<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dear RHM Community,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt">This year’s virtual RHM Symposium granted us a space to come
together to strengthen and grow our community during an international pandemic.
To bridge issues of access and to create a location where we can go to consider
and reflect upon the important work discussed this year, summaries of the
plenary session and the discussion hubs can be found on the <a href="http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/">2020 </a></span><a href="http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/">Symposium website</a><span style="font-size:11pt">,
and we are excited to share the important work we came together to do with our
community. Additionally, you can link to the Symposium websites by year from <a href="http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium/">RHM's main website</a>. </span><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The <a href="http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/plenary-session/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">plenary session</a>
included such issues as the varied ways we might define embodiment, what
constitutes data and how we conceptualize outliers, the mattering of theory,
and how we foster community in the field. The topics are as follows: </p>
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</span></span><a href="http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/plenary-session/community/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Community</a></p>
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</span></span><a href="http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/plenary-session/data/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Data</a></p>
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</span></span><a href="http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/plenary-session/embodiment/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Embodiment</a></p>
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</span></span><a href="http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/plenary-session/positive-deviance/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Positive
Deviance</a></p>
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</span></span><a href="http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/plenary-session/theory/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Theory</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/discussion-hubs/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Discussion
hubs</a> functioned as smaller breakout sessions that facilitated more focused
interaction among like-minded scholars. See:</p>
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</span></span><a href="http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/discussion-hubs/methods/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Methods</a></p>
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</span></span><a href="http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/discussion-hubs/outreach-and-advocacy/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Outreach
& Advocacy</a></p>
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</span></span><a href="http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/discussion-hubs/positionality/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Positionality</a></p>
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</span></span><a href="http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/discussion-hubs/teaching/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Teaching</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We invite you to share in the results from this year’s
symposium as we begin to formulate where our field is going, what we are
exploring as individual scholars and teachers, and where we go to find
community and connection—a critical factor in these trying times. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Wishing a happy and peaceful holiday to all,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Michelle Sonnenberg</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p></div>