This lecture is part of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology Emerging Scholars Colloquium Series. Christine Pich, Sociology PhD, will be leading the second Emerging Scholars Colloquium of 2018.
This talk presents my doctoral research on knowledge contestations in relation to the challenges of recognizing occupational diseases in the context of the Ontario workers’ compensation system. While attention to questions of knowledge are useful in examining the dimensions and stakes of knowledge contestations, broadening the analysis to consider the complex role of unknowns can provide nuanced insights into these contestations.