We warmly invite you to join us for a one-day seminar presenting key findings from the research project funded by the Research Council of Finland: Touch and Affect in Health Care Interaction. Over the past four years, our interdisciplinary team has explored how touch and affect shape interactions in various health care settings. This event brings together our final results, enriched by commentary and keynotes from our international collaborators.
PROGRAMME
10–12 Touch and affect in health care interaction: Results from the project
- Introduction: Studying affect and embodiment in health care interaction (Johanna Ruusuvuori)
- Fear and pain in pediatric dental encounters (Julia Katila)
- Touch and embodied empathy in medical consultations (Juhana Mustakallio)
- Affective participation and touch in postnatal health care check-ups (Julia Katila)
- Acknowledgement of worry-telling and perceived reassurance (Tuuli Turja)
- Invoking worry in primary care consultations (Aija Logren)
- Commentary by Prof. Charles Antaki (Loughborough University, U.K.)
12–13 Lunch
13–16 Keynotes by our collaborators
- 13:00–13:45 Asta Cekaite: Interpersonal touch in institutional interactions: trust, bodily integrity and social relations
- 13:45–14:30 Pirkko Raudaskoski: How is affective practice constituted in pharmacist-client encounters?
- 14:30–14:45 Coffee break
- 14:45–15:45 Marjorie Goodwin: Affect and Emotion in Doctor-Patient Interaction while Learning to Experience Dying as Part of Living
- 15:45–16.00 Closing words & drinks
Meeting ID: 677 9555 1529 Passcode: 360822
We look forward to seeing many of you there – either in person or online!
Organiser
The Touch & Affect project team
Further information
pinja.majava@tuni.fi