Tag: law
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Working Group, Kaushiki Arha
Kaushiki Arha, a Ph.D. candidate at Jawaharlal Nehru University, presented part of her dissertation project, which explores the gendered legal and social adjudication of sexual violence in India. Her project considers how the changing definition of rape from a physical assault to a violation of consent has paradoxically made prosecuting cases of sexual violence more difficult.
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Working Group, Zeynel Gul
Zeynel Gul from the University of Illinois, Chicago, presented some material from his book project on the diagnostic and legal uncertainty surrounding silicosis cases in Turkey. His presentation described how the procedures used to arbitrate occupational health discount the experiences of workers themselves and demonstrated the fuzziness of the line between injuries and illnesses.
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Rethinking Injuries Conference
The “Rethinking Injuries: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Harm, Safety, and Society” conference took place at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Baltimore, MD) and online from March 7 to March 9, 2024. The conference covered the perception, control, representation, and experience of injuries and involved participants from several institutions, academic fields, and professions. For the…