During the last three decades, medical anthropology has flourished as a branch of research, making strikingly clear how culturally diverse conceptions of such central notions as health, sickness, life, death, personhood, soul, and body in fact are. The aim of the workshop is to reflect on the conceptual, ethical and existential significance of such results.
Invited speakers are Margaret Lock (McGill University), Emily Martin (New York University), Rebecca Kukla (University of South Florida/Georgetown University), Uffe Juul Jensen (Aarhus University) and Fredrik Svenaeus (Södertörn University College).
Åbo Akademi University, Philosophy (Arken), April 13-14 2012.
The conference is arranged by the Nordic Network of Philosophical Anthropology.
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