The Black/Grey Box of Expertise in Professional Practice
Submitted by Sarah Emily Duff on 1 July, 2015 - 22:04
Tuesday, 21 July 2015 - 5:30pm
The Health Communication Research Unit (HCRU), Medical Humanities at WiSER, the Humanities Postgraduate Centre and the Faculty of Humanities invite you to a PUBLIC LECTURE by
SRIKANT SARANGI
Professor in Humanities & Medicine, as well as Director of the Danish Institute of Humanities & Medicine (DIHM), Aalborg University, Denmark, and Honorary Professor at Cardiff University, UK.
“The Black/Grey Box of Expertise in Professional Practice”
Background: Professional expertise in the healthcare sector is multi-layered. How does one manage domains of uncertainty with respect to the ethos of expertise/knowledge as they manifest in professional practice? This lecture reflects on the challenges faced by outsider communication researchers with different epistemological upbringings when studying professional practice.
Date: Tuesday, 21 July 2015
Time: 17:30 for 18:00
Venue: WiSER Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Richard Ward Building, East Campus, University of the Witwatersrand.
RSVP Najibha at Najibha.Deshmukh@wits.ac.za
This event is co-hosted by the Health Communication Research Unit (HCRU), Medical Humanities at WiSER, the Humanities Postgraduate Centre and the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand.
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