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PresentationFor the 2nd International Conference for the Social Sciences and Humanities in HIV we invite papers that address the theme of &#8216;KNOWING PRACTICES&#8217;. This dual concept poses questions about the multiple practices that comprise the dynamics of the epidemic and how the practice of knowing itself, is engaged and operationalised. &#8216;KNOWING PRACTICES&#8217; refers to:The practices that produce, reproduce and transform the social worlds in which people live. This includes what knowledge we have of the forces shaping the epidemic - whether social, structural, geographic, historical, political or economic - and their connection to practice; andThe different ways of &#8216;doing science&#8217; or knowing (and unknowing), that is, on the ways in which we as scientists claim to have evidence.We hope this theme will be sufficiently broad and, at the same time, nuanced in reference to the work of the social sciences and humanities to elicit papers on a variety of topics. Within the theme of &#8216;KNOWING PRACTICES&#8217;, we ask what sorts of knowing and un-knowing practices are assembled and enacted as &#8216;authentic&#8217;, &#8216;valid&#8217;, &#8216;verifiable&#8217;? What role is there for the social sciences and humanities in the increasingly biomedical vision of the future by science and its funders? Indeed, in what ways does the promise articulated at AIDS 2012 &#8211; that biomedicine will eradicate HIV and end the epidemic &#8211; put in place strategies that simultaneously evade the complexity of the everyday nature of living and working with HIV? How can the social sciences and humanities produce knowledge that has an impact on the many forces that shape the epidemic?While papers that address the conference&#8217;s theme &#8216;KNOWING PRACTICES&#8217; are especially relevant, papers contributing to the advance of rigorous social scientific and humanities approaches to HIV and take other perspectives on the social sciences and humanities are also encouraged.Conference Papers/ Full Sessions/ Round Table Discussions&#160;We encourage papers/discussions at all levels of analysis and from paradigms and perspectives that address the following:The biomedical claims of &#8216;turning the tide&#8217; to end the epidemicNovel knowing practices within science, social science and/or communitiesRelationships among biomedical knowledge, social-scientific knowledge, local knowledge and community know-howHow social and humanities knowledge, perhaps together with biomedical knowledge, can be used to develop more effective responses to the epidemicThe performative work of knowing practices (for example in the use of racial, ethnic and gender categories) as they also involve not-knowing (for instance, not knowing socio-economic difference through gender classification etc.)Issues of collaborating with different knowing practicesThe knowledge we have of the different forces shaping the epidemic and how we conceive their connection to practiceWhat we know of global disparities in socioeconomic and/or other resources, and how well this knowledge is actioned in responses to the epidemicThe ways in which notions of 'the local' and 'the global' inform each other and the implications of this for funding, policy and programmingIf knowledge is not neutral and but generative in ways that enact and affect different interests, how knowing practices give shape to the local and global dynamicsThe ways in which particular agencies or groups bring about changes in social, economic and political forces that shape the epidemic and/or responses to itWhat we know about risk and care practices in different contexts and how we can ensure our methods of knowing are appropriate to local needsSubmission guidelines(Before 1st February 2013)Individual abstracts and proposals submitted for full sessions or round table discussions should emphasize how they will make original and timely contributions to any of the themes listed above or how they demonstrate the contribution of the social sciences or humanities to any aspect of the HIV epidemic. Submissions are a maximum of 1500 characters. Spaces count as a character.Abstracts for individual papers (electronic submission of individual oral papers) Each abstract (maximum of 1500 characters) should include: title; the main arguments; methodology where appropriate; and contribution to the HIV and AIDS field. The title of the abstract should be followed by the author&#8217;s name or (where a collaboration) a list of authors&#8217; names each with their institutional affiliation or status (e.g. independent scholar) and full contact details (postal and electronic). Please list five key words to assist the programme chairs to group individual papers into sessions. All presentations will