Biosocial health geography: New ‘exposomic’ geographies of health and place/
Prior, Lucy
Biosocial health geography: New ‘exposomic’ geographies of health and place/ - Sage, 2019. - Vol 43, issue 3, 2019: (531-552 p.).
Investigating biologically plausible mechanisms for the embodiment of context is a key thoroughfare for progressing health geographies of place. Expanding knowledge of bio-processes such as epigenetics is providing a platform for appreciating the dynamic embedding of social relations in bodies over the lifecourse, and so to tracing the development of health inequalities. By providing a geographic lens on the biosocial, health geographers have key contributions to make regarding the theorisation of place. We put forward the exposome as a holistic framework in which to situate a biosocial health geography, placing ideas of dynamic exposure, plasticity and temporality as central.
biosocial,
exposome,
health geography,
health inequalities,
lifecourse,
place
Biosocial health geography: New ‘exposomic’ geographies of health and place/ - Sage, 2019. - Vol 43, issue 3, 2019: (531-552 p.).
Investigating biologically plausible mechanisms for the embodiment of context is a key thoroughfare for progressing health geographies of place. Expanding knowledge of bio-processes such as epigenetics is providing a platform for appreciating the dynamic embedding of social relations in bodies over the lifecourse, and so to tracing the development of health inequalities. By providing a geographic lens on the biosocial, health geographers have key contributions to make regarding the theorisation of place. We put forward the exposome as a holistic framework in which to situate a biosocial health geography, placing ideas of dynamic exposure, plasticity and temporality as central.
biosocial,
exposome,
health geography,
health inequalities,
lifecourse,
place