Wellness, Affective Citizenship, and the Politics of Health

Join us for the “Wellness, Affective Citizenship, and the Politics of Health” presentation which features University of Arizona faculty from various departments including English, East Asian Studies, Anthropology, Gender and Women’s Studies and History. Beginning with a presentation on China’s government campaign for reducing video game addiction, Hai Ren, Ph.D., will expose one way in which political systems influence health. This will be followed by an analysis from Susan Shaw, Ph.D., on how limited access to care for low-income patients instills both vulnerability and proactive attitudes towards cancer screening.  “Immigration Reform,” presented by Eithne Luibheid, Ph.D., will explore the competing issues of immigration reform proposals and the connection with immigrant health and wellness. Lastly, Jadwiga E. Pieper Mooney, Ph.D., will present “Social Medicine Praxis under Military Dictatorship in Chile” which will focus on a 1970’s coup which caused health care providers to find new ways to practice medicine despite political violence.
 
A complete list of participants and topics are included below.
 
Moderator & Respondent: Lee Medovoi, Ph.D. Professor and Head, Department of English
 
Presenter:  Hai Ren, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies 
Title: Wellness Aesthetics: Affective and Intellectual Reponses to Video Game Addiction Campaigns in China 
 
Presenter:  Susan Shaw, Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of Anthropology  
Title: Anxious Provocations: Engagements with Cancer Screening by the Medically Underserved  
 
Presenter:  Eithne Luibheid, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Gender & Women’s Studies
Title: Immigration Reform: Competing Possibilities for Happiness, Health and Wellness 
 
Presenter:  Jadwiga E. Pieper Mooney, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of History
Title: Social Medicine Praxis under Military Dictatorship in Chile: Of Health Care Initiatives, Survival Strategies, and Resistance
 
This panel is part of the broader three-day Humanities, Medicine & Wellness Conference featuring University of Arizona faculty working at the intersections of the humanities, health sciences, and wellness initiatives to address global challenges. The conference will be held February 26-28, 2014 on the UA campus and will integrate research panels and papers from the Colleges of Humanities, Law, Medicine, Public Health, Science, Social and Behavioral Sciences, and others. Sponsored by the College of Humanities, all events are free and open to the public.
 
For more conference session and event information, go to: http://HMW.arizona.edu.