The School of Political Science and Sociology Research Seminar: ‘The Politics of Ailment – A new approach to care’

The School of Political Science and Sociology invite you to a research seminar with:

Dr. Hanna-Kaisa Hoppania

‘The Politics of Ailment – A new approach to care’ 

CA 110, Cairnes Building, University of Galway

Wednesday 5^th of October, 2022 

1-2pm 

All Welcome!

“The Politics of Ailment – A New Approach to Care” is a new book, published by Policy Press, written by a team of Finnish care researchers, the Viva Collective. Co-author of the book, Dr. Hanna-Kaisa Hoppania of the School of Political Science and Sociology will be discussing the Politics of Ailment.

The book introduces the concept of ailment as a new theoretical tool for the field of care studies and social sciences more widely. As care theorist Joan Tronto has written, not all relevant concepts already appear within the lexicon of political and social theory, and ‘we must expand the terrain to include concepts that are traditionally excluded from politics in order to see how their inclusion changes the contours of political life’ (Tronto 2018 , 139).

In this talk Dr. Hoppania will present the main argument of the book, which discusses humans as ailing beings, and traces ailment in social and care policies and in the context of profitmaking and care labour.  She will also explain the Viva collective’s method of thinking and writing together.