Biosocial health geography: New 'exposomic' geographies of health and place. (June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Prior, Lucy; Manley, David; Sabel, Clive E.
• Is Part Of: Progress in human geography. Volume 43:Number 3(2019)
• Page Start: 531
• Page End: 552
• Publication Date: 2019-06
• Subjects: biosocial -- exposome -- health geography -- health inequalities -- lifecourse -- place; Human geography -- Periodicals; 304.2
• DOI: 10.1177/0309132518772644
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0309-1325

Abstract

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.