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Appel à contribution - The view from below: On standards in clinical practice and clinical researchAn international conference of the European Science Foundation ProgramDRUGS in cooperation with the DFG research project "Psychotropic drugsin the GDR"organized by the Institute for the History of Medicine, Charité -Universitaetsmedizin Berlin (Germany)14/09/2011-16/09/2011, BerlinDeadline for proposals: 28/02/2011The Institute for the History of Medicine, Charité, will organize aworkshop in Berlin on 'The view from below: On standards in clinicalpractice and clinical research'.The workshop focuses on the ways of how standards in drug therapy andclinical drug research emerged since the mid of 20th century. Keyquestions to be addressed include: Which implicit processes ofstandardisation can be observed during this period – processes ofstandardizing terminology, concepts, and classifications as well asnote-taking, recording practices, and data processing? What were theconditions under which routines in diagnostics or therapeutic schemas(for instance drug cocktails) became established, or how were certainresearch approaches accepted by the scientific community? How wereguidelines constructed for diagnostics, therapy, and research?Recent studies in history, anthropology and sociology have often focusedon the impact of constructing standards in medical practice. Mostly,they have analysed how clinical practices and the relations,perspectives and the agency of actors (for instance of patients) weretransformed (Timmermans/Berg 2003). In contrast to the 'top down'perspective our workshop aims to take the analytical approach fromclinical practice. Therefore the workshop will focus on the emergenceand construction of – often implicit – standards. We want to address theconcrete settings of bedside observation, clinical research, and patienttreatment. Special emphasis will be given to recording practices basedon hospital patient files, case reports, research notes, and othermaterials left behind in the clinical practice. This approach will alsoexamine the different positions and scopes of influence of actors aswell as the negotiation processes between them. From this perspective, standardization prompted disciplining orregulative action (in the form of standards or normalization). This isthe reason why we propose that there existed two different modes of howstandards were generated, produced, and distributed. First, standardswere created by explicitly reflecting upon the practice. Secondly, somestandards were formed implicitly from routines and repetitions ofpractices. The second mode however is rarely noticed in sciencesstudies. So we would welcome particularly all contributions that focuson the second mode with historical case studies. We also embrace allcontributions that explore theoretical approaches as well as those whichadopt a more empirical analysis. What are the possibilities gained fromanalyzing processes of standardization through the study of recordingpractices? Which kind of 'Aufschreibesystem' (recording practices) aremost suitable? What can we learn about developing therapeutic routines,research standards, and guidelines in the medical clinic? Further topicsthat are welcomed for this workshop include the clinical practices of'off-label-use', the training and education of the medical and the nursestaff as well as of patients and relatives, the production ofcompliance, the processes from bedside to evidence-based medicine (andback), and the emergence of audit cultures for quality management.The deadline for the submission of proposals is 28 February 2011. Pleasesubmit paper proposals (1 page) with presentation title,presenter(s) name(s) and contact information via e-mail to:ulrike.kloeppel@charite.deOrganizing committee:Dr Ulrike KlöppelDr Viola BalzInstitute for the History of MedicineCharité - UniversitaetsmedizinZiegelstrasse 5-9D-10117 Berlinfon: x49-(0)-30-450 52 9040 / 9045fax: x49-(0)-30-450 52 9901