Fiona Martin
Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University
Critical health studies, Body and embodiment, Drug use, Gender, Knowledge, science and expertise, Personhood, Poverty and social marginalization, Reproduction and mothering
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Biography
Fiona Martin is a sociologist who engages in a theoretically- and critically-informed analysis of health. Her work explores the ways in which social relationships, structural conditions, and cultural meanings influence people’s health-related beliefs and actions, specifically in relation to drug use. She also explores how larger sociopolitical and ideological contexts influence the kinds of supports, both preventative and treatment-focused, that are made available to different groups of drug users.