Philosophy in the Nurse’s World: Politics of Nursing Practice II 2012 Conference
The May 2012 conference will continue our philosophical conversations about 'the political' and nursing practice and in particular, focus on philosophy in action in nursing practice. Questions that might exercise us include: 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?
Location:
Banff, Alberta, Canada
Plenary Speakers:
- Cressida Heyes, University of Alberta, Canada
Child, birth: The philosophical and political challenge of representing pain - Martin Lipscomb, University of West England, United Kingdom
Some may beg to differ: Political claims and the fallacy of composition - Amelie Perron, University of Ottawa, Canada
Towards an 'ethics of discomfort' in nursing: Parrhesia as fearless speech - Jeannette Pols, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Washing the patient. About aesthetic values in nursing care - Trudy Rudge, University of Sydney, Australia
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The 2012 conference invites philosophical papers that theorize, investigate, analyse or explore the politi- cal in nursing and/or related issues which might include topics such as standardization; technological prac- tices; politics of knowledge; effects of managerialism and so on.
Abstracts for posters are invited for work that is perhaps in the early stages of preparation or that lends itself to this form of display and dissemination. Structured opportunities for discussion will be included in the conference program.
For more information and to submit abstracts:
http://www.nursing.ualberta.ca/Research/Institutes/IPNR.aspx
For queries, please contact ipnr@nurs.ualberta.ca
Deadline for Abstract Submission: December 1, 2011
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 to provide leadership in the pursuit of philosophical nursing knowledge, and to ad- vance the practice of nursing through philosophical scholarship.
