IPNR Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
AND FIRST CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The May 2012 conference is an extension of our successful 2010 conference and we will be continuing the general theme of ‘the political’ and nursing practice. At the 2010 conference we examined concerns and questions that related to the social, political and economic contexts and conditions currently organizing nursing as a discipline and a field of care. In 2012 we want to continue our collective philosophical conversation about 'the political' and nursing practice and in particular, focus on philosophy in action in nursing practice. What is the difference that philosophy makes to practice? Can our philosophical work politicize our practices and what effects might this have for us and for health systems?
The 2012 conference invites philosophical papers that theorize, investigate, analyse or explore these questions and/or related issues which might include topics such as:
- standardization
- technological practices
- politics of knowledge
- effects of managerialism
- shifting boundaries
and so on….
Philosophy in the Nurse’s World:
Politics of Nursing Practice II
May 13-15, 2012
Banff Centre (www.banffcentre.ca)
Banff, Alberta, Canada
Abstracts should be 350 words or less. Time for paper presentation and discussion will be approximately 30 minutes. Abstracts should include the presenter’s full title, institutional affiliation, email address and contact telephone number, and be sent by email attachment as a Word.doc File or Rich Text File(RTF) to: ipnr@nurs.ualberta.ca
Confirmed Plenary Speakers:
Cressida Heyes, University of Alberta, Canada
Amelie Perron, University of Ottawa, Canada
Jeannette Pols, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Trudy Rudge, University of Sidney, Australia
More details at http://www.nursing.ualberta.ca/Research/Institutes/IPNR.aspx
For queries, please contact ipnr@nurs.ualberta.ca
Deadline for Abstract Submission: December 1, 2011
Institute for Philosophical Nursing Research
The Philosophy in a Nurse’s World conferences were inaugurated by the Institute for Philosophical Nursing Research (IPNR). The IPNR was established at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing in August, 1988. The goals of the IPNR were to provide leadership in the pursuit of philosophical nursing knowledge, to advance the practice of nursing through philosophical conversations, seminars, visiting professor program, biennial philosophical conferences, and support to teaching and learning philosophy in the Faculty of Nursing and beyond.
