[ATTW-L] RHM 2020 Symposium Summaries

[Rhetoric Healthmedicine]

Dear RHM Community,

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 2020
<http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/>Symposium website
<http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/>, 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 RHM's main website
<http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium/>.

The plenary session
<http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/plenary-session/> 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:

·         Community
<http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/plenary-session/community/>

·         Data
<http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/plenary-session/data/>

·         Embodiment
<http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/plenary-session/embodiment/>

·         Positive Deviance
<http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/plenary-session/positive-deviance/>

·         Theory
<http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/plenary-session/theory/>

Discussion hubs <http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/discussion-hubs/>
functioned as smaller breakout sessions that facilitated more focused
interaction among like-minded scholars. See:

·         Methods
<http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/discussion-hubs/methods/>

·         Outreach & Advocacy
<http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/discussion-hubs/outreach-and-advocacy/>

·         Positionality
<http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/discussion-hubs/positionality/>

·         Teaching
<http://medicalrhetoric.com/symposium2020/discussion-hubs/teaching/>

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.

Wishing a happy and peaceful holiday to all,

Michelle Sonnenberg
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