Last week I attended a workshop called: Affect, Knowledge and Embodiment. It was part of a Critical Feminist Arts/Research workshop series that involved talks on participatory visual methods, sociological fiction, and zine making, brought to us by Dr Ashleigh Watson, Dr Laura Rodriguez Castro, and Samantha Trayhurn. What is a zine? “A zine is an underground publication with political messages without censorship. You can express yourself without the constraints of media” There were two essential activities that we needed to do in preparation for the workshop: 1. To bring some handwritten or printed notes, reactions, thoughts or scribbles on Sara Ahmed’s recent lecture ‘On … [Read more...] about Affect, Knowledge and Embodiment
Deadline for abstracts for new CPN book approaching
The deadline for abstracts to have your chapter included in the new Critical Physiotherapy Network book Mobilising Knowledge is getting closer. Just 10 days to go until the deadline closes on 1st December. A full copy of the call for abstracts can be found here, but here are the key points: The focus of the book explores knowledge in and of physiotherapy We want to take a critical look at the kinds of knowledge that traditionally formed the backbone of the profession, and examine how our understanding of what physiotherapy is and can be is changing In contrast to the first book, we are looking for authors in this manuscript to collaborate with one or more non-physiotherapy … [Read more...] about Deadline for abstracts for new CPN book approaching
Call for chapters: Mobilising knowledge: A second critical physiotherapy reader
Submit your work for the 2nd critical physiotherapy reader to be produced by the Critical Physiotherapy Network Title: Mobilising knowledge: A second critical physiotherapy reader To go into print in early 2020. Editors: A/Prof Dave Nicholls A/Prof Rani Lill Anjum A/Prof Elizabeth Anne Kinsella A/Prof Karen Synne Groven Publisher: Routledge Outline: This book follows on from the success of the first critical physiotherapy reader – Manipulating Practices – and explores knowledge in and of physiotherapy. We want to take a critical look at the kinds of knowledge that traditionally formed the backbone of the profession, and examine how our understanding of what … [Read more...] about Call for chapters: Mobilising knowledge: A second critical physiotherapy reader
Call for papers: Managing uncertainty in healthcare
Managing uncertainty in healthcare: Revisiting and advancing sociological contributions 27th Sociology of Health & Illness Monograph Editors: Nicola Mackintosh and Natalie Armstrong One of the most pervasive themes in the sociology of medical knowledge and its critiques is the role of uncertainty in clinical practice. This 27th Sociology of Health and Illness Monograph will revisit this enduring phenomenon in the context of changes over the recent past, notably the emergence of the construct of 'overdiagnosis', increasing public anxiety over health and risk of illness, shifting patient expectations on the benefits of scientific innovation and the reliability of clinical … [Read more...] about Call for papers: Managing uncertainty in healthcare
Radical new ways to think about physiotherapy
The way we think about physiotherapy is overdue a radical shake-up. A couple of months ago, Charles Jennings wrote an interesting piece about the way our use of knowledge is changing, and these ideas have some important implications the way next generations of physiotherapists are learn their craft. Jennings' piece is titled 'Learning in the Collaboration Age' (link), and it focuses on the role collaboration is playing in learning. Jennings contrasts what he calls 'old' ways of acquiring knowledge (often characterised as 'knowing that'), with what is becoming increasingly common these days (knowing how, knowing why). Jennings argues that 'Although experiential and social learning … [Read more...] about Radical new ways to think about physiotherapy
30 Days of September: Day 23
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30 Days of September: Day 13
Today's image was suggested by Viviana Silva. Click on the image to open it to full size. You can then save it and turn it into a desktop background by following these brief instructions. … [Read more...] about 30 Days of September: Day 13
