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Author Archives: Jane Macnaughton
Encounters with Medical Materialities at Medical Museion in Copenhagen
Arriving for this two day workshop entitled ‘Its Not What you Think: Communicating Medical Materialities’, my most visceral encounter was with the weather. The sub-zero temperatures blowing directly from Russia turned Gothersgade into an easterly wind tunnel as I trudged … Continue reading
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Tagged bodies, critical medical humanities, material turn, medical museum, objects, policy, practice and the practitioner
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Exploring the ‘interstices’ – medical anthropology in Vienna
Vienna is a pretty good place to be in late November/early December with the advent markets getting going and the city decked out for Christmas. With that in mind, Andrew Russell (CMH Affiliate and Co-Chair of the Smoking Interest Group) … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Review
Tagged conference, medical anthropolog, smoking, smoking interest group
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Medical Humanities Networking in Leeds
On Tuesday 20th November four members of the CMH visited the University of Leeds Centre for Medical Humanities. This visit had been conceived as a sharing of ideas and projects between the two Centres and an opportunity to make connections … Continue reading
Centre for Medical Humanities Successes
I am delighted to report that members of the Durham Centre for Medical Humanities have recently been in receipt of University awards for their work. On Wednesday 21 November I attended the Durham University Queens Campus Prize Giving at which Anni … Continue reading
Medical Humanities in Helsinki
Martyn Evans and Jane Macnaughton were part of an international group presenting a series of talks on aspects of the medical humanities to a group of clinicians and students in Helsinki on Friday 1st June. On a cool but sunny … Continue reading
Smoke Free in Singapore: SIG members attend the World Conference on Tobacco or Health
Three members of the Smoking Interest Group (including myself, Andrew Russell and Sue Lewis) have been in Singapore to attend the 15th World Conference on Tobacco or Health. This is a huge three-yearly conference bringing together 2600 delegates working in … Continue reading
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Tagged critical public health, public health, smoking, smoking interest group
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Three Consulates and a Clinic: The Smoking Interest Group in Uruguay
Despite their largely European origins, the Uruguayan people greet you with a kiss on a single cheek (the right one). So each time our group of 12 has arrived at one of our many meetings over the last three days, … Continue reading
The Smoking Interest Group in Uruguay: Visiting ‘Respira Uruguay’
Jane Macnaughton writes from Montevideo:When you enter the Respira Uruguay exhibition it is as if you have slipped into the wide thoracic cavity of a large mammal, ribs open to the air and readily able to expand and contract with … Continue reading
‘Don’t Get Me Started’: an international collaboration on young people and smoking. Participatory action research visit, Uruguay, February 2012
Andrew Russell and Jane Macnaughton write: Members of the Smoking Interest Group are setting out on an exciting new collaborative project linking young people in the UK with their counterparts in Uruguay to share experience and activities in relation to … Continue reading
