Sociologists of knowledge and medicine have challenged the assumption that medical science and medical knowledge are “outside of culture” and free from social structural influences. In this vein, this session seeks papers exploring the interconnections [...]
This session explores the dynamics of digital mediation occurring as new technologies and ways of using them become more pervasive and diverse. The ubiquity of smartphones, GPS, geolocational, visual technologies, and related devices and systems [...]
This session seeks to showcase work exploring intersections among (bio)medicalization, gender and sexuality including historical, contemporary, theoretical and/or empirical dimensions. Contemporary work on medicalization has introduced new lines of inquiry around its shifting contexts and [...]