Materialities of care: encountering health and illness through objects, artefacts, and architecture

This event will draw together researchers from across disciplines, including sociology, history, archaeology, architecture, geography and museum studies.

‘Materialities of care’ is a two day event organised by the Universities of York and Leeds, exploring the role of material culture within health and social care. It addresses how everyday artefacts (such as objects, dress, interiors and architecture) can mediate practices, identities and embodied experiences of health and illness. The event will draw together researchers from across disciplines, including sociology, history, archaeology, architecture, geography and museum studies.

This event is supported by funding from Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness.

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Confirmed speakers (day one):

Keynote: Michael Schillmeier, University of Exeter

• David Bell (University of Leeds)
• Christina Buse (University of Leeds)
• Eleanor Casella (University of Manchester)
• Karina Croucher (University of Bradford)
• Julie Ellis (University of Sheffield)
• Myles Gould (University of Leeds)
• Jane Hamlett (Royal Holloway University of London)
• Ruth Holliday (University of Leeds)
• Mary Madden (University of Leeds)
• Sarah Nettleton and Daryl Martin (University of York)
• Karen Throsby (University of Leeds)
• Julia Twigg (University of Kent)
• Sarah Wigglesworth (University of Sheffield)

Workshop facilitators (day two):

• Helen Chatterjee (University College London)
• Richard Ward (University of Stirling) and Sarah Campbell (University of Manchester)