The social autopsy takes the death of a
set of individuals as its starting point and then critically and
systematically examines social and political conditions to explain these
deaths and generate awareness and policy change. After discussing the
methodology, Dr. Timmermans will provide three contemporary examples of
excess deaths calling out for social autopsies: school shootings, Black
deaths at the hands of police, and migrant border deaths.
Bio:Stefan Timmermans is professor of sociology at UCLA. His research
interests include medical sociology and science studies. He is also
senioreditor medical sociology for the journal Social Science and
Medicine, editor-in-chief for Social Science and Medicine: Qualitative
Research inHealth, and book series editor for the University of Chicago
series onEthnographic Encounters and Discoveries.
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