AGEM
Willkommen bei der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Ethnologie und Medizin (AGEM)
Die AGEM ist ein 1970 gegründeter gemeinnütziger Verein mit dem Ziel, die Zusammenarbeit zwischen der Medizin, den angrenzenden Naturwissenschaften und den Kultur‑, Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften zu fördern und dadurch das Studium des interdisziplinären Arbeitsfelds Ethnologie und Medizin zu intensivieren.
Was wir tun
- Herausgabe der Zeitschrift Curare
- Durchführung von Tagungen
- Dokumentation von Literatur und Informationen
Curare
Zeitschrift für Medizinethnologie
Veranstaltungen
Ethics seminars for 2024
Workshop
Offered by the St. André International Center for Ethics and Integrity (France)
St. André International Center for Ethics and Integrity is pleased to announce the following Ethics seminars for 2024
Ethics of End-of-Life Care: Contributions from the Arts and Humanities (February 11–17, 2024, in Rome, Italy)
Ethics Educators Workshop (September 16–20, 2024, in Rochefort du Gard, near Avignon, France)
Bioethics Colloquium (September 23–26, 2024, in Rochefort du Gard, near Avignon, France)
Health Care Ethics: Catholic Perspectives (October 22–26, 2024, in Rochefort du Gard, near Avignon, France)
More info here
If you are interested in participating or have questions about the seminars, please contact Dr. Jos Welie MA, MMeds, JD, PhD, FACD directly: info[at]saintandre.org.
Jon Wagner: Visual Literacy and Alzheimer’s Caregiving
Vortrag
Lecture in the frameworks of The Images of Care Collective, AAGE, AgeNet and VANEASA webinar series “Images, Ageing and Care”
Jon Wagner (Professor Emeritus, UC Davis): “Visual Literacy and Alzheimer’s Caregiving”
Hosted and moderated by Paolo Favero (ViDi/UAntwerp and VANEASA).
Monday 13th May 2024
5:30PM to 7:00PM CEST, 4:30PM to 6:00PM BST, 8:30AM-10:00 PDT (Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7557790079?pwd=S3o4dDI0a214K2gxM1R2TVZCTXc0QT09; Meeting ID: 755 779 0079; Passcode: 8YcsCF)
The talk (which will also host some interactive moments) will focus on visual literacy skills and materials as a resource for caregivers of people living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
Melike Şahinol: Socio-Bio-Technical Entanglements in ALS Communication. A Posthuman Perspective
Vortrag
Zoom Lecture organized by Rare Disease Social Research Center (RDSRC) at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology in the Polish Academy of Science, IFiS PAN (Warsaw)
A seminar on Socio-Bio-Technical Entanglements in ALS Communication: A Posthuman Perspective in a series “Society and Technologies on Health and Illness”
Melike Şahinol (Independent Researcher)
May 14, 2024
3 PM CET
Organizers: Rare Disease Social Research Center, IFiS PAN
On Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95315222190?pwd=UXB1NVNTMnlzYkhSL2RDWnpScThkZz09
Abstract:
In exploring the integration of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technologies for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), this presentation adopts a posthuman perspective informed by the principles of Crip Technoscience. The framework challenges the traditional view of disability and proposes a shift in focus from deficits to a more nuanced understanding of the interplay between an individual’s abilities and their socio-(bio)-technical environment. Based on a qualitative grounded theory study with participant observation of ALS patients using AAC and BCI systems, this approach oHers a nuanced picture of how patients, technologies and care practices interact to form functional communication networks. The analysis goes beyond just functionality and explores the cultural, historical, and political layers that cross these interactions. The results highlight the ability of AAC and BCI to change not only the way ALS patients communicate, but also the way they are perceived and perceive themselves in terms of
their abilities and identities. These technologies, as the findings show, have the potential to expand and reconceptualize the boundaries of what is traditionally understood as disability, which considers a broader spectrum of human experience and embodiment. The discussion extends to the implications of these findings and suggests that engaging patients as co-creators could lead to more adaptive and engaging technologies. The intertwined socio-bio-technical landscape points to a future where inclusivity is an integral part of the design process and where the expertise of people with disabilities is recognized and valued.z