'Fat studies' and the production of situated knowledge : Notes on the 6th Annual Weight Stigma Conference

Authors

  • Beatriz Klimeck
  • Rogerio Azize

Keywords:

fat studies, fatphob stigma, situated knowledge, anthropology of health

Abstract

Since 2013, activists and academics have come together annually at the International Weight Stigma Conference to discuss their productions, which are mostly situated in the field of “fat studies”. These are observations produced by an ethnographic view on the sixth edition in England in 2018, and a follow-up of the event’s hashtag on Twitter. From the dynamics of knowledge production about and from fat bodies, it was possible to observe tensions established by word choices, rethinking of biomedical paradigms about “obesity” from a social justice perspective and the possibility of embrace within the formalities of an academic conference.

Author Biographies

Beatriz Klimeck

Mestranda em saúde coletiva do Instituto de Medicina Social (IMS) da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Uerj, Brasil) e graduada em ciências sociais pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil).

Rogerio Azize

Professor adjunto do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva (PPGSC) do IMS da Uerj. É doutor e mestre pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia Social (PPGAS) da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, Brasil) e graduado em ciências sociais pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC, Florianópolis, Brasil).

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Published

2019-04-11

Issue

2019: Edição Especial XIX Jornada de Discentes do PPGSA/UFRJ

Section

Edição Especial XIX Jornada PPGSA/UFRJ