Carney to Give UMaine Institute of Medicine Talk
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 - 09:00 to Monday, February 28, 2022 - 14:21
Megan Carney
Assistant Professor Megan Carney will speak about “Teaching with microbes: Biopolitical lessons from fermentation” in a virtual seminar from the University of Maine Institute of Medicine. The event will take place on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. Tucson time/12:00 p.m. EDT.
Overview: For the past several years and with emerging research on microbiomes, social scientists and humanities scholars have increasingly turned to microbes as “good to think with” in examining the intersections between human health and the environment. The Covid-19 pandemic has both amplified much of this transdisciplinary interest in microbial life and human microbiomes, and sparked new questions about the (micro)biopolitics shaping uneven health outcomes across the human life course. This talk reflects on using fermentation as a pedagogical tool for understanding the historical conditions and contemporary social and institutional arrangements that affect microbial distribution and exposure.
The event is free but registration is required.
Anthro News Digest date: 03/12/2021
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