Cassandra White and I are organizing a panel on "National and
International Migrations
and Access to Healthcare". The preliminary abstract is below. If you
are interested in
participating in this panel please send an abstract to me by October 10.
Thank you,
Kim
Considering the conference theme of globalization and the potential forms of
vulnerability and exclusion it creates, this panel addresses the ways
in which access to
healthcare services is affected by the regional and international
movement of people,
resources, and information. What contrasts exist, in terms of ability
to provide
information about and treatment for complicated diseases, among
healthcare providers in
host countries vs. sending countries or in rural vs. urban settings?
What parts do
structural inequalities and individual agency play in the stories of
those for whom
movement (e.g., travel to a distant clinic for the purposes of seeking
treatment or
seeking treatment in a foreign setting in the context of international
immigration) is an
essential part of managing illness treatment?
Kimberly Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Elon University
Editor, Anthropology and Aging Quarterly
Mailing Address:
2035 Campus Box
Elon, NC 27244
Office: (336)278-6403
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SLACA Spring Conference in Merida, Mexico, March 24-27, 2010
Call for papers
Dear SLACA members,
Many of you have responded to our Call for Papers, and some of you had
questions, including "How and where do I register?" "How do I submit a
session?" "How do I submit a paper to a session?" and "What is the deadline
for submission?"
Here are some answers:
1. The papers have to be submitted through the sfaa site, at
http://www.sfaa.net/sfaa2010/2010regform.html You would sign in as a member
of a co-sponsoring society, so you don¹t have to pay sfaa membership fees.
Alternatively, if you don't like to use your credit card online, you could
send the SfAA office a cd with your abstract and pay by cheque or money
order.
2. It does not say anywhere that I can see what the deadline is, but the
SfAA tells us it is Oct 15.
3. You could send out a call for papers through the SLACA server, at
aaasec_slaca@binhost.com, if you have a session in mind and you want others
to join. Once you have your session complete, you can all register online.
4. On the form there is a section for those submitting papers, and further
down a section for the organizers of panels. If you have organized a panel,
please fill in the corresponding section, besides the section where your
individual info and abstract go.
5. If you want to just submit a volunteered paper, you can do that too, and
we will see that it gets included in a SLACA session. We are the SLACA
organizers, and are working right now on special SLACA events for the
conference.
Best,
Gabriela Vargas-Cetina (gvcetina[at]uady.mx) and Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz
(siayora[at]uady.mx)
Organizers of SLACA's 2010 Spring Conference in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
