Papers for Technogenarians
Medical Sociology Journal
Submissions: June 20, 2008

Kelly Joyce (College of William and Mary) and Meika Loe (Colgate University) announce a call for papers for the sixteenth Sociology of Health and Illness monograph (to be published both as a journal issue and as a book with Wiley-Blackwell Publishers). We seek submissions that put aging, science, and technology in the center of analyses of health and illness.

We are particularly interested in submissions that contribute theoretical and empirical depth to our understanding of

1. biomedicalization processes and anti-aging or longevity medicine-practices that aim to reconfigure aging bodies into youthful ones, or
2. the rise of gerontechnology industries and professions- fields that largely use technology to accommodate and support aging bodies and lives.

Papers should address one of the following themes:

• (a) the varied meanings and experiences of old people in relation to everyday technologies and health (e.g., walkers, glucose monitors;
• (b) aging bodies, anti-aging medicine and biomedicalization (e.g., longevity clinics, neutraceutical/supplement use), or
• (c)environmental geriatrics and health (e.g., settings or technologies where aging, design, and health intersect).

Potential contributors should send an abstract of up to 800 words by June 20, 2008 to Kelly Joyce (kajoyc@wm.edu). Informal email enquiries prior to submission are welcomed by both editors (mloe@mail.colgate.edu).