[Commlist] Graphic Medicine conference Brighton

*Queerying Graphic Medicine: paradigms, power and practices*

*July 11-13, 2019*

*Hosted by Brighton and Sussex Medical School, at the Sallis Benney 
Theatre,*

*Brighton, UK*

The Graphic Medicine conference is back in Brighton. We first hosted 
this conference in 2013 and we are looking forward to welcoming friends 
old and new to participate in 2019.  Our conference title is 
deliberately tricky. We hope this draws you in, not shuts you out. This 
year marks the formation of the Graphic Medicine collective, and this is 
the first conference under this banner. To us this represents an 
opportunity to query or question what graphic medicine is about. The 
time for blind evangelism is past: let's critically explore our field.  
To frame this exploration, we are interested in what it might mean to 
/queer /graphic medicine.  ‘Queering’ is about refusing binaries and 
giving a voice to those who are usually silenced through not belonging. 
It can refer to gender, sexuality, and intersexuality, but it can also 
be a lens through which to understand other forms of personal, cultural, 
and political subversion.  Queer can be an insult, a reclaimed word, a 
theoretical standpoint depending on which speech bubble it sits in.

We have lots more questions we hope will be raised and debated through 
this conference. We invite the submission of a wide variety of abstracts 
focusing on health, medicine, and comics in any form (e.g. graphic 
novels and memoir, comic strips, manga, mini comics, web comics) that 
might explore the following questions, or others you feel are relevant 
to our field:

·What is Graphic Medicine?

·Are ‘graphic’ and ‘medicine’ exclusive terms? How might these terms be 
queried or

queered to open up possibilities for the field and genre?

·Who gets to speak?

·Why use comics in healthcare education?

·What can a Gender Studies perspective offer to the practice, teaching, 
or creation of

graphic medicine?

·How can comics critically address issues of power in healthcare?

·How do comics help us question paradigms and assumptions?

·How might comics reveal everyday sexism?

·Can comics help with the idea that feminism is for everybody (i.e. 
intersectionality)?

·Do comics have something to say about the power and paradigms that 
swirl around the

healthcare of trans people?

·Does our sexuality plays a part in our art and in our experiences of 
healthcare?

·What makes a good ally?

·How can we avoid offence while still encouraging debate on issues 
around gender and

sexuality?

·Do comics have something to say about homophobia and transphobia?

Proposals should be submitted by January 31st, 2019 to: 
*(graphic.medicine.conference /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(graphic.medicine.conference /at/ gmail.com)>*

Abstracts will be peer-reviewed by an interdisciplinary selection 
committee. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be completed by 
the week of March 15. While we cannot guarantee that presenters will 
receive their first choice of presentation format, we will attempt to 
honour preferences, and we will acknowledge the receipt of all 
proposals. *Please note: *Presenters are responsible for costs 
associated with their session (e.g. handouts

and supplies) and personal expenses (travel, hotel, and registration 
fees). All presenters must register for the conference. Discounted rates 
and some limited scholarships will be available for students, artists, 
and others in need.

*/Proposals should be submitted no later than January 31st, 2019./*



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