be allowed 20 minutes, and each session will include time for discussion.Abstracts for full sessions(email proposal plus electronic submission of individual abstracts) If you wish to submit a full session, please send an email to programme@asshh.org that includes:Title for session;Brief abstract of the purpose of the session (up to 1500 characters)Name of organiserName, title and abstract of each paper.Each abstract to be included in a &#8216;full session&#8217; should be submitted as an individual abstract as above and should be a maximum of 1500 characters. It is necessary for the organiser/s of the &#8216;full session&#8217; and each presenter in the session to register individually.Session proposals should be organized around one and-half-hour time slots. A typical session will contain three or four papers of not more than twenty minutes each, with a discussant/respondent and time for open discussion. The programme chairs may assign additional papers to proposed sessions with only three or fewer papers.Abstracts for round-table discussions: (electronic submission of single abstract) In addition to the abstract driven sessions, we are keen to hold round-table discussions on current themes being debated across the HIV research and policy fields or emerging through community action. If you are interested in organizing a round-table discussion/forum please submit an abstract of maximum of 1500 characters indicating the topic, names of participants and their likely contribution. If selected, the conference organisers will contact you with a request for further details, including the names of speakers for the forum. Time allowed is a maximum of ninety minutes.HOW to SUBMITSubmission for abstracts will be available on ASSHH conference website www.asshhconference.org between 1 November 2012 and 1 February 2013. Contact details of the programme organising committee and conference administration are available at www.asshhconference.orgScientific committeeFranceBAJOS Nathalie, directrice de recherche &#224; l&#8217;InsermCHABROL Fanny, ing&#233;nieure de recherche, ChIASM, FMSHDESGREES du LOU, Annabel, directrice de recherche, IRDDESCLAUX Alice, anthropologue, IRD, DakarDOR&#201; V&#233;ronique, responsable des recherches en sciences sociales, ANRSDOURIS Vincent, responsable de programmes, SidactionDOZON Jean-Pierre, anthropologue, directeur d'&#233;tudes &#224; l'EHESS, directeur de recherche &#224; l'IRDEBOKO Fred, charg&#233; de recherche &#224; l&#8217;IRDFASSIN Didier, pr&#233;sident d&#8217;honneurGIRARD Gabriel, chercheur post-doctoralLACHENAL Guillaume, ma&#238;tre de conf&#233;renceLE MARCIS Fr&#233;d&#233;ric, ma&#238;tre de conf&#233;renceLERT, France, directrice de recherche &#224; l&#8217;InsermMOATTI Jean-Paul, directeur de l&#8217;ITMO Sant&#233; publiqueMUSSO Sandrine, ma&#238;tresse de conf&#233;renceNOSEDA Veronica, responsable de la recherche en sciences sociales (Sidaction)TAVERNE Bernard, anthropologue, IRD, DakarWIEVIORKA Michel, administrateur de la FMSHInternational committeeADAM Barry, PhD, Professor, University of WindsorAGGLETON Peter, PhD, Professor of Education and Health, The University of New South Wales, AustraliaANGOTTI Nicole, PhD, Hewlett Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado Boulder, USAAUERBACH Judith D., PhD, Independent Consultant, San Francisco, CA USABROUARD Pierre, Co-Director, Centre for the Study of AIDS, University of Pretoria, South AfricaCACERES Carlos F., MD, PhD, Professor of Public Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, PeruCREWE Mary, Co-Director, Centre for the Study of AIDS, University of Pretoria, South AfricaDOWSETT Gary W., PhD, FASSA, Professor and Acting Director, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health &#38; Society, La Trobe UniversityFRIEDMAN Samuel, PhD, Director of HIV/AIDS Research, National Development and Research Institutes, New York.KIPPAX Susan, PhD., FASSA, Emeritus Professor, University of New South WalesMACQUEEN Kathleen M., PhD, MPH, Senior Scientist, Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, Durham, NC, USAMYKHALOVSKIY Eric, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, York UniversityNGUYEN Vinh Kim, MD, MA, PhD, Professor of Social Medicine, University of Montreal, Chair of Anthropology and Global Health, College of Global Studies, ParisRACE Kane, PhD, Chair of the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of SydneyRHODES Tim, PhD, Professor of Public Health Sociology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UKROSENGARTEN Marsha, PhD, Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London, UKSAMUELS Fiona, PhD, MSc, Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute, UKDE ZALDUONDO Barbara O., MSc, PhD, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Executive Director for Programme, UNAIDS