed up our active bodies, the calls of resident birdlife that inspire us to pause and slow down our daily commute, to global systems and trade agreements that designate local healthy foods in the Global South for export markets, exchanged for processed, low quality brands from the Global North.
We invite papers that bring geography and anthropology into productive conversation to explore how the mobility of ideas, norms, objects, people and other living entities support the performance and growth of “therapeutic mobilities”. How do such flows promote opportunities to experience a sense of health and wellbeing for some, while perhaps foreclosing such opportunities for others? We welcome both traditional papers and creative – e.g. visual or spatial – approaches that encourage more transformative perspectives to the study of therapeutic mobilities.
The full list of conference panels can be found here:
https://nomadit.co.uk/conferen
Deadline for paper proposals is 8 January 2020
Proposals should consist of a paper title, a (very) short abstract of <300 characters and an abstract of 250 words. On submission the proposal, the proposing author (but not any co-authors listed) will receive automated
email confirming receipt. If you do not receive this email, please first check the login environment (click login on the left) to see if your proposal is there. If it is, it simply means confirmation got spammed or lost; and if it is not, it means you need re-submit, as process went wrong somewhere.
All paper proposals must be made via the online system, and not via email. A paper can only be submitted once and only one paper can be submitted per person.
Please do get in touch if you want to discuss paper ideas.
Conny Guell, Tessa Pollard and Sarah Bell