Proceedings STS Conference 2015 S1
Intimate Technologies: Embodying Artefacts, Remaking Bodies, Enacting Norms (1)
May 11, Morning Session
Gili Yaron:
Facial Protheses and the Promise of Passing
Holy Standing, Catherine Exley, Guy MacGowan, Tim Rapley:
It’s Like a Siamese Twin around Your Neck – Patients´ Accounts of Living with Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs)
Carolin Ruther:
Doing Dis/Ability and the Embodiment of Artificial Legs –
Eyeryday Life Stories of German Prothetic Users
Robin Rae:
Affected Bodies and Adjusted Bike: Finding the Perfect Fit on a Bike and Imagined Trail
Intimate Technologies: Embodying Artefacts, Remaking Bodies, Enacting Norms (2)
May 11, Afternoon Session 1
Lucie Dalibert:
Doing Embodiment and Incorporation, Living with Spinal Cord Stimulation
Marjolein de Boer:
The Scripted Breast: Affective Bodily Engagements with Medical Devices and Prosthetic Objects in Breast Cancer
Sara Rodrigues:
Bodily Openness and Body Modification: A Phenomenological
Reading of the Habitualization of Titanium Implants