The GenDis project organized a panel on “The politics of disruption and repair in chronic illness” at the 6th Nordic STS Conference at the University of Oslo on 7-9 June 2023. The panel included four papers:
Ina Hallström (Stockholm University): Endo Episteme: Epistemic Injustice and the Misrecognition of Endometriosis
Venla Oikkonen and Elina Helosvuori (Tampere University): Gendered Chronic Pain, Embodied Experiences and Clinical Encounters
Ahalya Ganesh, Lilli Aini Rokkonen and Maria Temmes (Tampere University): Gendering Chronic Illness in Patient Advocacy
Lisa Lindén (Chalmers University of Technology), Doris Lydahl (University of Gothenburg) and Jesper Petersson (University of Gothenburg): Beyond Covid? Using patient knowledge to improve the care and management of Long Covid sufferers
Thank you all for a lively and inspiring discussion!