ANNOUNCEMENT
Cancer Cultures Conference
November 6-7, 2012
University College London
United Kingdom
This two day event at the University College London in the UK will bring together academics and postgraduate research students from across the social sciences to examine the diverse experiences and cultural or social engagement with the illness and disease of cancer. It will explore the varied dimensions of ‘cancer cultures’ as they are constituted at the level of individual experience, family, community and both within or across different national contexts.
Breast Cancer Consortium member Ana Porroche-Escudero will be presenting some of her research on changing narratives of breast cancer survivorship.
6th November – Key Note Presentations 5-7pm
Archaeology Lecture Theatre, Anthropology Department, 14 Taviton Place, UCL, WC1E 6BT
Introduction and Welcome Sahra Gibbon and David Napier, Department of Anthropology , UCL
‘The emperor of all terrors: Cancer and the culture of warfare’ Anastasia Karakasidou, Department of Anthropology, Wellesley College, USA
‘Genetics to the People: Disseminating Cancer Risk Knowledge in the (post)BRCA era’ Galen Joseph, Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine UCSF, USA
Closing Comments Sophie Day, Goldsmiths University of London
Followed by drinks reception in the Anthropology Department
7th November – One day workshop 9am-5pm
Daryll Forde Lab, Anthropology Department UCL
This event will bring together academics and postgraduate research students from within anthropology and other social sciences to examine the scope of different disciplinary approaches as these relate to understanding the diverse experience of and cultural or social engagement with the illness and disease of cancer. It will examine the varied dimensions of ‘cancer cultures’ from a comparative and historical viewpoint as they are constituted at the level of individual experience, family, community and within or across different national contexts. Papers will examine two main themes; ‘The Hidden Politics of Cancer Survivorship and Research’ and ‘Cancer in Globalizing Contexts’ and will include the following
The Hidden Politics of Cancer Survivorship and Research
Remaking the self: Trauma, teachable moments and the biopolitics of cancer survivorship Kirsten Bell, Department of Anthropology, British Columbia, Canada
Inside the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR) – dealing with the risk of breast cancer in US culture – creating and transforming women’s lives Christine Holmberg, Berlin School of Public Health and Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics at the Charite Medical University Centre
Personal experiences with breast cancer in Romanian and English survivors Gianina Ioana Postavaru Alexandru Ioan Cuza Universit, Romania and Loughborough University
Pathological Personalities: Defining Femininity through the Study of Cancer from 1950 to 2000 Carolyn Pratt, Michigan State University, USA
Changing Narratives of Breast Cancer Survivorship: From a focus on Longevity to Rights and Quality of Life Ana Porroche-EscuDero, Anthropology Department University of Sussex
Cancer in Globalizing Contexts
Temporalities of Modernisation in Global Public Health: The Four Stages of the Global Smoking and Lung Cancer Epidemic David Reubi, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex
Becoming aware and prioritising the self: promoting breast cancer health awareness in voluntary groups in urban India Alison Macdonald, Anthropology Department UCL
Outreaching the ‘global gift of health’: bodies, ethics and practices in breast cancer risk management Eirini Kampriani, Anthropology Department UCL
Workshop is open to to all but as places are limited but please register with organisors.
Organisers:
- Sahra Gibbon (s.gibbon@ucl.ac.uk Anthropology, UCL)
- Alison Macdonald (a.macdonald@ucl.ac.uk Anthropology, UCL)
- Eirini Kampriani (e.kampriani@ucl.ac.uk Anthropology, UCL)
