The Latin American Centre for Development of Physiotherapy and Kinesiology and the Colombian Physiotherapy Association are looking to invite a keynote speaker to their IX Meeting of Academics in Physiotherapy and VIII ELA. The meeting will be held in the city of Barranquilla, Colombia on October 30 and 31 of 2019 (but presentations can also be pre-recorded or given online at distance). The meeting will focus on the training of physiotherapists as first contact professionals - both the opportunities and challenges, as well as the issues faced by the social, normative and political contexts in different countries. We would be grateful to hear from you or colleagues that you know who … [Read more...] about Keynote opportunity
Critique of the biomedical model #5
So far in this short series on the problems with the biomedical model we’ve looked at the mind-body separation, biomedicine’s claims to objectivity and access to the truth about health and illness, it’s construction of atomistic individuality, and last week, the problematic nature of normalisation. In this post we’ll look at the passivity that biomedicine engenders in patients. Biomedicine is a powerful discourse and it has brought enormous power and social capital not only to the medical profession, but also to those who practice in its image. One of the most widely voiced critiques of medicine is that it is hegemonic (or dominant not through force but a degree of consent and … [Read more...] about Critique of the biomedical model #5
Resources for 5th Critical Physiotherapy Course
Here you can find all the resources from last week's Critical Physiotherapy Course seminar run by Tobba Sudmann. Tobba's talk was titled 'How to understand disability? On the making of disability though discourse, materiality and practice'. A huge thank you (again) to Tobba for her superb seminar. We had another really great turnout, and some inspiring new ideas. Audio recording (link) … [Read more...] about Resources for 5th Critical Physiotherapy Course