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SUMMARY:Objectivity and Subjectivity in Medicine - DPhil and ECR Work-in-P
 rogress Workshop
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260619T120000
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DESCRIPTION:This interdisciplinary workshop will bring together DPhil stud
 ents and early career researchers in the medical humanities to share their
  ongoing research in a supportive environment. Discussion will focus on th
 e problems of objectivity and subjectivity in medical research and practic
 e: is there such a thing as an “objective” approach to medicine\, and 
 if not\, should there be? \n\nMedical knowledge is always situated and ine
 vitably shaped by forms of uncertainty. We invite contributions that explo
 re the ways in which clinical and scientific practices may reproduce struc
 tural biases\, as well as how they engage with key aspects of human experi
 ence that resist quantification – such as pain\, fatigue\, or emotional 
 distress. In this context\, the increasing use of artificial intelligence 
 raises further questions: does it enhance objectivity\, or simply reinforc
 e pre-existing biases? \n\nThe subjectivity of patients also generates imp
 ortant tensions: lived experiences do not always align with standardized s
 cientific frameworks. We welcome contributions that examine\, for instance
 \, how such experiences may be oversimplified when translated into medical
  categories and terminology\, or marginalized when they fail to fit pre-ex
 isting classificatory systems. We are also interested in initiatives that 
 seek to incorporate patients’ experiences and emotions into medical prac
 tice. \n\nIn a context of increasing scepticism toward institutional medic
 al discourse and a turn toward alternative medical practices\, it is worth
  asking how the ideal of objectivity can be reconciled with the acknowledg
 ment of subjective experience.
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LOCATION:Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities - Seminar Room 63 (Ground Fl
 oor)\, Seminar Room 63 (Ground Floor) Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities
  Radcliffe Observatory Quarter\, Woodstock Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6GG
  United Kingdom
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