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To stimulate, catalyse, provoke, expand and intensify conversations in the critical medical humanities. Hosted by @DurhamImh

Durham, UK
Joined April 2011
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The Polyphony is moving to bluer skies. We'll be here for a while longer but please do follow us over at the other place.
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In this post Anna Dersken explores the differing ways Sweden responded to its past of sterilisation and lobotomy, highlighting themes of medical ethics, responsibility, and injustice.
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Joy Chen and Nkili Cooper reflect on a seminar held at Rice University's Medical Humanities Research Institute on the topic of medical technologies and healthcare inequities.
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Shahana Chakraborty traces a methodological history of the oral history project ‘Neighbourhood Diaries’ and its implications on the communal wellbeing and memory of Chittaranjan Park residents.
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Sofia Wanström reflects on the epistemic injustice experienced by people with endometriosis related pain.
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Surjavo Sen Gupta discusses the cultural depiction of Lajjā Gaurī as a cultural antecedent to the role of male-female compatibility in Fertility Studies.
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Artist Priyanka Paul unsettles care work as they illustratively and poetically reckon with the reality of children caretaking for their chronically ill parents.
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David Woodhead reflects on the memories, legacies, and queer histories provoked by viewing- gazing upon- the AIDS memorial quilt in 1994 and in June this year.
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On Day 6 of the Critical Neurodiversity Studies takeover.Tasha Downs calls for literary scholars within Mad & Neurodiversity Studies to engage with one another, exploring the possibilities of and justifications for a ‘Mad[]Neurodiverse’ literary analysis.
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For day 5 of the Critical Neurodiversity Studies Conference takeover, @E_Marocchini reflects on the dominance of autism in cross-neurotype communication research and discourse and asks: does does "neurodivergent communication" actually exist?.
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Protichi Chatterjee on a neurodivergent epistemology beyond Western diagnostic frameworks, via the work of Vietnamese choreographer and writer, Anh Vo. Day 4 of the Critical Neurodiversity Studies takeover.
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Day 3 of the Critical Neurodiversity Studies takeover: "Who gets to neuroqueer consciously? Who gets to access the knowledge of neurodivergence and queerness?" - Ren, on training as a school counsellor at Apnishala Foundation’s Khoj School, Mumbai.
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J Dunn and C Day on "illuminating commonalities between prophets and neurodivergent people navigating neurocognitive/value dissonance with oppressive systems". Neurodivergent liberation theologies in Critical Neurodiversity Studies Conference takeover.
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The conference runs from 24-26 June at Durham and is fully hybrid - some online tickets still available.
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Welcome to the Critical Neurodiversity Studies Conference's takeover of the Polyphony site, from today until Tuesday next week. Here co-organiser Louise Creechan kicks us off by asking: 'What is critical neurodiversity studies'?.
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Dr Zhaohui Su shares her poetic approach to engage more deeply with the complexities of medicine and aims to foster a greater sense of empathy and awareness in healthcare.
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Shaul Bar-Haim reviews Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat by Hannah Proctor (Verso, 2024): "Proctor’s book puts the connection between politics and care at the forefront of any political project from the left".
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Maloy Das uses Andrew Abbott's sociological framework to reflect on what the history of 'non-doctors' can tell us about present healthcare debates.
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Dr Mieke Matthyssen explores the Chinese concept of ming (命) and its role in shaping human agency and wellbeing.
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Shomik Ray discusses the role of theatre in initiating dialogue around issues of family caregivers for aged patients with dementia.
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Neil Pemberton and Beck Heslop discuss their participation in Jo Longhurst’s installation, In Plain Sight? The graffiti installation uses images of bindweed to provoke questions about disability, belonging, and exclusion.
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