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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 531-552 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Progress in Human Geography |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- biosocial
- exposome
- health geography
- health inequalities
- lifecourse
- place