Workshop by Anna Mann: «theorising through the mundane»
«How does the mundane allow to engage with the numerous transformations our healthcare systems are undergoing?»
This is what the participants explored last week collectively in an academic paper workshop hosted by Anna Mann, Lisa Linden and Sonja Jerak-Zuiderent.
The workshop (and upcoming special issue) invited papers with an empirical focus on healthcare in the large sense. The contributions explored questions such as:
- What counts as ‘mundane’ in particular situations, sites, practices of healthcare?
- How does an attention to ‘the mundane’ allow us to transform ‘big stories’ about current transformations in healthcare?
- How does ‘the mundane’ allow us to attend to modes of living and dying well?
- How to stay attentive to asymmetrical configurations and the non-innocence of ‘the mundane’?
- How does the lens of the mundane transform and extend STS theorizing?
The workshop took place from the 4th to the 6th June 2025 at the Department of Sociology, University of Zurich. Participants submitted a paper draft beforehand, which was discussed during the workshop. On the third day, the participants engaged in alternative formats (walking, writing, etc.) to think through the mundane.
Find out moreTheorising through the mundane: storying transformations in healthcare (PDF, 252 KB)
For everybody who could not participate: a special issue on this theme for S&TS is in preparation.
- Anna Mann
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