Living with Inflammation: Inquiry into the Ontology and Politics of Flammability
Call for Papers for Workshop in April 2026 in Prague Open Now
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The organizers of the workshop »Living with Inflammation« that will take place from 9-10 April 2026 in Prague, Tereza Stöckelová and Hana Porkertová and Cluster member Léa Perraudin invite papers that examine inflammatory or inflammable objects across diverse settings, to explore the analytical productivity of inflammation (as a condition), flammability (as a quality), and smouldering (as a process). How do these concepts relate, overlap, or intra-sect within bodies, materials, and ecosystems? The workshop organizers aim to ignite—and keep smouldering—a sustained conversation that will culminate in a special journal issue. The call for papers is open until 23 January 2026.
The complete Call for Papers can be viewed on the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences' website.