ADVANCING CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES FOR HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
The 7th Biennial Conference of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP) will be held at the University of Adelaide on Monday 18th - Wednesday 20th April, 2011.
A series of workshops for postgraduate students and emerging researchers will be held on Sunday 17th April, 2011.
We are delighted to include Professor Raewyn Connell and Associate Professor Pat Dudgeon as keynote speakers. More keynote speakers will be announced soon!
About the conference
The ISCHP conference provides a vibrant opportunity for health psychologists and scholars from related disciplines to explore ongoing and emerging issues in critical theory and practice in relation to health and health care. Attendance is therefore welcomed from scholars in any discipline with a critical orientation to the field of health. The conference also particularly welcomes and encourages students and emerging researchers.
The conference will include an engaging intellectual program and plenty of opportunity for social activities.
Conference themes
We welcome submissions on any topic or theme that takes a critical stance on any aspect of health or health care. At the same time, we will broadly organise the conference around five key themes:
*Time* Health and health care in relation to life-events and life-stages, including child and family health
*Place* Health and health care in relation to the different politics, economics and social geographies of location, including, especially, the impact of colonisation (i.e., upon Indigenous health), migration and transition
*Face* Health and health care in relation to subjectivities and identities, including those relating to gender, sexuality and embodiment
*Governmentality* Health and, especially, health care in relation to strategies of social control, including rhetorics of ‘choice', ‘risk', ‘freedom' and ‘consumption'
*Methods and methodology* Exploring alternative and innovative ways of conducting research in the pursuit of critical interpretations of health and health care.