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Discourses of Care: Care in Media, Medicine and Society (Conference, University of Glasgow, 5-7 September 2016)

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Research Summary: Discourses of Care Conference

Event Type: Interdisciplinary academic conference on care in media, medicine, and society
Dates & Location: September 5-7, 2016 at University of Glasgow, Gilmorehill Building
Funding: Wellcome Trust-funded; free attendance
Primary Focus: Explores how media forms and practices function as modes of care beyond mere representation
Keynote Speakers: Eva Feder Kittay (Stony Brook University) and Andrew Kötting (artist/filmmaker, UCA)
Disciplinary Scope: Film and television studies, medical humanities, disability studies, and philosophy
Key Concept: Care as both an ‘attitude' and ‘disposition' manifested through media creation, exhibition, and reception
Organizing Team: Prof. Karen Lury, Dr. Amy Holdsworth, Dr. Hannah Tweed
Accessibility: Venue fully accessible; transportation and access information available on conference website

Keynote speakers:

This Wellcome-funded interdisciplinary conference aims to support and foster collaborative work in relation to media and questions of care and well-being, focusing on care and care giving as critical concepts. Bringing together scholars from film and television studies, medical humanities, disability studies, and philosophy, we will debate how understandings of medical and social care are (and might be) positioned in relation to media and cultural studies. This would be a significant first step toward building inter-disciplinary alliances and driving forward work within the as yet under-determined field of ‘visual medical humanities’.

The specific focus of the conference and anticipated publication/s is to explore the ways in which media do more than simply represent care and caring (although representation, of course, remains an important issue). Taking a new approach, the conference will explore how media forms and media practices (the creation, exhibition and reception of media) may act as a mode of care. Thus we wish to explore how different kinds of media programming, media technologies and media practices present opportunities in which care is manifest as both an ‘attitude’ and a ‘disposition’ (Feder Kittay).

The full provisional timetable is available on the conference website.

Thanks to funding from the Wellcome Trust, this conference will be free to attend. The conference venue, the Gilmorehill Building, is fully accessible. For more information on access, transport, and the venue please visit our website. If you have any questions, please email the conference team, or contact us via @CareDiscourses.

Conference team: Prof. Karen Lury (Film and TV), Dr Amy Holdsworth (Film and TV), and Dr Hannah Tweed (English Literature).

When Monday, September 5, 2016 at 10:00 AM – Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 2:00 PM (BST) – Add to Calendar Where Gilmorehill G12 – 9 University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ – View Map

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