Intersex Narratives in the Global South: Departures from Medical Imperatives
Seminar
Emphasis on medicalisation of sex and gender in North America—inspired by John Money’s work with intersex and transgender patients in the 1950s—has influenced intersex medicalisation globally. Using interviews with doctors, intersex adults, and families of intersex people, I examine the medical…
The Relationships and Health of Non-migrating Partners of International Labour Migrant Men in Nepal
Seminar
Over half of all Nepali households have at least one family member currently abroad or living in Nepal as a returnee (IOM, 2018). Because of economic and social constraints and household responsibilities, men usually leave behind their spouses and children to work abroad (Lokshin & Glinskaya,…
Bridging the Languages of the Biophysical and the Social in Expert Advice on Sustainability: Reflections on the International Resource Panel
Seminar
Across the environmental turn in the social sciences, many compelling arguments have been put forward on the need to understand and act on planetary crises in ways that connect social, institutional and biophysical matters. In the science/policy world of organised expert advice to governments and…
The Lactation After Loss Quilt: Commemoration, Agency and Advocacy
Exhibition
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“I’m done:” poetic reflections on meaning-making, narrative, and stillness towards end of life for people with deteriorating heart failure
Seminar
Dying with heart failure is a turbulent journey that unfolds potentially over years. However, making life ‘worth living’ in the face of dying is less well-studied. Based on two years’ ethnographic fieldwork in England (2017-2019) with people with heart failure, I will present poetic excerpts that…
Conceptualizing Social Protection Interventions: Global and Transnational Perspectives
Seminar
Transnational Social Protection (TSP) focuses on the various individual and collective strategies for addressing the social risks faced by actors who cross national boundaries. In recent years, TSP has become a critical area of research due to the growing diversity of migration, increased global…
Making Sense of Imperfectly Observed Networks
Seminar
The canonical form of network data is obtained from sociometric studies in small and well-defined settings. Examples include friendship relations in classrooms, advice ties in workplaces, and trade between countries. In the course of a long tradition of empirical analysis of networks, dating back…