DoxyPEP, AMR, and More-than-Human Contingencies

Description

This invited talk explores the emergent use of doxycycline as post-exposure prophylaxis (DoxyPEP) for treating common bacterial infections. It articulates the problem(s) of scale that emerge within/through discussions of antimicrobial resistance amongst queer communities. This paper attends to the politics of evidence-based medicine in UK negotiation of DoxyPEP provision in England. It considers what avenues of inquiry are needed to better understand how to develop complex health and social interventions via multi-microbial health and wellbeing. The paper sets out critical questions about how to attend to the problem of AMR and DoxyPEP use amongst queer users at multiple scales and employs research from science and technology studies (STS) to articulate a more-than-human approach for sexual health innovation.

Period	22 Jul 2024 → 23 Jul 2024
Event title	Thinking with Drugs: Interventions in the Social
Event type	Workshop
Location	London, United KingdomShow on map
Degree of Recognition	National