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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Arts and Health Goes Up Down Under
Mike White writes: I recently attended Arts and Health Australia’s 3rd International Arts and Health Conference, The Art of Good Health and Wellbeing, in Canberra. This event is rapidly becoming the global forum for research and practice in arts in … Continue reading
Experiencing disability: the right to be impaired versus the legacy of eugenics – A Public Debate, Bristol, Wednesday 14 December
Experiencing disability: the right to be impaired versus the legacy of eugenics: A public debate Wednesday 14 December 2011, 18:30 – 20:00 The Watershed, Bristol Should governments and public health institutions endeavour to take the direction of human evolution into … Continue reading
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Tagged bodies, disability studies, flourishing, genetics, philosophy
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CFP – Rethinking the Self: Transnational and Transdisciplinary Bioethical and Biopolitical Concerns, Helsinki, April 2012
Rethinking the Self: Transnational and Transdisciplinary Bioethical and Biopolitical Concerns An International Symposium hosted by the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki Date: 10.–12.4.2012 Deadline: 1.12.2011 This international and interdisciplinary symposium addresses how cultural, medical and political understandings … Continue reading
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Tagged CFP, conference, medical humanities, phenomenology, philosophy, self
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CFP – Making Sense of: Chronicity: A Health, Illness and Disease Project, Conference in Oxford September 2012
2nd Global Conference Making Sense of: Chronicity: A Health, Illness and Disease Project Thursday 30th August – Saturday 1st September 2012 Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom Call for Papers: This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary project aims to explore the processes by … Continue reading
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Tagged CFP, chronicity, conference, flourishing, illness, interdisciplinarity, medical humanities, narrative
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CFP – Creating Space II: Taking narrative and reflection to the next level in health professional education, research and practice – Canada, April 14 2012
Creating Space II: Taking narrative and reflection to the next level in health professional education, research and practice A special symposium organized in conjunction with the Canadian Conference on Medical Education (CCME), sponsored by the Canadian Association for Medical Education’s … Continue reading
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Tagged CFP, conference, medical education, medical humanities, medicine, narrative, practice and the practitioner
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Literature and Science – Simon James reflects on Mechanical Diggers, Scalpels, Spades and the flow of ideas between ‘the two cultures’
“It is a curious paradox…that when writers in the Arts and Humanities incorporate science into their work, sometimes they fail to apply the same combination of rigour and scepticism that we bring to history, philosophy or aesthetic artefacts in our … Continue reading
Finding Sustainability: University-community collaborations focused on arts in health – A new article by Mike White and Mary Robson
Mike White and Mary Robson, “Finding Sustainability: University-community collaborations focused on arts in health,” Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement Vol 4 (2011): 48–64 Abstract: This article describes a number of community-based arts in health projects in schools … Continue reading
Effects of NHS reform on socio-economic equity in health – Richard Cookson – Wolfson Research Institute Lecture Friday 2 December 2011
The Wolfson Research Institute Presents: Effects of NHS reform on socio-economic equity in health Dr Richard Cookson, University of York Friday 2 December 2011 1pm (coffee available from 12.30pm) Theatre D004 Ebsworth Building Durham University, Queen’s Campus, Stockton-on-Tees , TS17 6BH … Continue reading
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Tagged medicine, NHS, policy politics and the collective, Wolfson Research Institute
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Sensualising Deformity: Communication and Construction of Monstrous Embodiment (CFP, Conference, Edinburgh, June, 2012)
Sensualising Deformity: Communication and Construction of Monstrous Embodiment The University of Edinburgh, June 15-16, 2012 Confirmed Plenary Speakers: Prof. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, George Washington University, Washington D.C; Dr. Peter Hutchings, Northumbria University, UK; Prof. Margrit Shildrick, Linköping University, Sweden; Prof. … Continue reading
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