Social Practices and Microscopic Matter

1. Setting the scene: conceptualising microbes, bodies and health – contributions and propositions from social theory Framing concepts of contagion – introducing Part 1 2. Conceptualising contagion: disease situations and the histories and geographies of practice 3. Practices, spaces and species: rethinking human-mosquito interactions and disease transmission Framing matters of microscopic materiality – introducing Part 2 4. Conceptualising microbial materiality beyond simple categories 5. Microbiome repair: probiotic practices in agriculture 6. Holobiont public health? Changing practices of allergy prevention in Finland 7. Microbial atmospheres: healthcare architectures as a ‘more than human’ dispositive Framing bodies and human health – introducing Part 3 8. Practice Theory and the Biosocial Body 9. Microbes at large in the hospital: challenging concepts of care, contact and contamination Ideas and implications for research and policy – introducing Part 4 10. Dysbiotic times: life in distress and the politics of knowledge in microbiome research 11. Epidemiology, individualism and the virus: a critical analysis of policy responses to COVID 19 in the UK 12. What practice theories bring to studies of microbes and societies