Harriet Mossop examines pleasure and pain as potential entryways into queer auto-theory in this reflection on 'Locating the “I”: autoethnography as queer methodology', a workshop led by João Florêncio and Edyta Just at the Queer Medical Humanities PhD School.| the polyphony
Kirti Verma explores the critical connections between literature, mental health, and the emergence of medical humanities in India through the work of writer, translator, poet, and editor Jerry Pinto.| the polyphony
Erika Pathó analyses the challenges related to the adoption of a Western-designed dietary measure to manage IBS symptoms in India, focusing on patients’ accounts of their experiences of dietary change.| the polyphony
Sally Cross explores her research on medical uncertainty in the context of fibromyalgia and ME/CFS in this collection of experimental poetry.| the polyphony
Alexander Meienberger examines the ongoing cultural and societal stigmas surrounding HIV/AIDS in Russia, highlighting the efforts of cultural initiatives to challenge these barriers and bring visibility to marginalized voices.| the polyphony
Grace Cooke, Lorenzo Meira-Gobel and Rory Hankins ask: what might it mean to approach English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) teaching through the lens of the medical humanities?| the polyphony
100 years after its publication, Lucyl Harrison argues that Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway should be read as a pandemic novel that contends with the in/articulation of pandemic experience.| the polyphony
Nora and Margret introduce their applied anthropology podcast which explores themes of health technology and society.| the polyphony
Members of the Institute for Medical Humanities' Moving Bodies Lab reflect on a series of talks and workshops exploring what it means to be slow, still, and sedentary.| the polyphony
Dr Fei Li explores the integration of narrative medicine and palliative care at Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) in China.| the polyphony