Conferences

Philosophy in a Nurse's World: Politics of Nursing Practice II 2012

Kinnear Centre for Creativity & Innovation
May 13-15, 2012
Banff Centre - Banff, Alberta 

The May 2012 conference is an extension of our successful 2010 conference and we will be continuing the general theme of ‘the political’ and nursing practice. At the 2010 conference we examined concerns and questions that related to the social, political and economic contexts and conditions currently organizing nursing as a discipline and a field of care. In 2012 we want to continue our collective philosophical conversation about 'the political' and nursing practice and in particular, focus on philosophy in action in nursing practice. What is the difference that philosophy makes to practice? Can our philosophical work politicize our practices and what effects might this have for us and for health systems?

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Plenary speakers

Cressida Heyes, University of Alberta, Canada 

    "Child, birth: The philosophical and political challenge of representing pain" 

Martin Lipscomb, University of West England, United Kingdom

    "Some may beg to differ: Political claims and the fallacy of composition"

Amelie Perron, University of Ottawa 

    "Towards an 'ethics of discomfort' in nursing: Parrhesia as fearless speech"

Jeanette Pols, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    "Washing the patient. About aesthetic values in nursing care"

Trudy Rudge, University of Sydney, Australia 

    "Desiring productivity - nary a wasted moment, never a missed step!"

Important Dates:

January 16, 2012:    Abstract submission deadline
February 10, 2012:   Notification of acceptance
March 9, 2012:         Early Bird Registration deadline
March 14, 2012:       Banff Centre Accommodation Group Rate deadline
April 30, 2012:         Registration deadline

Conference Co-convenors

Dr. Derek Sellman and Dr. Christine Ceci
Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta